Nom canonique: Jackson, Jack
Nom légal: Jackson, Jack Edward
Autres noms: Jaxon
Date de naissance: 1941-05-15
Date de décès: 2006-06-08
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Pandora, Texas, USA
Lieu du décès: Stockdale, Texas, USA
Lieux de résidence: Pandora, Texas, USA
Stockdale, Texas, USA
Austin, Texas, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Études: University of Texas, Austin
Professions: cartoonist
illustrator
artist
writer
historian
Organisations: Family Dog Productions
Rip Off Press
Prix et distinctions: Eisner Award (Hall of Fame, 2011)
Courte biographie: Jack Jackson was born in Pandora, Texas. He majored in accounting at the University of Texas and was a staffer for its Texas Ranger humor magazine until he and others were fired over what he called "a petty censorship violation." Soon afterwards, he self-published the one-shot comic God Nose (1964), which is considered by many to be the first underground comic.

Jackson moved to San Francisco in 1966, where he became art director of the dance poster division of Family Dog. In 1969, he co-founded Rip Off Press, one of the first independent publishers of underground comix, with three other Texas transplants, Gilbert Shelton, Fred Todd, and Dave Moriaty. Despite this, most of his underground comics work, heavily influenced by EC Comics, was published by Last Gasp.

Jackson is best known for his historical work documenting the history of Native America and Texas, such as Comanche Moon (1979), El Alamo, Los Tejanos, The Secret of San Saba, Indian Lover: Sam Houston & the Cherokees, and Lost Cause.

Jackson died June 8, 2006, in Stockdale, Texas, in an apparent suicide after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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Los Tejanos par Jack Jackson

Under the non-de-plume "Jaxon," the late Jack Jackson may have first established his legendary reputation as the producer of the first underground comix (God's Nose) and as the co-founder of the influential publisher Rip Off Press, but his most important and lasting legacy lies in his historical publications. His third Texas history graphic novel, Los Tejanos, relates the tragic tale of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. An important figure during the War of Texas Independence, Seguin played crucial roles at the Alamo and the war's finale at San Jacinto. He served as a Senator in the Texas Republic and as mayor of San Antonio, but he ran afoul of his own government when he protested the mistreatment of Tejanos, Texans of Mexican descent. Falsely accused by his opponents of aiding the Mexican army, he fled to Mexico where he was conscripted into the army and even served with Santa Anna during the Mexican-American War. Refusing to gloss over the uglier aspects of history, Jackson expertly and accurately recounts this largely ignored tale of racism and betrayal.… (plus d'informations)

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rickklaw | Oct 13, 2017 |

New Texas History Movies par Jack Jackson

Episodes of Texas history starting with Columbus’s landing in the new world through the end of the Civil War are related in comic strip format. The author also includes a bibliographic essay on the original educational comic strip “Texas History Movies” by Jack Patton and John Rosenfield published in the Dallas Morning News between 1926 and 1927 and its reprint editions between 1928 and 1986 in book form.

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MaowangVater | Dec 27, 2008 |

Manuscript Maps Concerning the Gulf Coast, Texas,… par Jack Jackson

An excellent descriptive bibliographic collection of maps pertaining to the American Southwest, especially ones that have Texas in them. Jackson, a noted amateur cartographic historian I had the chance to meet shortly before his death, describes the maps not only in the Newberry, but other important charts as well. He provides catalog numbers, places they appear in print, the history behind the map, their context, evolution, and progression, and a million other things about them. It is an essential reference for those interested in the mapping of Texas before the founding of the Republic.… (plus d'informations)

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tuckerresearch | Oct 6, 2007 |