David Jason Latour (born August 29, 1977) is an American comic-book and comic-strip artist and writer known for his work for

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, and

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on titles such as ''

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'', '' Winter Soldier'', ''

Southern Bastards ''Southern Bastards'' is a comic book series created in 2014 by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, and published by Image Comics. The series revolves around the culture in a small town in the American South where football is everything and people try t ...

'' and ''

Spider-Gwen ''Spider-Gwen'' (also titled ''Radioactive Spider-Gwen'', ''Ghost-Spider'', and ''Gwenom'') is an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that began February 2015. The series revolves around Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, an alternate un ...

'', co-creating Spider-Woman / Gwen Stacy (Earth-65) in the latter, later adapted to the ''Spider-Verse'' film franchise.

Early life

Jason Latour was born in

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and graduated from West Mecklenburg High School. He received a

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in 1999 from

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with s ...

where he had minored in art and served as the head illustrator and cartoonist for The East Carolinian, the student newspaper.

Career

While Latour was a student at

, he began his first foray into the comics field with his creator-owned humor comic strip ''4 Seats Left''. Most recently, Latour served a Production Consultant on '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018) and '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023). Both films featured

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, the motion-picture name of the character Latour co-created

(see below). In late 2004, Latour and writer

B. Clay Moore B. Clay Moore is an American comic book author, best known for the series ''Hawaiian Dick''. Career Moore first achieved notoriety as the writer and co-creator of ''Hawaiian Dick'', first published in 2002 in comics, 2002 by Image Comics. Since t ...

created the short-lived series ''The Expatriate'' at

. In 2009, he was hired to illustrate the

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graphic novel ''Noche Roja'' (with

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, hc, 184 pages, 2011, ; sc, 2011, ), which was published in 2011, and has since worked as an artist on comic-book titles such as the 2010

miniseries ''Daredevil: Black & White'', ''Wolverine'' (2010) and the critically acclaimed crime series ''Scalped'' (Vertigo 2010). In 2011, his creator-owned long-form writing debut ''Loose Ends'' (with artist Chris Brunner) was published by

in conjunction with independent publisher 12-Gauge Comics.

''Spider-Gwen''

In September 2014, Latour co-created

, an alternate-universe version of

Gwen Stacy Gwendolyne Maxine "Gwen" Stacy is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in those featuring Spider-Man (Peter Parker). A college student and the daughter of George Stacy, Georg ...

that debuted in ''Edge of Spider-Verse'' #2. The character's popularity quickly warranted an ongoing ''

'' comic-book series published by

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 the

of her world. The first volume ended after the fifth issue with the character carrying over into the second volume of "

Spider-Verse Spider-Verse is a comic book series issued by Marvel Comics since 2014. Its first major event/storyline started on November 5 in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2014) No. 9 along with an individual issue named ''Spider-Verse Team-Up''. This event ...

" as part of the "Secret Wars" story line. Latour wrapped up his ''

'' run in 2019 to focus on creator-owned material. On Latour's retirement in August 2020,

stated they had no current projects planned with him.

''Southern Bastards''

Also in 2014, Latour and writer

Jason Aaron Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series '' Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', '' PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', a ...

co-created the comic-book series ''

'' at

. 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 2015

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for Best New Series and the 2016

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for Best 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, before Latour returned to publishing creator-owned work in January 2022, including in '' Image 30th Anniversary Anthology'' #12 (April 2023).

Bibliography

As artist

* ''The Expatriate '' #1-4 (with

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) * '' 24Seven vol. 2'' (

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) * '' PopGun vol. 1'' (

) * '' Daredevil Black and White'' #1 (with

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

one-shot) * ''

'', vol. 4 #1 - The Last Stand of the Silver Samurai (with

) * ''

'', vol. 4 #5 - Scorched Earth: Conclusion- (with

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

) * '' I Am an Avenger'' #1 - The Books of the Iron Fist (with

Duane Swierczynski Duane Louis Swierczynski (born February 22, 1972) is an American crime writer known for his work in non-fiction books, novels and comic books. Early life Duane Swierczynski was born and raised in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frankford, ...

) * ''

Scalped Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy. Scalp-taking is considered part of the broader cultural practice of the taki ...

'' #43 (with

DC/Vertigo,

) * ''

Noche Roja Night, or nighttime, is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. Sunlight illuminates one side of the Earth, leaving the other in darkness. The opposite of nighttime is daytime. Earth's rotation causes the appearance of su ...

'' (with

Vertigo Crime Line OGN DC/Vertigo,

) * ''

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'', #616 - Spin- (with

Cullen Bunn Cullen Bunn is an American comics writer, novelist, and short story writer, best known for his work on comic books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' X-Men: Blue'', ''Magneto'' and various '' Deadpool'' miniseries for Marvel Comics, and his creator-own ...

) * '' Fear Itself: The Home Front'' #5 - Red/White Blues (with

Si Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press comics, British small pr ...

) * ''

'', #309 (with

Ivan Brandon Ivan Brandon (born 1976) is a comic book writer known for his work on titles such as DC Comics' '' Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape'' and ''Men of War'' as well as creator-owned series ''Viking'', '' The Cross Bronx'' and '' NYC Mech'', published by ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

) * '' B.P.R.D. The Pickens County Horror'', (with

Mike Mignola Michael Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a Hellboy Universe, shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', ''Abe Sapien'', ''Lobster Johns ...

Scott Allie Scott Allie is an American comics writer and editor, best known as an editor and executive at Dark Horse Comics from 1994 to 2017. During this time he edited works including ''Hellboy'' and related series (which he sometimes co-wrote with series ...

Darkhorse ''Darkhorse'' is the second studio album by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released through Columbia Records/Sony Music on November 12, 2002. The album had two singles, "Drowning", which was a minor hit in several countries, and "Hu ...

) * ''

Django Unchained ''Django Unchained'' ( ) is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Tarantino's A Band Apart and Columbia Pictures, it stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry W ...

'' (comic adaptation), (with

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& RM Guera, DC/Vertigo,

) * '' Sledgehammer 44'', (with

John Arcudi John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on '' The Mask'' and '' B.P.R.D.'' and his series '' Major Bummer''. Early life Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

) * ''

'' #1-11, 13–17, 19-21 (with

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)

As writer

* ''Loose Ends'' (with Chris Brunner & Rico Renzi 12-Gauge Comics,

) * '' Untold Tales of Punisher MAX'' (with

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Marvel Comics)

* ''

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'' #4 (with David Lopez

* '' Winter Soldier'' #15-19 (with

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* '' Wolverine and the X-Men'' #1-12 (with Mahmud Asrar,

) * '' Original Sin Annual'' (with Enis Cisic,

) * ''

Edge of Spider-Verse Spider-Verse is a comic book series issued by Marvel Comics since 2014. Its first major event/storyline started on November 5 in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2014) No. 9 along with an individual issue named ''Spider-Verse Team-Up''. This event ...

'' #2 (with Robbi Rodriguez,

) * ''

'' #12, 18 (with Chris Brunner,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

) * ''

'' #1-5, Vol. 2 #1-34 (with Robbi Rodriguez,

)

Notes

References

External links

* * * Fiffe, Michel
"WE WANT COMICS TO SURVIVE: The Jason Latour Interview"

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. October 6, 2011 * Callahan, Timothy
"TOMORROW'S SUPERSTAR ARTIST: JASON LATOUR"

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. August 2, 2010 * Williams, Brett
"Jason Latour - Recording the Bleed"
Surfing The Bleed. September 8, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Latour, Jason Living people East Carolina University alumni 1977 births Artists from Charlotte, North Carolina Marvel Comics writers DC Comics people Spider-Gwen