Jason Lutes
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Xeric Award , 1993 |
Jason Lutes (born December 7, 1967)
Biography
Lutes was born in New Jersey, but his family soon relocated to Missoula, Montana. In his early years, Lutes liked superhero comics, but a trip to France exposed him to European comics like The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix, which he says greatly affected his style of drawing.[2]
Lutes went to college at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991. He moved to Seattle after graduation, where he found work for the alternative comics publisher Fantagraphics, and eventually became art director of the alternative weekly The Stranger.[3]
During this period, Lutes began writing and self-publishing his own comic work with
Lutes subsequently moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in October 2002;[4][5] this move forms the subject of his autobiographical Rules to Live By, collected in AutobioGraphix by Dark Horse Comics.[6]
In 2007,
Starting in the spring of 2008, he became part of the faculty of the Center for Cartoon Studies; he is now an adjunct professor there.[7]
Personal life
Lutes has two sons,[7] Clem (born 2006) and Max, with his partner Becka Warren.[8]
Bibliography
Lutes has published work in a variety of forms.[9]
Series
- Jar of Fools (1994)
- ISBN 978-1770463264)
- Berlin Book One: City of Stones (2000, ISBN 1-896597-29-7)
- Berlin Book Two: City of Smoke (2008, ISBN 978-1-897299-53-1)
- Berlin Book Three: City of Light (2018, ISBN 978-1-896597-29-4)
- Berlin Book One: City of Stones (2000,
Children's series
- “The Secret Three” (with Jake Austen, in Nickelodeon Magazine, 1997–1999)
- “Sam Shade” (with Paul Karasik, in Nickelodeon Magazine, 2002–2005)
Graphic novels
- The Fall (with Ed Brubaker) (2001)
- Houdini: The Handcuff King (words; pictures by ISBN 978-0-78683903-2(2008, Disney–Hyperion)
Short work
- (inks) Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics, 1995)
- “Side Trip” (in Dark Horse Presents #125, pp. 23–28, 1997)
- “Late Summer Sun” (in Drawn & Quarterly: A Picture Story Book (Volume 2, number 6), pp. 31–38, 1997 June, ISBN 1-896597-09-2)
- “We Three Things” (pictures only, script by Vertigo, The Books of Magic, Winter's Edge#2, pp. 35–42, 1998)
- “Rules to Live By” (in AutobioGraphix, by Dark Horse Comics, 2003).[10]
- “Small Explosions” (in Rosetta #2, 2004)
Illustrations
Occasional illustrations:[11]
- Album cover for Troubled by the Fire (2003), Laura Veirs
- Illustrations for "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?", Paul Krugman, The New York Times.[12][13]
Unpublished work
Unpublished work includes:[14]
- 1-page biography of J. R. R. Tolkien for The Stranger (1997)
- "Which Witch is Witch?", 3-page story for "Sam Shade" in Nickelodeon Magazine, written by Paul Karasik (2003)
- short Charles Atlas parody for The Stranger (2004)
Other work
Lutes has done some game work,
References
- ^ "Jason Lutes" at Comic Creator
- ^ Jason Lutes profile at Read Yourself RAW
- ^ Jason Lutes biography at his publisher, Drawn & Quarterly
- ^ Hulk vs. the Universe, by Jason Lutes
- ^ Lutes at Forefront of Graphic Literature, Asheville, NC Citizen-Times, Feb. 21 2003
- ISBN 978-1-59307-038-0
- ^ a b Morrow, Julina. "15 Questions," Archived 2013-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Sequential Highway (Nov. 8, 2012).
- ^ Lutes, Jason. "Spring in Vermont," Official blog (Apr. 22, 2008).
- ^ Coyote vs. Wolf (Lutes's blog), Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-59307-038-0
- ^ Coyote vs. Wolf (Lutes's blog), Illustration
- ^ Arise!, October 16, 2009 by Jason Lutes
- ^ How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, September 2, 2009
- ^ Coyote vs. Wolf (Lutes's blog), Comics Work
- ^ Coyote vs. Wolf (Lutes's blog), Game Work
External links
- Coyote vs. Wolf, Jason Lutes' Blog
- Jason Lutes (articles) at Drawn & Quarterly
- Jar of Fools at Drawn & Quarterly.
- Stories at The Center for Cartoon Studies
- Jason Lutes at the Grand Comics Database