Jason Thompson (writer)
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Jason Thompson at Daigacon 2009
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October 13, 1974 San Francisco, California |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, comics artist, editor |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego (B.A., Creative Writing, 1995) |
| Subject | Comics |
| Notable works | Manga: The Complete Guide |
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Jason Thompson (born October 13, 1974) is an American writer, journalist, comics artist, and editor. He has edited for Viz Media and is the author of Manga: The Complete Guide.
Jason Thompson was born in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 1974, and lived in Healdsburg, California, for most of his childhood and adolescence. He began drawing and writing in the 1980s. He first became an anime and manga fan in 1991, joining his college's anime club at University of California, San Diego while studying English and creative writing. Thompson graduated in 1995 at the age of 20. In 1996, he became an editor at Viz Media and was briefly the editor for their Game On! USA magazine. In the late 1990s, Thompson self-published some comics, including 1997's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, which he regards as his 'first real comic'. After Game On! USA concluded, Thompson edited individual series before becoming the first editor of Viz's U.S. edition of Shonen Jump magazine.
He creates his own webcomic, The Stiff (2001 onwards), which he describes as a "manga-influenced romantic comedy" and "a horrendous, gruesome horror story", influenced by indie American comics and Japanese horror manga. It is planned to be 1000 pages long, and was published on Girlamatic between 2003 and 2006 as one of their launch titles.
In 2003, Thompson's comic adaptation of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was adapted into a feature-length film that used artwork from Jason Thompson's comic series, as well as original artwork by Thompson. It premiered on October 11, 2003 at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and was later released on DVD.
As of 2007, Thompson wrote for Otaku USA.
Thompson is the author of Manga: The Complete Guide (Del Rey, 2007), which he conceived in 2000. As an appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, he posts daily reviews of manga on Suvudu.com, beginning in November 2009.
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