John Arne Sæterøy, who signs his work as Jason, is one of Scandinavia's most prominent artists of alternative comics. He started comics career when he was only fifteen years old, publishing in the alternative Norwegian magazine KonK. In 1987 he entered the Art Academy of Oslo, followed by an education at the National School of Arts and Industry. In 1995, a year after graduating, he published a realistically drawn comic, 'Lomma full av Regn'.
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Two years later, he founded the magazine Mjau Mjau, in which he developed his own style, employing animals as his main characters, inspired by Lewis Trondheim, Jim Woodring and Tex Avery. Jason moved to Copenhagen, and went to work at the Studio Gimle, next to Ole Comoll Christensen and Peter Snejbjerg.
Soon, his work found its way to other countries like France, Holland, Slovania, Spain, Germany and the other Scandinavian countries, as well as the USA. In 2001, Fantagraphics published his story 'Hey, Wait...'.
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