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| Jason Latour | |
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 Latour at the 2011New York Comic Con | |
| Born | David Jason Latour (1977-08-29)August 29, 1977 (age 47) Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
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David Jason Latour (born August 29, 1977) is an American comic-book and comic-strip artist and writer known for his work forImage Comics,Dark Horse Comics,Marvel Comics, andDC Comics on titles such asWolverine,Winter Soldier,Southern Bastards andSpider-Gwen, co-creatingSpider-Woman / Gwen Stacy (Earth-65) in the latter, later adapted to theSpider-Verse film franchise.
Jason Latour was born inCharlotte, NC and graduated fromWest Mecklenburg High School. He received aBachelor's degree in 1999 fromEast Carolina University where he had minored in art and served as the head illustrator and cartoonist forThe East Carolinian, the student newspaper.[citation needed]
While Latour was a student atEast Carolina University, he began his first foray into the comics field with his creator-owned humor comic strip4 Seats Left.
Most recently, Latour served a Production Consultant onSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) andSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Both films featuredSpider-Woman, the motion-picture name of the character Latour co-createdSpider-Gwen (see below).
In late 2004, Latour and writerB. Clay Moore created the short-lived seriesThe Expatriate atImage Comics. In 2009, he was hired to illustrate theVertigo ComicsVertigo Crime graphic novelNoche Roja (withSimon 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 2010Marvel Comics miniseriesDaredevil: Black & White,[1]Wolverine (2010)[2] and the critically acclaimed crime seriesScalped (Vertigo 2010).[3] In 2011, his creator-owned long-form writing debutLoose Ends (with artist Chris Brunner) was published byImage Comics in conjunction with independent publisher 12-Gauge Comics.[citation needed]
In September 2014, Latour co-createdSpider-Gwen, an alternate-universe version ofGwen Stacy that debuted inEdge of Spider-Verse #2. The character's popularity quickly warranted an ongoingSpider-Gwen comic-book series published byMarvel Comics that began in February 2015. The series explored a universe where Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, leading her to a career as theSpider-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 hisSpider-Gwen run in 2019 to focus on creator-owned material. On Latour's retirement in August 2020,Marvel Comics stated they had no current projects planned with him.[4]
Also in 2014, Latour and writerJason Aaron co-created the comic-book seriesSouthern Bastards atImage 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 2015Harvey Award forBest New Series and the 2016Eisner Award forBest Continuing Series. Latour primarily illustrated the series, but also wrote two issues of the title to date.
In August 2020, the series paused after Latour took a leave of absence in light of misconduct allegations,[4] before Latour returned to publishing creator-owned work in January 2022,[5] including inImage 30th Anniversary Anthology #12 (April 2023).
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