Jay Odjick is a writer, artist and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community in Quebec, Canada.
11 Facts About Jay Odjick
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Jay Odjick is best known for his creation Kagagi, part of a growing number of Indigenous superheroes created by Indigenous writers and artists.
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Jay Odjick developed an interest in heroes and comic books as a child.
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Jay Odjick began writing stories at age 5 and received his first rejection letter from a comic publisher, Marvel Comics, at the age of ten.
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Jay Odjick began in comics by self publishing a three issue black and white limited series called The Raven that he wrote and illustrated in 2004.
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Jay Odjick is the author and artist of the graphic novel Kagagi: The Raven, published by Arcana Studio in 2011.
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Jay Odjick uses the character of Kagagi to entertain, but to teach Anishinaabe culture and language.
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In 2014, Jay Odjick was the Media Guest of Honour at Can-Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature.
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In 2017, Jay Odjick illustrated a children's book called Blackflies, which was written by the legendary children's author Robert Munsch.
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Jay Odjick serves as the lead writer, executive producer as well as lead designer on the television series Kagagi.
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Jay Odjick has been cited for his use of graphic novels and television as modern mediums to facilitate the retention of the Anishinaabe language.