Jeff Krell is the creator of the comic strip Jayson, which began in the Philadelphia Gay News in 1983. By 1985, Jayson was included in Gay Comix.The strip then became a staple in Leyland Publications' Meatmen, a series of gay male comic anthologies, and was included in nearly twenty volumes. In 1990, Jayson debuted in national syndication. Krell collaborated with singer/songwriters Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips to produce an off-Broadway Jayson musical at the 45th Street Theatre. The show ran for 10 weeks in the summer of 1998. Krell's first collection of Jayson cartoons, Jayson: A New Collection (1997), contained all of the stories that inspired the musical. In 2005, Krell published two retrospectives, Jayson: Best of the 80s and Jayson: Best of the 90s. In 2008, Krell released the graphic novel Jayson Goes to Hollywood. Krell has also translated and published English versions of two works by famed German gay cartoonist Ralf Konig, Maybe...Maybe Not and Maybe...Maybe Not Again!
From the guide to the Jeff Krell Collection, 1997-2002, 1998, (The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum)
