his last work before his death, and was published in 2007 (). Personal life Jackson died in Stockdale, Texas on June 8, 2006, in an apparent suicide after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Legacy and honors Lifetime fellowship to Texas Historical Association Judges' Choice for The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2011 Bibliography Comics-format God Nose (self-published, 1964; republished by Rip Off Press, 1969) Happy Endings Comics (Rip Off Press, Aug. 1969) Comanche Moon: A Picture Narrative About Cynthia Ann Parker (Rip Off Press, 1979) Recuerden El Alamo: The True Story of Juan N. Seguin and his Fight for Texas Independence (Last Gasp, 1979) Los Tejanos (Fantagraphics Books, 1982) Jaxon's Illustrated Tales (FTR Publishing, 1984) The Secret of San Saba: A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest (Kitchen Sink Press, 1989) Optimism of Youth: The Underground Work of Jack Jackson (Fantagraphics Books, 1991) (adaptation of the novel by James Fenimore Cooper) Dark Horse Classics: Last of the Mohicans (Dark Horse Comics, 1992) (with Neal Barrett, Jr., adapted from the novel by Joe R. Lansdale) Dead in the West (Dark Horse Comics, 1993) God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips of Jack Jackson (Fantagraphics Books, 1995) "Threadgill's: The Comic Book," in Threadgill's: The Cookbook (Longstreet Press, 1996) Lost Cause: John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor-Sutton Feud, and Reconstruction Texas (Kitchen Sink Press, 1998) Indian Lover: Sam Houston & the Cherokees (Mojo Press, 1999) The Alamo: An Epic Told from Both Sides (Paisano Graphics, 2002) — self-published New Texas History Movies (Texas State Historical Association, 2007: ) Prose Long Shadows: Indian Leaders Standing in the Path of Manifest Destiny, 1600–1900. Amarillo, TX: Paramount Publishing, 1985. Los Mesteños: Spanish Ranching in Texas, 1721–1821. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. (with Maurine T. Wilson) Philip Nolan and Texas Expeditions to the Unknown Land, 1791–1801. Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1987. Mapping Texas & the Gulf Coast: The Contributions of Saint-Denis, Oliván, & Le Maire. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1990. Imaginary Kingdom: Texas As Seen by the Rivera & Rubi Military Expeditions, 1727 & 1767. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1995. Flags Along the Coast: Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519–1759. Austin, TX: Book Club of Texas/Wind River Press, 1995. Shooting the Sun: Cartographic Results of Military Activities in Texas, 1689–1892. Austin, TX: Book Club of Texas/Wind River Press, 1998. (ed., with trans. John Wheat)