Jason Holmgren
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Jason Holmgren is an American cartoonist, art director and role-playing game designer.
Holmgren first started as a cartoonist for Shadis Magazine, where his cartoon, Joe Genero: Adventures of the Average Man, debuted in 1990. The comic focused on the conceits of popular role-playing games, which all defined "average" in different ways. He later wrote and illustrated The New Adventures of Fineous Fingers for the same magazine, under license from J.D. Webster.
Holmgren is responsible for several cover illustrations for the early issues of Jolly Blackburn's popular Knights of the Dinner Table, and contributed to the design of the character Sara . His artwork has been featured in Dork Tower. Jason was head artist for Sheep on the Borderlands, a 2002 Origins Award nominee.
In 1998, Holmgren co-founded Sanguine Productions and a year later produced Ironclaw: Anthropomorphic Fantasy Role-Play. Despite the 2000 release of the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons and the subsequent marketplace dominance of the d20 System, the Ironclaw game found a small but solid core audience with its dynamic play, detailed story, commitment to research, and artistic production values. Holmgren served as head designer and art director on later Sanguine projects, including Jadeclaw, Albedo: Platinum Catalyst, and Usagi Yojimbo.
Holmgren lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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