Your Therapist Needs Therapy 25 - The Traumatic Origin Stories of Superheroes with Jason Aaron

Your Therapist Needs Therapy

This week Jeremy is joined by Harvey and Eisner Award winning comic book writer Jason Aaron. Jeremy and Jason talk about themes of belief, worthiness, and religious trauma in his work, why every superhero story has trauma, the intergenerational trauma in Scalped, Southern Bastards, and his run on Thor. We also talk about storytelling in sports and pro wrestling, and why Lucha Underground remains a high point in pro wrestling history. We genuinely nerd out on a lot of topics, and it is a super fun conversation with one of the best comic writers in the world.

Jason had an epic run writing Thor, has written Star Wars, Wolverine, Avengers, Conan, Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider, Punisher and more for Marvel, wrote the amazing western noir Scalped for Vertigo, and the award winning (and easy top 3 personal pick for Jeremy) Southern Bastards as well as The Goddamned for Image comics. Currently, Jason is writing Once Upon A Time at the End of the World for Boom Studios, and recently announced an upcoming run on Batman at DC. You should read any and all of those, and you can find more from Jason at his website, or follow him on Substack and Instagram.

You can find more about Jeremy’s practice at Wellness with Jer, or watch him talk about mental health topics in comics, music, and movies on his YouTube or follow him on Instagram.
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