Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022)[1] was an American comic book creator, known for his series Body Bags and for his dynamic illustration work on books featuring characters such as the Legion of Super-Heroes, Spider-Man, Batman, and Deadpool. He was one of the founding members of Gaijin Studios.
| Jason Trent Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2022(2022-12-19) (aged 52) |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
Notable works | Legion of Super-Heroes Body Bags |
Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with Keith GiffenonLegion of Super-Heroes with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and inker Al Gordon.[2] He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.[3]
He developed Body Bags to be part of Ground Zero, an anthology intended for Image Comics, which did not pick it up. He produced a four issue mini-series which served in 1996 as the debut title for the Blanc Noir line of titles produced by Gaijin Studios for Dark Horse Comics. In 1998, he began work on a sequel, which was interrupted by an illness. Body Bags: 3 The Hard Way and Body Bags: One Shot followed in 2005 and 2008. In 2015, Pearson ran a Kickstarter funding campaign for a 96-page story Body Bags: Don't Die Until I Kill You, raising $39,514, nearly double his goal of $20,000. After repeated delays, in 2022 he again promised that publication was imminent.[4]
Meanwhile, he illustrated individual issues and covers for books published by Wildstorm, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Image. He announced that he was writing and drawing a mini-series called Redbird – intended to be the first of a trilogy – in 2004, but the project was not completed.[3]
Pearson died December 19, 2022, of a stroke.[1]
Interior comic work includes:
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| Preceded by | Legion of Super-Heroes artist (with layouts by Keith Giffen) 1991 |
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