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Nationality
  
Norwegian

Role
  
Cartoonist


Name
  
John Saeteroy

Area(s)
  
artist, writer

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Born
  
John Arne Saeteroy 16 May 1965 (age 58) Molde, Norway (
1965-05-16
)

Notable works
  
Hey, Wait...Sshhhh!Meow, Baby!The Left Bank Gang

Awards
  
Harvey Award for Best New Talent, The Brage Prize Open class, Norwegian Comics Association award

Nominations
  
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Ignatz award for Outstanding Story

Books
  
Hey - Wait, Low Moon, The Left Bank Gang, Why Are You Doing This?, Sshhhh!

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John Arne Sæterøy (born 16 May 1965), better known by the pen name Jason, is a Norwegian cartoonist, known for his sparse drawing style and silent, anthropomorphic animal characters.

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Jason (cartoonist) Q amp A with Jason The Casual Optimist

He has been nominated for two Ignatz Awards; (2000: Outstanding Story and Outstanding Series, 2001: Outstanding Story and Outstanding Series), has received praise in Time, and won the Harvey Award for best new talent in 2002, and several Eisner Awards.

Jason (cartoonist) Indie Cartoonist JASON Brings ALMOST SILENT Storytelling

friday the 13th jason short animated film


Biography

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Jason was born in Molde, and had his work published for the first time in 1981 in the Norwegian comics magazine KonK, to which he contributed several short stories during its lifespan. In 1989, he was admitted to Norway's National Academy of the Arts, where he studied graphic design and illustration. He won the Norwegian Comics Association award in 1991 for the short work pervo.

Jason (cartoonist) Made With Paper Wishing our teammate Matthew Chen a very

In 1995, Jason published his first graphic novel, Lomma full av regn (Pocket Full of Rain), for which he won the Sproing Award. In 1997, he started making Mjau Mjau, a semi-regular comic book featuring nothing but his own works. In 2001, he was once again awarded a Sproing, this time for Mjau Mjau 10. Since 2002, Jason has concentrated on making graphic novels.

Jason (cartoonist) Q amp A with Jason The Casual Optimist

Jason has lived in Denmark, Belgium, the U.S., and France. Since 2007, Jason has been living in Montpellier, and his recent graphic novels have been initially published in French.

As Jason's exposure has increased, his comics have been published outside of Norway, in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.S. His American publisher is Fantagraphics.

Style

Jason's work is usually drawn in a minimalist, clean style, influenced by Hergé's ligne claire. His protagonists are usually anthropomorphic animals and/or B-movie monsters. There is little or no talking, and very rarely any captions.

Jason's comics frequently refer to other works. For example, Tell Me Something is inspired by Buster Keaton's movies, Frankenstein's Monster and related characters appear in You Can't Get There From Here, and fictionalized versions of Ernest Hemingway and other writers are the protagonists of The Left Bank Gang.

Awards

  • 1995: Sproing Award, for Lomma full av regn
  • 2000: Sproing Award, for Mjau Mjau 10: Si meg en ting
  • 2000: Urhunden Prize for best translated graphic novel, for Vänta lite...
  • 2002: Inkpot Award
  • 2002: Harvey Award, Best New Talent, for Hey, Wait...
  • 2005: Brage Prize, Open Class for La meg vise deg noe...
  • 2007: Eisner Award, Best U.S. Edition of International Material, for The Left Bank Gang
  • 2008: Eisner Award, Best U.S. Edition of International Material, for I Killed Adolf Hitler
  • References

    Jason (cartoonist) Wikipedia