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Will Jacobs

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American comics and humor writer (born 1955)

Will Jacobs (born 1955) is an Americancomics and humor writer. He was co-author withGerard Jones onThe Beaver Papers,The Comic Book Heroes, and the comic bookThe Trouble with Girls (1987–1993).^[1] He was a contributor toNational Lampoon magazine and variousDC Comics.

From 1984 to 1986, Jacobs and his writing partnerGerard Jones wrote articles about theSilver Age of Comics for the hobbyist publicationComics Feature. From 1983 to 1988, Jones and Jacobs were contributors toNational Lampoon magazine. In 1984, the pair publishedThe Beaver Papers (Crown Publishers, 1984), a book parodying the TV seriesLeave It to Beaver. And in 1985, they wroteThe Comic Book Heroes, a book dedicated to the history of the American comic book industry from the Silver Age to the present.^[2]

Jacobs left professional writing in the 1990s to start a used and antiquarian book service, Avalon Books.

He and Jones returned to humorous fiction in 2014 withThe Beaver Papers 2 (Atomic Drop Press) andMy Pal Splendid Man (Atomic Drop Press, 2015).^[3]

Bibliography

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(withGerard Jones)The Beaver Papers: The Story of the Lost Season (Crown Publishers, 1984,ISBN 978-0-517-54991-9)
(with Gerard Jones)The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books – From the Silver Age to the Present (Crown Publishing Group 1985, 1996 – revised edition –ISBN 0-517-55440-2)
(with Gerard Jones and Tim Hamilton)The Trouble with GirlsMalibu Comics, 1987)
(with Gerard Jones)The Beaver Papers 2: The Fall of the Beaver (Atomic Drop Press, 2014,ISBN 978-0982766989)
(with Gerard Jones)My Pal Splendid Man (Atomic Drop Press, 2015,ISBN 978-0996525916)