BBC3 - Cannabis: What's the Harm? - featuring Jason Wilson (excerpt)
1:30AM Mon, 7 Feb 2011
Day of the Deal launches!
Summer 2010
Comic Heroes Magazine
October 2010
Bizarre Magazine
November 2010
Nottingham Post
October 2010
Nuneaton Tribune
August 2010
Birmingham Mail
04.08.2010
The Birmingham Mail reports on it's cameo in the ground-breaking "Day of the Deal".
BBC WM Radio
15.08.2010
BBC WM Shane O'Connor Show 15.08.10 - Shane O'Connor conducts an insightful and entertaining interview with graphic novelist Jason Wilson.
Sunday Mercury
11.07.2010
The Sunday Mercury trumpets the release of the second book "Day of the Deal".
Birmingham Post
15.07.2010
Lorne Jackson with Jas Wilson for the Visual Arts Culture section of the Birmingham Post .
Coventry Observer
20.05.2010
Following the trial conclusion, a local paper embraces the anti-crime message of Day of the Deal.
Coventry Echo
July 2010
Keith Bushnell gives a thorough review and asks... is it art?
Smuggling Vacation debuts in drugs trial.
April 2010
Coventry Evening Telegraph
24.04.10
Crime consultant Tony Spencer experiences his own Day of the Deal at the hands of SOCA.
Coventry Observer
29.04.10
The trial reaches it's conclusion, the link to Smuggling Vacation is noted by local papers.
Interview with Comics International
Pages 1 - 4
Comic Ban! - August 2008
BBC WM Radio
21.08.2008
BBC WM Ed Doolan Show 21.08.08 - Jas debates with Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood.
Sunday Mercury
17.08.2008
The two page article that kicked off the whole furore. Lorne Jackson reports it's a 'comic book guide to drug smuggling' and Labour MP Khalid Mahmood calls for the book to be banned from prisons. Priceless!
Link to online version
Sun Newspaper
18.08.08
Unbelievable! The Sun newspaper grabs the story.
Coventry Evening Telegraph
21.08.08
The Sun and Mercury refuse the right to reply. Not so the Cov Telegraph
Link to online version
Sunday Mercury
24.08.08
Forbidden Planet reviewer Richard Bruton attempts to bring some sanity to the controversy by challanging MP Khalid Mahmood to think just a little more.
Link to online version
Heartland Evening News
27.08.08
Nuneaton's main daily, a little late, sees local relevence and reports on the controversy.
Coventry Observer
28.08.08
Entertainment reporter Lianne Ryan sees the need to tell readers that their local comic book is being a little mis-represented in media reports.
Sheffield Star
29.08.08
Jas's visit to Sheffield grabs some media attention. The resulting article prompted events organiser Gez Kelly to ask Jas 'not to book future events'. A ban? Censorship? Jas and Gez soon made up and Jas is to be allowed to future events.
Link to online versionThe local launch
July 2008
Coventry Evening Telegraph
July 2008
Jenny Waddington trumpets the arrival of Smuggling Vacation in its home town of Coventry.
Coventry Times
July 2008
Reporter Dean Valler acclaims the "good weed" that is Smuggling Vacation.