![]() ![]() You’re without any doubt one of the most recognised contemporary Norwegian comics artists and the most obvious point of reference when it comes to the Norwegian scene. That’s what those long, dark winters in Norway do to you! There might be some melancholia mixed in with the humour, but it’s not planned. I make comics about zombies, werewolves, martians and so on. Does that surprise you? What is your explanation for this?Įxcept Hey, wait… I don’t find my comics to be that sad. Your popularity indicates that the melancholic quality of your work appeals to many readers and that they easily relate to it. ![]() Questions provided by Stripburger and Gašper Rusĭarko Macan once labeled your comics as “the saddest comics in the world” (quote from memory), which was meant as a special compliment to you. Jason, in the meantime, has become one of the most influential contemporary artists with piles of texts written about him and his work. ![]() These latter were perfected and refined through the years, in the process losing any expressivity they had left, and then introduced to the world of colour. His transformation from the artist doing expressive human faces into the artist doing stylised animals that live according to movie scripts is still hard to swallow. It is still grimly witty and movie-style paced, but nonetheless unrecognisable. In the late nineties, when Jason’s comics began appearing in Stripburger, their style was completely different than today. Jason (Norway) – interview, Stripburger 61, May 2013 ![]()
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