Gerard Jones

Gerard Jones (b. July 10, 1957) is an award-winning American author and comic book writer.

Jones was born in Cut Bank, Montana, and raised in Los Gatos and Gilroy, California. He currently resides in San Francisco, where he is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. [ [http://www.sfgrotto.org San Francisco Writers' Grotto] ]

Jones is author of the Eisner Award-winning "Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book" (2004); "Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence" (2002), and "Honey I'm Home: Sitcoms Selling the American Dream" (1993). [http://www.comics.org Grand Comics Database] ] His next book, tentatively entitled "The Undressing of America: How a Bodybuilder, a Swimming Queen and a Magician Created Reality Media", is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2009.

From 1987 to 2001, Jones wrote many comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Viz Media, Malibu Comics and other publishers; including "Green Lantern", "Justice League", "Prime", "Ultraforce", "El Diablo", "Wonder Man", "Elongated Man", "The Shadow", "Pokémon", and "Batman".

Jones is co-author with Will Jacobs of "The Beaver Papers" (1983), "The Comic Book Heroes" (1985, 1996), and the comic book "The Trouble with Girls" (1987-1993). From 1983 to 1988, Jacobs and Jones were contributors to "National Lampoon" magazine.

Jones appears in "", "American Masters: Lucille Ball", and other documentaries.

Selected bibiography

* "The Undressing of America: How a Bodybuilder, a Swimming Queen and a Magician Created Reality Media" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
* with Will Jacobs and Tim Hamilton, "The Trouble with Girls" (Checker Book Publishing Group, 2006) ISBN 978-1933160450
* "Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book" (Basic Books, 2005) ISBN 978-0465036578
* "Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence" (Basic Books, 2003) ISBN 978-0465036967
* with Gene Ha, "Oktane" (Dark Horse, 1996) ISBN 978-1569712122
* "Honey I'm Home: Sitcoms Selling the American Dream" (St. Martin's Griffin, 1993) ISBN 978-0312088101
* with Will Jacobs, "The Beaver Papers: The Story of the Lost Season" (Crown Publishers, 1984) ISBN 978-0517549919

References

External links

* [http://www.gerardjones.com Gerard Jones's homepage]
* [http://undressingamerica.blogspot.com/ Gerard Jones's blog]
* [http://gerardjones.blogspot.com/ Gerard Jones's other blog]
* [http://www.redroom.com/author/gerard-jones Gerard Jones's page at Red Room]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1439561/ IMDb profile]
* [http://www.toptwothreefilms.com/films/aidc/bts/interviews/f20040921/index(2).html Interview with Top Two Three Films]