Jason Temujin Minor is an American artist, writer, and comic book artist.

Biography

Artist

Jason Temujin Minor has worked in the Graphic Arts field for over twenty years. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1990 and started his own freelance studio, calle
Baraka Studios
in 1998. His portfolio covers a wide range of media, including; comic books, 3D graphics, book covers, web design, ad design, Illustration, and fine art.

Comic books

As a comic book artist, he is best known for his work on "

The Books of Magic ''The Books of Magic'' is the title of a four-issue English-language comic book mini-series written by Neil Gaiman, published by DC Comics, and later an ongoing series under the imprint Vertigo. Since its original publication, the mini-series has ...

", " Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers (named after It ...

", " Animal Man", and "

Deadpool Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (cover-dated Feb. 1991). Initially, Deadp ...

". He has also worked on such diverse titles as " Batman", "

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to lo ...

", " Terror Inc.", "

Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...

", " Shadowman", "

Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Cre ...

", " Spider-Man", "

The Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

", "

Excalibur Excalibur () is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes also attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. It was associated with the Arthurian legend very early on. Excalibur and the Sword in th ...

", and the Eisner Award winning anthology " The Big Book of Urban Legends". He has collaborated on projects for

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops know ...

, and Image Comics to name a few. In 1997 Minor co-created the science fiction mini-series, " BrainBanx", with writer

Elaine Lee Elaine Lee is an American actress, playwright, producer, and writer, who specializes in graphic novels. She has also received recognition and awards for her work as a creator and producer of audio books and dramas. Her comics have been illust ...

for the short lived

Helix A helix () is a shape like a corkscrew or spiral staircase. It is a type of smooth space curve with tangent lines at a constant angle to a fixed axis. Helices are important in biology, as the DNA molecule is formed as two intertwined helic ...

imprint of

Video games

In 2000, Jason transition from a 2d comic and graphic artist to a 3d computer game artist. He worked for a short time at the – now defunct – game studio, Kinesoft before going to work for

Sony Online Entertainment Daybreak Game Company LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. The company was founded in December 1997 as Sony Online Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, but was spun off to an independent investor in ...

on their MMO game, Star Wars: Galaxies. He was an environment and character artist on the initial launch of the game and became the lead character artist on Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees Expansion. He took over as Art Director of

Star Wars Galaxies ''Star Wars Galaxies'' was a ''Star Wars'' themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. Released on June 26, 2003, to much critical ac ...

: Live in 2004. In 2006, Minor joined the game company,

BioWare BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, alongside Trent Oster, Brent Oster, and Marcel Zeschuk. Since 2007, ...

, to work on their MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic as the lead character artist.

Writing

Jason has recently started exploring his writing and won an award for his short story
"A Dance in the Woods"
He contributed a short story and several illustrations to the horror

flash fiction Flash fiction is a fictional work of extreme brevity that still offers character and plot development. Identified varieties, many of them defined by word count, include the six-word story; the 280-character story (also known as "twitterature"); ...

anthology
Flashes of Fear
He is also a member of th
San Gabriel Writer's League
and writes a monthly, serialized story calle
Chapter Play

Bibliography

Comics *1992

#72 – Inker *1993 Terror Inc. #9–13 – inker *1993 Hawkman #11 – inker *1993 Excalibur Annual 2 – inker *1993

Cable Cable may refer to: Mechanical * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a hel ...

#8 – inker *1993 Black Orchid Annual 1 – inker *1993 Hardware #8 – inker *1993 TMNT #58,61 – inker *1993–94 TMNT (color) #1–3 – inker *1994 Saint Sinner #5 – inker *1994

#76 – inker *1994

Showcase Showcase or vitrine may refer to: *Cabinet (furniture) *Display case Music * ''Showcase'' (Bill Anderson album), 1964 * ''Showcase'' (Patsy Cline album), 1961 * ''Showcase'' (Buddy Holly album), 1964 * ''Showcase'' (Philly Joe Jones album), 1959 ...

'94 #7 – inker *1994 The Savage Sword of Conan #227 – inker *1994

, The Wedding Album – inker *1994 Vengeance of Vampirella #4 – inker *1994

: Sins of the Past #1–2 – inker *1994

Mantra A mantra ( Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ...

#13 – inker *1994 Nightman #5 – inker *1994 Big Book of Urban Legends – artist *1994 Big Book of Freaks – artist *1995 Vampirella Strikes #3 – inker *1995 Godwheel #2–3 – inker *1995

Dream Team Dream Team may refer to: Sport Basketball * Dream Team, the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team in Barcelona * Dream Team II, the 1994 U.S. men's national basketball team at the FIBA World Championship * Dream Team III, the 1996 ...

– Inker *1995 Animal Man #80–89 – inker *1995

Poster Magazine #3 – inker *1995 Codename: Strykeforce #14 – inker *1996–97 BrainBanx #1–6 – co-creator, artist *1998 Slingers #8,12 – inker *1998–99

#46–54, 57–58, 70, annual 3 – finishes *1998

Resident Evil ''Resident Evil'', known in Japan as is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person shooter games, with players typically surviving in environments ...

#4 – inker *1998 Shadowman #16–18 – inker *1998 Tales of the Witchblade #6 – inker *1998 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #16 – inker *1998 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #20 – penciler *1999 Batman: No Man's Land Gallery – artist *1999 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #89 – penciler *1999

#3 – inker *1999

#13 – cover artist *1999

TPB – inker *1999 JSA Secret Files – artist *2000 Spider-Man vs. The Punisher – inker *2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer TPB vol.7 – artist *2000

TPB vol. 1 – artist *2008 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus vol. 3–4 – artist *2009 The Vertigo Encyclopedia – artist Games *2001–03

– Character Artist *2003–04 Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed– Character Artist *2005 Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees – Lead Character Artist *2005 Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan – Lead Character Artist *2005–06

: Live – Art Director *2006–Present Star Wars: The Old Republic – Lead Character Artist

References

www.comics.org/temujinwww.comics.org/Jason Minorcomicbookdb.com

External links

jason-minor.com
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