Jason Martin
Artist
Colorado
Biography:
Jason Martin has been an illustrator all his life. His first professional job was with Dark Horse Comics in 1993. This led to more work in the Comic Book industry. Before long Jason was also contracted with Marvel, DC, Image, Wildstorm, IDW, Dreamwave, and many other publishers.
His work in comics quickly segued to contracts worldwide with a variety of companies: Topps Trading Cards, White Wolf, Xbox, Playstation, Disney, Hasbro, Ziff-Davis, IGN and various others. Jason's artwork has even been featured in movies! Examples include Kevin Smith's Mallrats and Universal Pictures Paul starring Simon Pegg.
By the early 2000s Jason was a highly sought after illustrator for many gaming magazines. His artwork has been featured in Official U.S. Playstation Magazine, PSM, Play Magazine, Polyhedron, Computer Gaming World, Undefeated, Super Street, Grassroots Motorsports, and Wizard. This caught the eye of an even broader audience, and Jason began designing toys, plushies, various merchandise, logos and character art for corporations around the globe.
Throughout his career Jason has been invited to speak to aspiring artists at prestigious events and colleges, including Savannah College of Art and Design.
Jason has been inducted into the Library of Congress for numerous publications. To this day Jason enjoys illustrating all aspects of our pop-culture world!
He lives happily with his wife Heather (HeatherAfter Cosplay) and their son Jathen.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Wyoming Pop Culture Con 2024 - April 26-28, 2024 in Casper, WY
- WIcked West Comic Expo 2024 - April 13-14, 2024 in Loveland, CO
- MegaCon Orlando 2024 - February 1-4, 2024 in Orlando, FL
- Fan Expo Portland 2024 - January 12-14, 2024 in Portland, OR 2023
- GalactiCon 2023 - November 24-26, 2023 in Denver, CO
- Nan Desu Kan 2023 - September 1-3, 2023 in Aurora, CO
- Fort Collins Comic Con 2023 - August 26-27, 2023 in Fort Collins, CO
- Tremendicon 2023 - July 7-9, 2023 in Springfield, MO
- Fan Expo Denver 2023 - June 30 - July 2, 2023 in Denver, CO
- RetroMania Denver 2023 - May 20-21, 2023 in Aurora, CO
- Fan Expo Portland 2023 - February 17-19, 2023 in Portland, OR 2022
- Nan Desu Kan 2022 - September 2-4, 2022 in Aurora, CO
- Fan Expo Denver 2022 - July 1-3, 2022 in Denver, CO 2021
- Nan Desu Kan 2021 - September 3-5, 2021 in Aurora, CO 2019
- Denver Pop Culture Con 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Denver, CO 2018
- Wizard World Comic Con Portland 2018 - April 13-15, 2018 in Portland, OR 2016
- Phoenix Comicon 2016 - June 2-5, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ 2015
- Nan Desu Kan 2015 - September 4-6, 2015 in Denver, CO 2014
- Nan Desu Kan 2014 - September 12-14, 2014 in Denver, CO 2012
- Nan Desu Kan 2012 - September 14-16, 2012 in Denver, CO
- Ultra Super Fun Sized Mini Con 2012 - April 13, 2012 in Longmont, CO 2009
- Nan Desu Kan 2009 - September 11-13, 2009 in Denver, CO 2008
- Nan Desu Kan 2008 - September 12-14, 2008 in Denver, CO
- Anime Wasabi 2008 - March 14-16, 2008 in Denver, CO 2007
- Izumicon 2007 - November 2-4, 2007 in Oklahoma City, OK
- Nan Desu Kan 2007 - September 14-16, 2007 in Denver, CO 2006
- Nan Desu Kan 2006 - October 6-8, 2006 in Denver, CO 2005
- Nan Desu Kan 2005 - September 16-18, 2005 in Denver, CO
- Realms Con 2005 - August 19-21, 2005 in Corpus Christi, TX 2004
- Nan Desu Kan 2004 - September 17-19, 2004 in Aurora, CO 2003
- Anime Weekend Atlanta 2003 - September 26-28, 2003 in Atlanta, GA
- MegaCon 2003 - February 28 - March 2, 2003 in Orlando, FL 2002
- MegaCon 2002 - February 22-24, 2002 in Orlando, FL
33 confirmed guest appearances