Jason V Brock

Jason V Brock
Jason V Brock in 2007
Born	Jason Vincent Brock March 1, 1970 (1970-03-01) (age 42) Charlotte, North Carolina
Occupation	Filmmaker, Editor, Artist, Writer, Musician
Genres	Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Magic Realism, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Comics
www.jasunni.com

Jason V Brock, born March 1, 1970, is an American author, artist, editor and director. He is the CEO and co-founder (with his wife, Sunni) of JaSunni Productions, LLC, whose documentary films include the controversial Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man,^[1] The AckerMonster Chronicles,^[1] and the upcoming Image, Reflection, Shadow: Artists of the Fantastic.^[1] He is also the author of Totems and Taboos, a compilation of his poetry and artwork, and an editor, along with William F. Nolan, of The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers and The Devil's Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier anthologies published by Cycatrix Press.^[2] Brock shares story credit (he was Story Consultant and lead Costume Designer) on the Logan’s Run: Last Day and related comicbook series from Bluewater Productions. In addition, he is also a writer for the comicbook/graphic novel, Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (also from Bluewater).^[2] He has served as Managing Editor/Contributor and Art Director for Dark Discoveries magazine.^[3] His novella, Milton’s Children, is being published by Bad Moon Books in 2012.^[4][5] His poetry, short stories, non-fiction articles, Introductions and essays have been widely published internationally online, in books and in numerous horror, science fiction and fantasy and scholarly print magazines (Fangoria, Dark Discoveries, Ethereal Tales, Calliope [Official Publication of the Writers' Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd], Comic-Con International's Souvenir Book, the Weird Fiction Review, American Rationalist [an organ of the Center for Inquiry], and others) and multiple anthologies (Butcher Knives and Body Counts, The Bleeding Edge, Like Water for Quarks, Animal Magnetism, and so on).^[6] With a large personality and gregarious nature, he is a popular panelist at many horror conventions (such as MythosCon, Orycon, Crypticon and others) and film festivals (including the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Buffalo International Film Festival, Lovecraft's Visions, etc.) and has been compared in intensity to Harlan Ellison and Charles Beaumont by his friends and colleagues.^[2][5]

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Works 2.1 Anthology Appearances 2.2 Collections 2.3 Comics and Graphic Novels 2.4 Editor 2.5 Film 2.6 Novels 2.7 Other Appearances 2.8 Poetry 3 Influences 4 Works in Production 5 Affiliations and Awards 6 References 7 External links

Life and career

Brock was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[2] His father was a freelance journalist and graphic designer. His stepfather, Danny Thomas, was a drummer for the 13th Floor Elevators. As a teenager, Brock led the Progressive Rock/Avant-Garde band ChiaroscurO in Charlotte.^[6] He also assisted his father, James Brock, in writing and design. He later worked for James Robert Smith (editor, and author, The Flock) at a comic book store where he met many like-minded individuals and honed his creative writing skills. After that, he worked as a graphic designer for Morris Costumes in their catalog department and also served as an artist’s apprentice for Pat Piro and as an audio engineer trainee at Reflection Sound Studio under Mark Williams.^[4][5] Brock has lived on the West Coast since 1993 spending time in Seattle, Los Angeles and Vancouver, WA. He was an award-winning Field Service Engineer and Regional Manager for several photo companies (Kits/Ritz Cameras, Konica Quality Photo West) before working as a Product Specialist for Fuji Photo Film; he left to form JaSunni Productions, LLC in 2005.^[2] Brock and his wife, Sunni, are longtime vegetarians (often vegan) and animal lovers/animal rights activists. They have several skinks, an iguana named “Liz” and four red-foot tortoises that roam their home wearing diapers. During filming of the Charles Beaumont documentary, he struck up a deep friendship with William F. Nolan who is also a vegetarian and very fond of animals. Nolan relocated to Vancouver, WA to be near the Brocks who are like an extended family.^[2]

Works

Anthology Appearances

• Animal Magnetism, poetry. Featured contributor. Edited by S.A. Parham & W. Olivia Race. P. R. Publishing, 2005.
• The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers, fiction. Contributor. Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan. Cycatrix Press, 2010.
• Like Water for Quarks, fiction. Contributor. Edited by Elton Elliott and Bruce Taylor. MVP Publishing, 2011.
• Butcher Knives & Body Counts, non-fiction. Contributor. Edited by Vince Liaguno. Dark Scribe Press, 2011.
• The Devil’s Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier, anthology. Contributor. Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan. Cycatrix Press, 2011.
• Black Wings II, fiction. Contributor. Edited by S. T. Joshi. PS Publishing, 2012.
• Night Terrors II, fiction. Contributor. Edited by Theresa Dillon. Blood Bound Books, 2012.
• Slices of Flesh, fiction. Contributor. Dark Moon Books, 2012.

Collections

• Disorders of Magnitude, non-fiction. Writer. TBD.

Comics and Graphic Novels

• Logan's Run: Last Day. Story/Costume Design. Bluewater Productions, 2009.
• Logan's Run: Aftermath. Story/Costume Design. Bluewater Productions, 2011.
• Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe. Writer. Bluewater Productions, 2012.

Editor

• Dark Discoveries, magazine. Managing Editor/Art Director. Dark Discoveries Publications, 2008–2012.
• The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers, anthology. Editor (with William F. Nolan)/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2010. The anthology features previously unpublished material by Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Dan O’Bannon, Earl Hamner, Jr., Norman Corwin, John Shirley, and many younger authors, with a foreword by S. T. Joshi. The release was celebrated by an unprecedented signing event in Glendale, Ca at Mystery and Imagination Bookstore where a nearly 90-year-old Bradbury and nearly 100-year-old Corwin greeted hundreds of fans who waited hours to get their copies signed by the fourteen authors in attendance.^[7] The book went on to win an award for Book and Jacket Design from Pacific Printing Industries Association, as well as several Honorable Mentions and a main selection in The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow.^[8]
• William F. Nolan: A Miscellany, chapbook. Editor/Designer. Dark Discoveries Publications in conjunction with Cycatrix Press, 2011.
• The Devil’s Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier, anthology. Editor (with William F. Nolan)/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2011.
• Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (formerly titled The Blood Princess and Other Shadow Tales), fiction collection by William F. Nolan. Editor/Contributor. Arkham House, 2012 or 2013 (tentative).^[9][10]

Film

• Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man, documentary. Director/Writer/Producer. JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2010. The film made its World Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre (American Cinematheque) in Hollywood, in March, 2010.^[11]
• The AckerMonster Chronicles, documentary (about Forrest J Ackerman). Director/Writer/Producer. JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2012.

Novels

• Milton’s Children, novella. Author. Bad Moon Books, 2012.

Other Appearances

• Guest Writer -- September, 2011, online. Writer, two stories featured ("Red-Wat-Shod", "The Underground"). Paul Kane (writer)'s Shadow Writer website, 2011.^[12]

• The Gothic Imagination, interview collection by John C. Tibbetts. Interviewee. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Poetry

• Totems and Taboos, illustrated chapbook. Writer/Artist. Cycatrix Press, 2005.

Influences

Literary: Jorge Luis Borges, H. P. Lovecraft, Kafka, Rod Serling, Bataille, Kurt Vonnegut, W. S. Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, George Orwell, Dante, Percy Shelley, Homer, Poe, Robbe-Grillet, Richard Selzer, William F. Nolan, Ray Bradbury, George Clayton Johnson, Charles Beaumont, Dennis Etchison ^[4]

Visual: Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Ernst Fuchs, Botticelli, Wolfgang Grasse, Beksinski, Bocklin, Vesalius, EC Comics, Francis Bacon, H. R. Giger, Minor White, Helmut Newton ^[4]

Film: Dan O’Bannon (a personal friend and mentor),^[13] David Cronenberg, George A. Romero, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Kurosawa, Brakhage, Roger Corman, Oliver Stone, Dario Argento ^[4]

Music: David Bowie, The Beatles, King Crimson, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, Philip Glass, Rush, Segovia, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Yes, The Police, classical, jazz, soundtracks, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin

Works in Production

• [NaMeL3ss] Magazine, magazine (twice yearly). Editor/Art Director. Cycatrix Press, 2012.
• (UnSub), novel. Author. TBD, 2012.
• The Kellen Diaries, novella. Author. TBD, 2012.
• Homunculus, novel. Author. TBD, 2013.
• Grotteschi, short story collection. Author. TBD, 2012.
• Strange Interlude: The Worlds of Charles Beaumont, bibliography. Editor (with William F. Nolan). TBD, 2012.
• Image, Reflection, Shadow: Artists of the Fantastic, documentary (regarding metaphorical imagery from Hieronymous Bosch to the present). Director/Writer/Producer. JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2012.
• Dark Fantastic: Interfacing with the Weird, anthology. Editor/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2012.
• Logan Falls, novel (a new sequel in the Logan's Run series). Author (with William F. Nolan), TBD.^[14]

Affiliations and Awards

• Active Member, Horror Writers Association (HWA).
• Member, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
• Member, Photo Marketing Association (PMA).
• Member, Certified Photographic Consultants (CPC).
• Member, Society of Photofinishing Engineers (SPFE).
• Award for Book and Jacket Design 2010, Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI).

References

External links

• JaSunni Productions website
• Jason V Brock at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason V Brock on FaceBook
• Jason V Brock at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Brock, Jason V
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Date of birth	March 1, 1970
Place of birth	Charlotte, North Carolina
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