Jason Aaron

Jason Aaron
Aaron at a book signing for Star Wars #1 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
Born	(1973-01-28) January 28, 1973 (age 44) Jasper, Alabama
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Thor Ghost Rider The Other Side PunisherMAX Scalped Wolverine
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Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as Thor, The Other Side, Scalped, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and PunisherMAX. As of early 2016, Aaron writes The Mighty Thor, Doctor Strange, and Star Wars for Marvel, and Southern Bastards and The Goddamned for Image.

Jason Aaron was born in Jasper, Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers (1979), on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket (1987) was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase from spinner racks comic books, some of which he still owns today.

Aaron graduated from Shelby County High School. He then attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.