Career
Krell created the comics strip ''Jayson'' in 1982, and it began appearing in ''Philadelphia Gay News'' the following year. New strips were created for '' Gay Comix'' starting with issue #6, and reprints appeared in most volumes of '' Meatmen'', two of the most-read anthologies of LGBT-themed comics. The strip was syndicated nationally beginning in 1989. In 1996, Krell founded his own publishing company, ''Ignite! Entertainment.'' Collected editions of selected stories from the strip began in 1997, including ''Jayson: A New Collection, Jayson: Best of the 80s'', and ''Jayson: Best of the 90s.'' Original graphic novels published since 2008 include ''Jayson Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Jayson Gets a Job.'' In 1998, Krell collaborated with singer/songwritersWorks
Contributions
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics
* "Jayson Gets A Visitor"Strip AIDS USA
* (1980) "Jayson"Graphic Novels
''Jayson: New Collection''
In 1997, Krell published his first graphic novel with his publishing company Ignite! Entertainment. He started this collection after he realized that he wanted to prove to investors who were interested in ''Jayson: A New Musical'' that Jayson had a track record. In other words, Jayson: New Collection contains every comicstrip that inspired the off-broadway musical.''Jayson: Best of the 80s'' and ''Jayson: Best of the 90s''
After Krell had taken time off to work on Jayson the Musical, he decided to continue the Jayson series but first wanted to see if there was a market for the series. After putting together some of Jayson's popular stories from the 80s and 90s, the two collections were released in 2005.''Jayson Goes to Hollywood''
In 2008, a day before ''Jayson'' comic's 25th anniversary, Krell published “Jayson Goes to Hollywood,” and it was the first series of new ''Jayson'' stories. This milestone gave Krell the opportunity to be a featured guest at''Jayson Comics #1''
Desperate for a job, Jayson begs his ex-boyfriend Walter to him find a source of income in this debut issue of ''Jayson'' comics, which was published in 2011.''Jayson Gets a Job!''
Published in 2012, Jayson is desperate for work and applies at his ex-boyfriend Walter's company, and ultimately gets hired. Unfortunately Arena Stage has a hard time in this issue after her parents cut her off and force her to find a “real job.” This graphic novel was inspired by the 1977 ''Archie'' comic issue “Archie Gets a Job,” which is one of the many Archie comics Krell purchased as a child.''Jayson Comics #2''
In the second issue of the ''Jayson'' comics, which was published in 2012, Jayson finds himself working at his ex-boyfriend Walter's firm, and is forced to work under his husband Steven's authority.''Jayson Does Christmas''
Published in 2014, issue three of the ''Jayson'' comic series include a 16 Christmas strips from 1983 to 2014, including an infamous strip for Catholic Christians, “Jayson’s Christmas Carol.”''Arena Stage''
The fourth issue of ''Jayson'' comics features Jayson's go to gal pal Arena Stage, and it was published in 2015.''Jayson's Joke Book''
As the fifth issue of ''Jayson'' comics, ''Jayson’s Joke Book'' was published in 2016 and it contains a variety of pages from the syndicated ''Jayson'' comic strip. This graphic novel features comic strips going back to 1984 to 2016, and it also has a game board called, "Help Jayson out of the closet!"Other works
''Jayson: A New Musical''
In 1998 Krell produced an off-broadway musical ''Jayson: A new Musical''. It was based on Jayson's comic series, specifically the strips featured in Jayson: New Collection, and the songs were by Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips. The production began previews on June 26, 1998, and opened on July 10, 1998. It was directed by Jay Michaels, with musical direction by Simon Deacon and choreography by Kyle Craig. The sets were designed by Jim McNicholas and the costumes Julia VanVliet. Unfortunately the musical's final performance was Aug. 16, 1998, two weeks before its anticipated run. Its cast featured Craig Dawson, Brian Cooper and Susan Agin.= Plot
= After Jayson Callowhill graduates from college, he moves to the city with his two friends, Arena Stage and Robyn Ricketts. While living in the city, Jayson and Arena have a hard time finding a job and become desperate for money, and their solution was to get married. Jayson also deals with heart ache when his well-built lover Eduardo decides to leave Jayson and Medical school to hopefully become a star inPersonal life
Krell grew up in the fringes of Pennsylvania Dutch County in Leighton, Pennsylvania and occasionally ran intoReferences
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