Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022) 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

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, and

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. He was one of the founding members of

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Career

Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo. Biography K ...

on ''

'' with scripters

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, and inker

Al Gordon Alan Gordon (born June 22, 1953) is an American comic book creator primarily known as an inker and writer. He is best known for his 1990s work on DC Comics' ''Legion of Super Heroes'' and the ''Justice League of America'', Marvel Comics' ''Fanta ...

. He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.Catching Up With Jason Pearson
,

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, June 25, 2004 He developed ''Body Bags'' to be part of ''Ground Zero,'' an anthology intended for

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, 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

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. 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

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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. Meanwhile, he illustrated individual issues and covers for books published by

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, 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. Pearson died December 19, 2022 of a stroke.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *''Celestial Mechanics: The Adventures of Widget Wilhelmina Jones'' #3: "You've Opened Heaven's Portal" (with Kurt Wilcken,

Innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity ...

, 1991) *''

Hero Alliance ''The Hero Alliance'' is a fictional American team of comic book superheroes in an eponymous series published by different companies. It was created by writer Kevin Juaire. Publication history ''Hero Alliance'' was first published in 1986 as ' ...

'' (Innovation): ** "Past Perfect" (with Mike Buckley, in ''Quarterly'' #1, 1991) ** "Night Shift" (with Robert Ingersoll, in #16, 1991) ** "Untitled" (with

David Campiti David Campiti (born May 9, 1958) is an United States of America, American animation producer, comic book writer, talent agent, and co-founder of Innovation Publishing. As CEO of Glass House Graphics, Campiti oversees an international animation stu ...

, in #17, 1991) *''

Starman ''StarMan'' is a 1996 fantasy novel by Australian writer Sara Douglass. It follows the second book in the series, '' Enchanter'', with Axis marching north with his army to confront a formidable enemy. Background ''StarMan'' was first published ...

'' #35: "Back to the Fuchsia!" (with

Peter David Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Greatest Hits" Co ...

and

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 ...

, 1991) *''

Maze Agency ''The Maze Agency'' is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W. Barr and first professionally published in 1988. It revolves around a pair of detectives (Jennifer Mays and Gabriel Webb) and their adventures solving puzzling murders. ...

'' #22: "Magic & Monsters—and Murder" (with

Mike W. Barr Mike W. Barr (born May 30, 1952) is an American writer of comic books, mystery novels, and science fiction novels. Barr has written for every one of the first four incarnations of ''Star Trek: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek ...

, Innovation, 1991) *''

Justice League Quarterly ''Justice League Quarterly'' (''JLQ'') was a quarterly American comic book series published by DC Comics from Winter 1990 to Winter 1994; it lasted 17 issues. It had a variable cast, pulling from the Justice League membership. The title centred o ...

'' #4: "The Sunnie Caper" (with

Will Jacobs Will Jacobs (born 1955) is an American comics and humor writer. He was co-author with Gerard Jones on ''The Beaver Papers'', ''The Comic Book Heroes'', and the comic book '' The Trouble with Girls'' (1987–1993). He was a contributor to '' Nationa ...

, DC Comics, 1991) *''

'' #22–24, 26–30, 32, 34–36, 38 (with

Tom Bierbaum Tom and Mary Bierbaum are an American husband-and-wife writing team, known for their work on the DC comic book '' Legion of Super-Heroes''. Biography The Bierbaums entered the world of professional comic book writing through Legion fandom. Tom B ...

Mary Bierbaum Tom and Mary Bierbaum are an American husband-and-wife writing team, known for their work on the DC comic book ''Legion of Super-Heroes''. Biography The Bierbaums entered the world of professional comic book writing through Legion fandom. Tom Bie ...

and Keith Giffen, DC Comics, 1991–1992) *'' Crusade of Comics Presents: Spawn'' (with Terry Fitzgerald,

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, 1992) *'' Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'' #6: "The Book of Equals" (with

Gerard Jones Gerard Jones (born July 10, 1957) is an American writer, known primarily for his non-fiction work about American entertainment media, and his comic book scripting, which includes co-creating the superhero Prime for Malibu Comics, and writing for ...

, DC Comics, 1993) *''

Vanguard The vanguard (also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and securing ground in advance of the main force. History The vanguard derives fr ...

'' #2 (with

Gary Carlson Gary S. Carlson is an American comic book writer, editor and publisher, known for his work on his creator-owned comics, such as the 1980s anthology ''Megaton'' and ''Big Bang Comics''. He has also worked on books for Image Comics, such as ''Va ...

Image An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...

, 1993) *''

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Annual'' #3: "Under the Skin" (with

Ron Marz Ron Marz (born November 17, 1965) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as ''Batman/Aliens'', ''DC vs. Marvel'', ''Green Lantern'', ''Silver Surfer'', and ''Witchblade''. Career Marz is known for his work on ''Silv ...

and various artists,

, 1993) *''

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Annual'' #17: "The Gift Goodbye" (with

Scott Lobdell Scott Lobdell (; born 1960) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous ''X-Men'' series for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, various work for DC Comics in the 2010s, namely ''Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Titans ...

, Marvel, 1993) *'' The Dragon: Blood & Guts'' #1–3 (script and art, Image, 1995) *''Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix'' #1–2, 4: "Action Figures" (with

George Caragonne George Caragonne (September 16, 1965 – July 20, 1995) was an American comic book writer and editor, most notable for being co-founder of ''Penthouse Comix'' magazine. He died by suicide on July 20, 1995, by jumping off the 45th floor of the inte ...

and Tom Thornton,

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, 1995) *'' Shi: Senryaku'' #3 (with Gary Cohn and various artists,

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, 1995) *'' Body Bags'' (script and art): **''Body Bags: Father's Day'' #1–4 (

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, 1996–1997) ** "World Destroyer" (in ''

Dark Horse Presents ''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by American company Dark Horse Comics from 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, r ...

Annual'' '97, 1998) ** "Well, It's About Time" (in '' Dark Horse Maverick'', 2000) **''Body Bags: 3 the Hard Way'': "Hit Da Switches" (one-shot, Image, 2005) **''Body Bags: One Shot'' (Image, 2008) *''

'' #29–30: "Re-Introducing Action Figures" (with George Caragonne,

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, 1998) *''

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'' #24 (with

David Wohl David Wohl is an American comic book writer and editor. He is best known as an editor at Marvel Comics and Top Cow Productions and, at the latter, writing '' The Darkness'' and ''Witchblade''. Career David Wohl began his creative career as a h ...

, Christina Z and Randy Green,

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, 1998) *'' Grendel: Black, White & Red'' #4: "Devil's Cage" (with

Matt Wagner Matt Wagner (born October 9, 1961) is an American comics artist and writer who is best known as the creator of the series ''Mage'' and ''Grendel (comics), Grendel''. Career Matt Wagner's first published comic book work was ''Comico Primer'' #2 ( ...

, Dark Horse, 1999) *''

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'' #16: "Two Down" (with

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, DC Comics, 1999) *''

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'' #8: "The Final Cut" (with

Andi Watson Andrew Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels ''Breakfast After Noon'', ''Slow News Day'' and his series ''Skeleton Key'' and ''Love Fights'', published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics ...

and

Cliff Richards Cliff Richards (born 1964, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian comic book artist. Biography Richards is best known as the penciller of the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' monthly series from Dark Horse Comics, as well as the artist on the '' ...

, Dark Horse, 1999) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #118: "Balance" (with Greg Rucka, DC Comics, 1999) *'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #22: "The Bottom Line" (with Michael Golden, DC Comics, 2001) *'' Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special'' (with

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, among other artists, Marvel, 2002) *''

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'' #39: "The Final Alternative" (script and art, Marvel, 2003) *'' Tom Strong's Terrific Tales'' #5, 8 (with

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, 2003) *'' The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong'' (with Alan Moore, Peter K. Hogan and various artists, one-shot, Wildstorm, 2003) *'' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #4: "The Dread Within" (script and art, Dark Horse, 2001) *''

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'' #805: "The Harvest, Conclusion" (with Joe Kelly and

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, DC Comics, 2001) *'' Eye of the Storm Annual'': "Time to Kill" (with

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, Wildstorm, 2003) *''

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'' #11: "Aleph" (with

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, 2005) *''Gun Candy'' #1: "Mardi Gras, Act 2: Bourbon & Toulouse" (with

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, Image, 2005) *''

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'' #8: "The Ferocious Lindo Sisters in: What You Really Want!" (with

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and

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, Wildstorm, 2007) *'' Robin Annual'' #7: "The Festival of the Hungry Ghosts" (with

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, DC Comics, 2007) *'' Joker's Asylum: Penguin'' (with

Jason Aaron Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series ''Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', ''PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', and ' ...

, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008) *''

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, Marvel, 2009) *''

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, Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #36–37: "Monstrous" (with

Daniel Way Daniel Way is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics series such as '' Wolverine: Origins'' and ''Deadpool''. Career Way received the Xeric Grant in 2000 for his debut publication, '' Violent Lifestyle''. Through ''Vio ...

, Marvel, 2011)

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'' #6 (

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Personality Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that are formed from biological and environmental factors, and which change over time. While there is no generally agreed-upon definition of personality, mos ...

, 1993) *''X-Babes 2088'' #1 (Personality, 1993) *''

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'' #11 (

, 1993) *'' Exiles'' #4 ( Malibu, 1993) *'' Catalyst: Agents of Change'' #1–7 (

, 1994) *''Out of the Vortex'' #5 (Dark Horse, 1994) *'' Hellhounds: Panzer Cops'' #3, 5 (Dark Horse, 1994) *''

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'' #1 (

, 1994) *''Sunglasses After Dark'' #3–5 (

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, 1996) *''

'' #14, 18 (

, 1996) *''

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v1'' #19 (Dark Horse, 1996) *'' Robin'' #45, 61, 65–70, 72, 121–125 (

, 1997–2004) *''

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'' #1 (

, 1997) *''

Body Doubles The Body Doubles are fictional characters, DC Comics villains created by Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett, and Jackson Guice. They first appeared in ''Resurrection Man'' #1 (March 1996) before appearing in their own eponymous Limited series (comics), mini ...

'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *'' Dark Nemesis'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *''

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *'' Gog'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *'' Mr. Mxyzptlk'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *''

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *''

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *'' The Rogues'' #1 (DC Comics, 1998) *''

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'' #35–36 (

, 1998) *''

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'' #73 (Marvel, 1998) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #109–111, 159–161 (DC Comics, 1998–2003) *''

v2'' #7, 16–17 (Dark Horse, 1999–2000) *'' The Dirty Pair: Start the Violence'' #1 (Dark Horse, 1999) *'' Xena: Warrior Princess'' #6–9 (Dark Horse, 2000) *''

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'' #2 (Wildstorm, 2000) *''Jet'' #1–4 (Wildstorm, 2000–2001) *'' Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle'' TPB (Dark Horse, 2002) *''

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, 2003) *''Galactic'' #1–3 (Dark Horse, 2003) *'' Thundercats: Dogs of War'' #1 (Wildstorm, 2003) *'' Stormwatch: Team Achilles'' #17–23 (Wildstorm, 2004) *''

v1'' #502 (Marvel, 2004) *'' H.E.R.O.'' #16–18 (DC Comics, 2004) *''

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'' #75–77 (DC Comics, 2004–2005) *''The Ride: Foreign Parts'' #1 (Image, 2005) *''

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'' #3 (Wildstorm, 2007) *''

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'' #39–41 (Marvel, 2008) *''

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'' #21 (Marvel, 2008) *''

'' #4–25 (Marvel, 2009–2010) *''

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'' #1–5 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Ultimate Comics: Enemy'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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 ''Creepy'' ...

'' #4 (

Dynamite Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germa ...

, 2011) *'' Deadpool Family'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *''

'' #39 (Marvel, 2011) *''

New Mutants The New Mutants are a group of fictional mutant superheroes A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically us ...

'' #30, 32–33, 35 (Marvel, 2011–2012) *''

v3'' #15.1 (Marvel, 2011)

References

External links

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Jason Pearson on Body Bags' Return

, April 21, 2005
Berzerker Style: Pearson talks "Body Bags"

Comic Book Resources ''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion. History Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...

, March 24, 2006
Darkhorse.com interview about ''Body Bags''An Audio Interview with Jason Pearson by SiDEBAR
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