Jason Overby (born March 4, 1975) is an American artist and critic associated with the art comics[1] and abstract comics movements. His work has appeared in online[2][3][4] and print media.[5] He is best known for his comic Jessica,[6][7] a fusion of art comics and autobiographical comics, his graphic novel Exploding Head Man (an existential supervillain story reminiscent of Gary Panter) which was listed as a notable selection of the year in the 2010 edition of The Best American Comics.,[8] and his strip, Apophenia which appeared in Abstract Comics: the Anthology published by Fantagraphics Books.[9][10]

Jason Overby
Overby at the 2010 Stumptown Comics Fest
BornMarch 4, 1975
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NationalityAmerican
Known forComics, drawing, collage
Notable workJessica, Exploding Head Man

Co-mix, which he started with Blaise Larmee in 2009 and closed in 2011, was a comics criticism blog that explored and collapsed distinctions between critic and creator.

In 2011 he began serializing the webcomic 2101.'"[11]

References

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  1. ^ Badman, Derik [1] Archived May 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Art Comics, Indie Comics"], madinkbeard.com, February 19, 2010.
  2. ^ "Car by Jason Overby", actionyes.org, March 22, 2011.
  3. ^ "Binaree by Jason Overby", gazebooks.com, July 16, 2010.
  4. ^ "'Slapstick' by Jason Overby", arthurmag.com, August 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Western Mandala by Jason Overby", Lumpen, issue 116, Winter 2010.
  6. ^ Badman, Derik "Jessica by Jason Overby", madinkbeard.com, November 9, 2008.
  7. ^ Randall, Bill "Analytic Drawing: Jason Overby", billrandall.net, December 18, 2008.
  8. ^ Gaiman, Neil; Madden, Matt; Abel, Jessica (editors). The Best American Comics 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
  9. ^ Molotiu, Andrei (editor). Abstract Comics: the anthology. Fantagraphics, 2009.
  10. ^ Bilsborough, Michael "Silent Pictures", ceblog.sva.edu, September 18, 2008.
  11. ^ Czap, Kevin "Relief", comixcube.com, April 13, 2011.
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