• Real Name: Jason Shmason
• Gender: Male
• Age: 34
• Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada)

• Joined: Jan 1st, 2007
• Last Visit: Jan 19th, 2007

User Tags: artist, fan, geek, proffessor-undressor, retailer, sometime-part-time-robot

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[ Posted by whitey on Aug 13th, 2007 1:40 PM ]...

Hey, this is Jason from Strange Adventures, right? I think I added you a long time ago but just made the connection. Apparently I'm slow, or maybe I'm just not online enough (oh wait that can't be true).

[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 19th, 2007 1:39 AM ]...

Holy crap Agents of Atlas rawks!

[ Posted by JimSalicrup on Jan 5th, 2007 8:31 PM ]...

As a ComicSpace friend, may I ask you to help support the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (www.moccany.org)? Become a member today! Thanks.

[ Posted by coydog on Jan 1st, 2007 7:45 AM ]...

Thanks for the add! How ya been lately?

3 Replies [ Latest posted on January 4th, 2007 10:45 PM ]

	[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 1st, 2007 7:59 AM ]... I've been great thanks! I think these first couple of hours are a pretty good start to the new year. This web site shows some potential too! Anywho Monique, now that I've joined the party, I'm sure I'll be bumping into you more often, even if it is virtually. Until next time!
	[ Posted by coydog on Jan 4th, 2007 7:52 AM ]... OK, so anything going on in town I should know about? Is anyone doing the 24 Hour thing this spring?
	[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 4th, 2007 10:45 PM ]... Well, I'm not sure about the next 24 Hour thingy happening this spring. Have you seen an announcement of the date that I've missed? On their website, it's still just news on the last one in Oct. Whenever it is, I'm sure we can round up enough people to take part again. If the last one was any kind of indicator, we may even need a larger or a second venue. However, I know Gibson wants to get some meetings or jams (or whatever you want to call them) up and running and I was thinking of getting something together sometime this month too. Probably just a meeting of the minds at a cafe for some shop talk and doodling. Of course, one doesn't have to wait for us to get up off our butts though. Anyone with the contact list can put out the word for a gathering. By the way, are you working on anything now?

[ Posted by campbell551 on Jan 3rd, 2007 12:17 AM ]...

hey J. Good to see you on here. Folks, this guy is the definition of the word creator!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 4th, 2007 10:38 PM ]

[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 4th, 2007 10:38 PM ]... Hey dood, You're too kind man. Besides, my best work has been with you, so right back atcha! (point and click twice)

[ Posted by gibsontwist on Jan 1st, 2007 10:07 PM ]...

Great to see you, Jason. Also good to see you drop some recommendations for good comics. I don't think I have ever been disappointed in a book you've suggested!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 2nd, 2007 11:49 PM ]

[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 2nd, 2007 11:49 PM ]... Hey Gibson, I'm new to this message board/community thingy so be patient with my newbie-ness. Ya, the latest book I'm kinda interested in is American Born Chinese from First Second Publishing (same folks who put out the intriguing Lost Colony). I've only read the first few pages, but it was enough to get into my account for pay day. Anywho, we'll see you around the space.

[ Posted by Prospector on Jan 1st, 2007 7:19 AM ]...

Hi. Yup, It's another bearded, thirty-something guy into comics! Won't catch many of us on this site I bet!

OK, so I guess this is where I say something about how I've been reading comics since the late seventies and making a few along the way with my buddy Mike since the late eighties. (I've been favouring black and white water colour & ink lately btw.)
I'm working in retail now too, so comics have been pretty prominent in my life for nearly three decades (save a few years near the end of the nineties, but let's not go there.)

Favourite creators? Got an hour or two? In no particular order (except Chris & Will who rise above all):

Chris Ware
Will Eisner
Mike Mignola
John Cassaday
Frank Quitely
Darwyn Cooke (esp. New Frontier)
Steve McNiven
Warren Ellis (esp. Planetary)
Grant Morrison (esp. New X-Men, We3, Vimanarama, F4:1,2,3,4)
Carla Speed McNiel
Daniel Clowes (esp. Velvet Glove & David Boring)
Charles Burns (Black Hole is amazing!!!)
Greg Land (yes, even his tracing)
Mike Allred
Eric Powell
Robert Kirkman
Art Adams
Jeff Smith
Mark Crilley
Geof Darrow
Alan Davis
Paul Neary
Bryan Hitch
Brian Michael Bendis (esp. New Avengers & Powers)
Frank Miller (mostly his early-mid career)
Jae Lee (mostly his mid-later career)
R. Crumb
Alex Ross
Sale & Loeb (esp. their Marvel stuff)
Seth Fisher
Sam Keith (esp. Epicurus the Sage, the Maxx & Four Women)
William Messner Loebs (see Sam Keith)
Charles Vess (esp. Books of Magic & Stardust)
Chester Brown (esp. Louis Riel)
Art Spiegelman
Joe Sacco (esp. Safe Area: Gorazde)
Kyle Baker (esp. Nat Turner & Birth of a Nation)
Joe Kubert
Osamu Tezuka (esp. Buddah)
James Turner (esp. Nil: A Land Beyond Belief)
Scott Kolins
Moebius
Dave McKean
the Luna Brothers
Charles Schultz
Bill Waterson
George Herrimen
Alan Moore
Gene Ha (esp. 49'ers & the Authority)

...There are plenty more, but this is a long enough opening comment as it is so I'll sign off for now.

All the best in the new year to anyone and everyone who reads this! I hope the lucky number seven treats you all well! Read more comics!

J