Jason Helms teaches writing and rhetoric courses at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX, where he lives with his wife, cat, and forthcoming daughter. His research focuses on rhetorical theory, comics, media, and technology. He also writes about comics, movies, and books for various magazines and websites. He is currently trying to grow a beard. You can find more of his work at http://personal.tcu.edu/jasonhelms/ and email him at jason.helms@tcu.edu.
Jason has written 10 article(s) for RedFence Magazine.
Kick-Ass the Movie by Jason Helms I’ll admit, though I’ve been reading Kick-Ass the comic for more than a year now, I wasn’t expecting much from the movie. The comic, by superstars Mark Millar (Wanted) and John Romita Jr. (X-Men, Spider-Man, the Eternals, Wolverine) — son of the legendary John Romita — was overhyped to […]
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Twilight vs. Avatar by Jason Helms RedFence informants suffered monstrous lines Thursday night only to be blocked out of the Avatar screening by an enormous crowd of Twilight fans. For those of you who don’t know, Avatar is the upcoming 3-D live-action film from James Cameron, the director of Aliens, The Terminator, and The Abyss. […]
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Jason Helms talks about his contribution to Print Edition One, a review of ONLY REVOLUTIONS by Mark Z. Danielewski. RedFence Behind the Scenes of Print Edition One: Jason Helms on Only Revolutions from Sam Armstrong on Vimeo.
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Jason Helms on House of Leaves by RedFence Staff RedFence Behind the Scenes of Print Edition One: Jason Helms on House of Leaves from Doublefaced J on Vimeo.
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Looking Forward, Looking Back by Jason Helms Thirty years ago, Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes rocked the comics world with Omega the Unknown, a smart, self-conscious, postmodern meditation on the then-relevant caped crusader. This year, critically-acclaimed upstart hipster novelist Jonathan Lethem tries his hand at the underground epic. The first issue of the new Omega […]
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Homeland Insecurities by Jason Helms Six years after the towers fell and many of us are still moving through various stages of grief. Depression has become a way of life for some, of death for others. Anger smirked us through two wars and hungry eyes a third. Bargaining gave us a new government department, complete […]
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Long Past Midnight by Jason Helms It’s rare that I stay up until the light hours of night. Since adulthood I can count on my hands the number of times I’ve stayed out for the party or stayed up for the conversation. So it was odd to be looking at the clock, seeing that it […]
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Brittle, Beautiful by Jason Helms Neil Gaiman doesn’t write literature. Neil writes stories. In the introduction to Fragile Things, his latest collection of short-stories, he wrote, “I believe we owe it to each other to tell stories. It’s as close to a credo as I have or will, I suspect, ever get” (xxii). Neil writes […]
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Danielewski Leaves the House by Jason Helms This article has been archived in RedFence Print Edition One, available now at the Store.
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Readings & Rereadings by Jason Helms This article has been archived in RedFence Print Edition One, available now at the Store.
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