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Jason Lutes

(1967) Comics Artist

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Jason Lutes is a comics artist.

Quick Facts About Jason Lutes

Born: December 7, 1967
Profession: Comics Artist

About Jason Lutes

[Wikidata] American cartoonist and comic creator... | [Wikipedia] Jason Lutes is an American comics creator. His work is mainly historical fiction, but he also works in traditional fiction. He is best-known for his Berlin series, which he wrote and drew over 22 years. He has also written a handful of other graphic novels, as well as many short pieces for anthologi

Quotes by Jason Lutes

I love writing and the little filmmaking I have attempted, but comics is the means of artistic expression that feels most comfortable…

Art

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I personally have no need to make a strict definition of the medium. I am more interested in what can be done…

Creative

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I try to be as faithful as possible to the facts as I understand them, but any story is at least partly…

Difficult

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It seems to me that any popular fictional character's appeal is idiosyncratic in nature. Characters with large followings - Sherlock Holmes, Harry…

Business

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I'm not trying to create a stand-in or avatar with whom the reader can identify, but separate, believable characters with distinct personalities;…

Books

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We are apart and alone, as we must, but at least we are alone together.

Fun

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I loathe high/low art distinctions in any case, so the crossing and re-crossing of that line is an act to be savored…

Art

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At practically every level, the way I make comics is an act of improvising within structural boundaries. There's a rough plan, with…

Boundaries

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While we can generalize when describing a given medium as hot or cool, all media can be said to possess both hot…

Hot

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I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his…

Appearance

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