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Jason


Born
in Molde, Norway
May 16, 1965

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John Arne Sæterøy, better known by the pen name Jason, is an internationally acclaimed Norwegian cartoonist. Jason's comics are known for their distinctive, stone-faced anthropomorphic characters as well as their pace reminiscent of classic films.
Jason was born in 1965 and debuted in the early 80's, when still a teenager, in the Norwegian comics magazine 'KonK'. His first graphic novel Pocket Full of Rain (1995) won the Sproing Award, one of the main national awards for cartoonist.
In 2001 Jason started a fruitful collaboration with the American publisher Fantagraphics, which helped him gain international notoriety. Besides Norway and the U.S., his comics have appeared in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Pol
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I Killed Adolf Hitler

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Hey, Wait...

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Low Moon

4.05 avg rating — 2,657 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
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Why Are You Doing This?

4.05 avg rating — 2,236 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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The Left Bank Gang

3.92 avg rating — 2,156 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions
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Sshhh!

3.91 avg rating — 1,621 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions
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Werewolves of Montpellier

3.77 avg rating — 1,597 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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The Last Musketeer

3.89 avg rating — 1,540 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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The Living and the Dead

3.77 avg rating — 1,516 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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Lost Cat

3.76 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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“It isn't what happens its how you deal with it.”
Jason
tags: humor

“Emperor of Mars: We should be rid of the Earthling now.

Count Rochefort: Was your daughter on the ship?

Emperor of Mars: Yes.

Emperor of Mars: Life is sad.”
Jason, The Last Musketeer

“I'm not addicted to books. I can stop reading once I've finished one more chapter.”
Jason

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