About Jam

Jam in 2020 with their foster cat Kankuro

jam (b.1984) is a Canadian comicker best known for their webcomic Wasted Talent, an autobiographical comedy about their life as a Mechanical Engineer which ran from 2004 to 2016. It was collected in 5 books. Since completing the series, they have released a number of zines and short stories, contributed to anthologies and magazines, and are creating new fiction and nonfiction works aimed at enabling a solarpunk future. They now work primarily with digital tools, but also create using Copic markers and watercolours. Their work has been featured in numerous anthologies, as well as in Make Magazine, Reader's Digest and the Toronto Star. They live in Vancouver and enjoy riding bikes, looking at moss, and fostering cats.

Contact

email: jam AT wastedtalent DOT ca

Bibliography

Solo Works

2017 - Wasted Talent: Redesigned
2017 - Wasted Talent: Professionally Awesome
2014 - Wasted Talent: Cubicle Warrior
2012 - Wasted Talent: Welcome to the Real World
2010 - Wasted Talent: We Are The Engineers

Zines and Short Stories

2022 - Shenzhen Fast - tech zine, 32 pages, with colours by Julia Francis
2021 - Don't Forget to Eat! - guide zine, 32 pages
2019 - Go Veg! - guide zine, 8 pages
2019 - Self Care SOS - guide zine, 16 pages
2018 - Moss is Boss - nature zine, 8 pages
2018 - It's Ok to Sploot - SciFi/Experimental Zine, 8 pages
2016 - JPow - travel zine (autobio), 20 pages
2015 - Teamburning - travel zine (autobio), 16 pages
2009 - 05K4R and James - SciFi, 15 pages
2008 - The Trap - Short (autobio), 4 pages
2007 - Stuffed Afterlife - 24hour comic (fiction)

Collaborative Works

2019 - Wander (with Sfé R. Monster)

Anthologies

2019 (inker) - Petrichor in Beyond 2 - script and art by Sfe R. Monster
2019 - Going Solo in Cloudscape: Swan Song (with Jonathon Dalton)
2016 - Invasive Species in Cloudscape: Bones of the Coast (with Chloe Chan and Aliena Shoemaker)
2014 - Shared Habitat in Cloudscape: Mega Fauna (with colours by Molly Nemecek)
2014 (writer) - Temple Dog in Cloudscape: Mega Fauna (illustrated by Everett Patterson)
2014 - The Mechanics in Pulp Literature: Winter
2013 - Distant Shores in Cloudscape: Waterlogged
2010 - The Mechanics in Cloudscape: Exploded View
2009 - Barista Wars in Cloudscape: Funday Sunnies
2008 - The Storm Ship in Cloudscape: Historyonics
2008 - Chopsticks in Cloudscape: Robots, Pine Trees &namp; Broken Hearts

Guest Appearances

2019 - Prototyping Boards (with Ryan Walker) Make Magazine Issue vol 68
2017 - I'm OMW - part of Comics in Transit by Cloudscape
2014 - Moose with Mittens in The H.M.S Bad Idea by Peter Chiykowski
2012 - They Know Their Target Market (Nerds) in I Love Charts: The Book by Jason Oberholtzer and Cody Westphal
2010 - Farewell to Cathy - Guest Comic appearance in the Toronto Star
Has also provided guest comics for Questionable Content, Girls with Slingshots, Sam and Fuzzy, Hijinks Ensue, Multiplex, Unshelved, Wondermark and Snafu