Manga: The Complete Guide
A standalone nonfiction reference and Thompson's best-known work.
Author guide
Jason Bradley Thompson Books in Order
Jason Bradley Thompson is an American comics creator, author, illustrator, manga critic, editor, and game designer. He is best known for Manga: The Complete Guide, the King of RPGs graphic novels, and graphic adaptations of works by H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. He has also worked as a manga editor and contributed to magazines, websites, tabletop games, and role-playing publications.
manga criticismgraphic novelshorror comicsfantasy comicsrole-playing games
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King of RPGs, Volume 1
The first volume of the completed King of RPGs graphic-novel series.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories
A self-contained collection of Thompson's Lovecraftian graphic adaptations.
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Books by series
graphic-novel · completed
King of RPGs
A graphic-novel series combining shonen manga conventions with tabletop role-playing and gamer culture.
Outside the series