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Gerard Jones

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in Cut Bank, Montana, The United States

July 10, 1957

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http://www.gerardjones.com/

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Entertainment

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Gerard Jones is an award-winning American author and comic book writer. 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, Martian Manhunter, Elongated Man, The Shadow, Pokémon, and Batman.

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). Jones is co-author with Will Jacobs of The Beaver Papers (1983), The Comic Book Heroes (1985, 1996), and the com...more

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Gerard Jones isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Moving back

I'm moving all my blogging back to my first and eponymous blog, Gerard Jones. If I'm going to concentrate my writing energies on the book, I should at the very least consolidate my potential web distractions. I'll be running excerpts from this book there, starting in a day or two.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 4,246 ratings · 181 reviews · 58 distinct works · Similar authors

	Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Monsters: Our Children's Need For Fantasy, Heroism, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones, Lynn Ponton 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Fortunate Son by Gerard Jones, Gene Ha (Illustrator), Gloria Vasquez (Illustrator) 2.3 of 5 stars 2.30 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Lantern: The Road Back by Gerard Jones, Pat Broderick (Illustrator), Bruce Patterson (Illustrator) 3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1991	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present by Gerard Jones, Will Jacobs 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Run, Riddler, Run #1 - The Road to Hell 2.74 of 5 stars 2.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pikachu Meets the Press: A Pokemon Newspaper Strip Collection 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martian Manhunter American Secrets 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ginny Good: A Mostly True Story 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martian Manhunter American Secrets 2 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“American men had made do for so long with smiling chorines and sweet titillation in their sleazy magazine that no one realised how hungry they were to have their sex mixed with terror and blood.”
― Gerard Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book

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“We all know starry-eyed romantics like love stories, but few would argue early and intense exposure to sappy melodrama causes a romantic temperament.”
― Gerard Jones, Killing Monsters: Our Children's Need For Fantasy, Heroism, and Make-Believe Violence

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