Jaxon

Jack Edward Jackson (May 15, 1941 – June 8, 2006), also known by his pen name Jaxon, was an American cartoonist, illustrator, historian, and writer. He co-founded Rip Off Press, and some consider him to be the first underground comix artist, due to his most well-known satirical comic strip God Nose.

Early life Jackson was born in 1941 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".

Career In 1964, Jackson self-published the one-shot God Nose, which is considered by some to be the first underground comic

In addition to Slow Death, Jackson contributed to a selection of other underground comix, including Barbarian Comics (California Comics) and Radical America Komiks (Radical America Magazine). In the 1980s Jaxon contributed historical comics to Fantagraphics' Graphics Story Monthly and a number of Kitchen Sink Press titles, including BLAB! and the 11-part, 126-page "Bulto… The Cosmic Slug," about a space creature's effect on the people of the ancient Southwest, which was serialized in Death Rattle. Jackson did freelance work for Marvel Comics as a colorist from 1988 to 1991.

Personal life Jackson was found dead outside a cemetery in Stockdale, Texas on June 8, 2006, in an apparent suicide after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Legacy and honors Lifetime fellowship to Texas Historical Association Judges' Choice for The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2011