Short answers, pulled from the story.
Jason Thompson is best known for three works: Manga: The Complete Guide, an Eisner-nominated book published by Del Rey in 2007; his graphic novel adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories; and his Dungeons and Dragons adventure walkthrough maps published by Wizards of the Coast.
Jason Thompson worked at Viz Media for 14 years, beginning in 1996, spending 10 of those years as senior editor. He edited the English-language editions of more than 30 manga series, including Naruto, Dragon Ball, and Fullmetal Alchemist, and launched the national magazines Shonen Jump and Game On! USA.
The film adaptation premiered on the 11th of October, 2003, at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. It used artwork from Thompson's comic series along with original artwork he contributed, and was later released on DVD.
King of RPGs is a graphic novel series created by Jason Thompson with artist Victor Hao, released in January 2010 by Del Rey. Thompson describes it as a fusion between shonen manga and tabletop roleplaying games. Volume Two, released on the 24th of May, 2011, reached The New York Times Best Seller list.
Thompson co-wrote the "House of 1000 Manga" column on Anime News Network alongside Shaenon K. Garrity. He started the column to write about lesser-known manga he discovered around his home.
The Stiff is a webcomic Thompson launched in 2001 and describes as both a "manga-influenced romantic comedy" and "a horrendous, gruesome horror story". It ran on Girlamatic between 2003 and 2006 as one of that platform's launch titles, and was planned to be 1,000 pages long.