User:Lossenelin/Jared Lane

Jared Lane is a comic artist and writer from Christchurch, New Zealand. He began drawing comics when he was in high school, and contributed comics to student magazines Canta and Caclin while studying for a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at the University of Canterbury in the 1990s as well as drawing for 'Funtime Comics Presents' a comics anthology published by the Funtime Comics group. In 2001 he began self publishing Progress, a comic he started in 1993 which remained unpublished due to lack of money. Each issue of Progress contains several stories, the main one being "Living with the Abyss" a science fiction story set in late 21st century New Zealand. He describes his reasons for writing the comic as "want[ing] to show a punky, futuristic dystopian New Zealand. In particular Christchurch, my home town, plunged into a dark future by New Zealand's destructive free market policies of the 90s" Returning to New Zealand in 2001 after living in Australia he believed the themes and messages of Progress to be "sadly still relevant" and decided to publish it. He is Currently working on a New Zealand 'Western' comic titled The Kaiapoi Kid

Selected works

 * Southbound, Funtime Comics Vol 1-3 1991-1993.
 * The Man With Gladwrap On His Face (written by Glen Standring), Canta 1992
 * Ham Fisted Penguin Tales (written by Jason Brice), Funtime Comics Vol 4-8 1993-1996.
 * Avatar (written by Jason Brice), 1993
 * Tales of the Flat-City, Canta 1995
 * Bonnie's Big Break, Caclin 1999
 * Judge Sarajin, Class of '79 1999
 * We’ll Still Be Friends, Tango Vol 3 (Australlia) 2000
 * Today, Tomorrow, Tango Vol 3 (Aust) 2000
 * Co-Editor on Pure Evil Vol 5 2000
 * Cold Eyes, Hot Lead, Comic Exhibition at the High Street Project, Christchurch 2001
 * Progress, 2001-????
 * The Kaiapoi Kid 2001-????

Awards

 * Eric Award for Progress issue 5.
 * Eric Award, (joint with Jo Thornley) for ‘Te Kanawa and the Faeries’ printed in Officer Pup Vol. 1
 * New Zealand Student Press Association award for 'Avatar'