Jeff Wasson (aka "The Machine") has been involved in writing and drawing comics since the summer of 1991 with the publication of a science fiction/ action adventure/ comedy series entitled "Dressed for Success". This book was produced as a mini-comic with the help of long time friend, Chris Howard who helped in co-creating and co-writing the series with a few art assists along the way. This series went for 25 issues and saw the publishing of "Dressed for Success: The Dirty Baker's Dozen" in February 1995, which was a trade paperback collection of the first thirteen issues. Not only was it a landmark for Jeff and Chris but is was also the first ever professionally printed collection of a mini-comic series!

After the final issue of "Dressed for Success", in December 1996 Jeff moved on to play the role of comic book inker on such books as "The Copybook Tales" issue #6 from Slave Labor Graphics and "Siren" issues #1-3 from Image Comics. Both books were written by fellow local artist J. Torres who went on to edit a superhero/ romance anthology called "Love in Tights" for Slave Labor Graphics. Jeff was convinced to contribute a piece entitled "The Caped and the Cowled" which was an example of superhero storytelling in a soap opera setting, that he produced with friend and fellow former mini-comic publisher, Greg Beettam. The story saw print in the book's second issue with Jeff illustrating the cover for issue three.

From there, Jeff and J. Torres were given the opportunity to contribute a piece to an upcoming comic book graphic novel entitled "Brain Bomb" which would include all ages material that would be aimed at school and public libraries. The agenda for the book was to promote reading (and comic books in particular) to a young audience. The story they contributed was called "Anatomy of a Comic Book" which outlines some of the mechanics behind producing a comic book page.

At this point a few years had gone by since Jeff had finished "DFS" and he felt the urge to get back to telling his own stories with characters and situations that he created. Thus came the idea for "Rocket Girl and Kid Danger". After many laborious months where Jeff toiled with the question "Who are these characters and what are they all about?" he finally put pen to paper and drew the Kid Danger segment. From there he took another extended break before feeling the courage to jump in and pen the Rocket Girl story. Now, due to the fruits of his labor you can see both!

Web sites

The following links will take you to web sites that promote the varying comic projects that Jeff has been involved with in the past.