Background
Jason was born in Molde, and had his work published for the first time in 1981 in the Norwegian comics magazine KonK, to which he contributed several short stories during its lifespan.
Jason was born in Molde, and had his work published for the first time in 1981 in the Norwegian comics magazine KonK, to which he contributed several short stories during its lifespan.
In 1989, he was admitted to Norway"s National Academy of the Arts, where he studied graphical design and illustration.
In 1997, he started making Mjau Mjau, a semi-regular comic book featuring nothing but his own works. In 2001, he was once again awarded a Sproing, this time for Mjau Mjau 10. Since 2002, Jason has concentrated on making graphic novels.
Jason has lived in Denmark, Belgium, the United States., and France.
Since 2007, Jason has been living in Montpellier, and his recent graphic novels have been initially published in French. As Jason"s exposure has increased, his comics have been published outside of Norway, in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. His American publisher is Fantagraphics.
1995: Sproing Award, for Lomma full av regn 2000: Sproing Award, for Mjau Mjau 10: Si meg en ting 2000: Urhunden Prize for best translated graphic novel, for Vänta lite.. 2002: Inkpot Award 2002: Harvey Award, Best New Talent, for Hey, Wait.. 2005: Brage Prize, Open Class for Louisiana meg vise deg noe.. 2007: Eisner Award, Best United States. Edition of International Material, for The Left Bank Gang 2008: Eisner Award, Best United States. Edition of International Material, for I Killed Adolf Hitler.
