Jason Latour

David Jason Latour (born 1977) is an American comic-book and comic-strip artist and writer known for his work for Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics on titles such as Wolverine, Winter Soldier, Southern Bastards and Spider-Gwen.

Jason Latour
at the 2011 New York Comic Con
BornDavid Jason Latour
August 29, 1977
Charlotte, NC
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Wolverine
Loose Ends
Winter Soldier
Django Unchained
BPRD: The Pickens County Horror
Southern Bastards
Spider-Gwen
Official website

Early life

Jason Latour was born in Charlotte, NC and graduated from West Mecklenburg High School. He received a Bachelor's degree in 1999 from East Carolina University where he had minored in art and served as the head illustrator and cartoonist for The East Carolinian, the student newspaper.

Career
Latour sketching at Heroes Con 2010

While Latour was a student at East Carolina University, he began his first foray into the comics field with his creator-owned humor comic strip 4 Seats Left.

In late 2004, Latour and writer B. Clay Moore created the short-lived series The Expatriate at Image Comics. In 2009, he was hired to illustrate the Vertigo Comics Vertigo Crime graphic novel Noche Roja (with Simon Oliver, graphic novel, hc, 184 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-1535-1; sc, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3062-8), which was published in 2011, and has since worked as an artist on comic-book titles such as the 2010 Marvel Comics miniseries Daredevil: Black & White,[1] Wolverine (2010)[2] and the critically acclaimed crime series Scalped (Vertigo 2010).[3] In 2011, his creator-owned long-form writing debut Loose Ends (with artist Chris Brunner) was published by Image Comics in conjunction with independent publisher 12-Gauge Comics.

In September 2014, Latour co-created and Spider-Gwen (Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy), an alternate-universe version of Gwen Stacy that debuted in Edge of Spider-Verse #2. The character’s popularity quickly warranted an ongoing ''Spider-Gwen'' comic-book series published by Marvel Comics that began in February 2015. The series explored a universe where Gwen Stacy instead of Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, leading her to a career as the Spider-Woman of her world. The first volume ended after the fifth issue with the character carrying over into the second volume of 'Spider-Verse' as part of the "Secret Wars" story line. Latour wrapped up his Spider-Gwen run in 2019 to turn his focus to creator-owned material

Also in 2014, Latour and writer Jason Aaron co-created the comic-book series Southern Bastards at Image Comics. The series revolves around the culture in a small town in the American South where football is everything and people try to get away with crime. The series won the 2015 Harvey Award for Best New Series and the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series. Latour primarily illustrated the series, but also wrote two issues of the title to date.

In June 2020, after accusations of interpersonal misconduct,[4] Latour withdrew from the public eye and stopped working on projects. When asked for comment, Marvel Comics stated they had no current projects planned with him.[5] As of Jan, 2022, Latour has since returned to publishing creator-owned work.[6]

Bibliography

As artist

As writer

Notes
  1. Phillips, Dan. "Daredevil: Black and White #1 The Man of Fear gets the Black and White treatment." IGN. August 4, 2010
  2. Melrose, Kevin. "Chain Reactions: Wolverine #1". Comic Book Resources. September 4, 2010
  3. Hargro, Carlton. "Comic Review: Scalped No. 43" Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Creative Loafing Charlotte. November 30, 2010
  4. https://www.comicsbeat.com/jason-latour-misconduct-allegations/
  5. https://www.cbr.com/report-marvel-comics-no-future-plans-jason-latour/
  6. https://substack.com/profile/3434815-jason-latour

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