Gerard Jones (born July 10, 1957)[1] is an American writer, known primarily for his non-fiction work about American entertainment media, and hiscomic book scripting, which includes co-creating the superheroPrime forMalibu Comics, and writing for theGreen Lantern andJustice League lines forDC Comics.
In 2018, Jones was convicted of possession of child pornography and sentenced to six years in prison.
From 1983 to 1988, Jones and his writing partnerWill Jacobs were contributors toNational Lampoon magazine. From 1984 to 1986, Jones and Jacobs wrote articles about theSilver Age of Comics for the hobbyist publicationComics Feature. They also wroteThe Beaver Papers – a book parodying the TV seriesLeave It to Beaver – andThe Comic Book Heroes: From the Silver Age to the Present. He and Jacobs returned to humorous fiction in 2014 withThe Beaver Papers 2 andMy Pal Splendid Man.[3]
Since 1993, Jones has written primarily non-fiction books, mainly concerning American culture and media, including television comedy (Honey I'm Home), violence in entertainment (Killing Monsters), and comic-book history (Men of Tomorrow). He appears in documentaries, includingLook, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman,American Masters:Lucille Ball, andMake 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America.[citation needed]
Jones was arrested in December 2016 on charges of distributing and possessing images of child sexual abuse. His lawyer first entered a plea of "not guilty",[7] but in April 2018 Jones changed his plea to "guilty", admitting that the police had found "numerous electronic devices containing tens of thousands of images and hundreds of videos of child pornography" in his home.[8] In August 2018, Jones was sentenced to six years in prison, followed by a five-year period of supervised release, with an unspecified amount of restitution to be paid to his victims.[8][9]
Jones subsequently began writing about his experiences in prison, and about the life events that led him to commit his crimes; these writings were collected by his friends and former colleagues, and posted online.[10]
Jones was released from prison in December 2022.[11]
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1990s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.).DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.Dorling Kindersley. p. 245.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.Writer Gerard Jones and penciller Pat Broderick jump-started the further adventures of Hal [Jordan] and company by beginning Green Lantern's third ongoing series, which would last an impressive 181 issues.
^Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 252: "With the [Justice League] titles spearheaded bySuperman mainstay Dan Jurgens, writer Gerard Jones and artists Rick Burchett and Ron Randall jumped on board as well to help revitalize the franchise."
