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Gerard Jones

Born

in Cut Bank, Montana, The United States

July 10, 1957

Website

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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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: 3.92 · 29,067 ratings · 1,257 reviews · 571 distinct works • Similar authors

	Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book 4.07 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones, Lynn Ponton (Foreword) 3.90 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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: Hal Jordan, Vol. 1 by Gerard Jones, Keith Giffen, M.D. Bright (Artist) 4.04 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 2.04 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.44 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 - Book One: The Road to Hell 2.78 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Book 1 by Gerard Jones, Eduardo Barreto (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Book 2 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Goodbye, Amelia 3.52 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Wonder Man (1991) (3 books)
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Gerard Jones,

Stephen B. Jones (Illustrator),

Jeff Johnson (Illustrator)

3.59 avg rating — 460 ratings

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan (2 books)
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Gerard Jones,

Pat Broderick (Illustrator)

4.02 avg rating — 165 ratings

Martian Manhunter: American Secrets (3 books)
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Gerard Jones,

Eduardo Baretto (Illustrator)

3.83 avg rating — 144 ratings

Batman: Run, Riddler, Run (3 books)
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Gerard Jones

2.87 avg rating — 186 ratings

2099 Unlimited (10 books)
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Gerard Jones,

Khato,

Michael Jan Friedman (Goodreads Author),

Matt Ryan,

Gary Martin,

Marie Severin

2.59 avg rating — 73 ratings

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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: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence

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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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“Children want to be strong, secure, and happy. Their fantasies will tell us what they feel they need to attain that, if we pay attention. But we need to look beyond our adult expectations and interpretations and see them through our children's eyes. First, we need to begin disentangling the fears and preconceptions that have prevented us from doing so.”
― Gerard Jones, Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence

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