Jason Fabok
Fabok in 2018
Born (1985-04-14) April 14, 1985 (age 38)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Batman, Justice League, Detective Comics
AwardsEisner Award for Best Short Story

Jason Fabok (born April 14, 1985) is a Canadian comic-book artist. He has worked almost exclusively for DC Comics for the entirety of his career. His work has been featured in acclaimed series such as Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League, and the Eisner Award-winning Swamp Thing: The Talk of the Saints short story.

Career

Fabok graduated from St. Clair College's Tradigital Animation program in 2007.[1] He then attended the Word of Life Bible College in Owen Sound for a year, an experience that furthered his interest to pursue a career as a comic artist.[1] After becoming aware that legendary illustrator David Finch lived in his same town, Fabok sent him his portfolio. Finch agreed to mentor him and put him through a six-month-long "boot camp", teaching him everything from anatomy, to backgrounds and buildings. After six months Finch suggested Fabok sending his new portfolio to DC Comics.[2]

His first published work were issues #70 and #71 of Superman/Batman.[2] He subsequently penciled the full 2011 series of Aspen Comics's Soulfire, his only work outside of DC Comics to date.[3] Fabok's big break in the industry happened when David Finch asked him if he was available to pencil issues #4 and #5 of Finch's own mini-series Batman: The Dark Knight.[4] Within two weeks DC had offered Fabok a two-year exclusive contract.[4]

After drawing the first annual for Scott Snyder's Batman, Fabok became the regular artist of the freshly relaunched New 52 run of Detective Comics with issue #13.[5] He ended his stint on the book with oversized anniversary issue #27.[6]

Fabok went on to draw several issues of weekly limited series Batman Eternal, among a team of pencilers.[7]

Following a one-off drawing the annual for Justice League International, in 2014 he succeeded Doug Mahnke as main artist for Geoff Johns' Justice League, from issue #36 to issue #50.[8][9] In 2016 he also penciled the first issue of Justice League vs. Suicide Squad.[10]

The following year he illustrated both the Batman issues of the Batman/Flash crossover The Button, which served as a teaser for Geoff Johns' Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock.[11][12]

In 2018 Fabok provided art for Tom King's Swamp Thing one-shot The Talk of the Saints, featured in the Swamp Thing Winter Special, which went on to win an Eisner Award for Best Short Story.[13] The same year he collaborated with other top DC artists on Brian Michael Bendis's The Man of Steel mini-series, which served as the prelude for Bendis's Superman relaunch.[14] He reunited with writer Geoff Johns for the three-issue prestige-format mini-series Batman: Three Jokers, released in August 2020.[15][16]

On October 12, 2023, Fabok and a group of colleagues announced at the New York Comic Con that they were forming a cooperative media company called Ghost Machine, which would publish creator-owned comics, and allow the participating creators to benefit from the development of their intellectual properties. The company publishes its books through Image Comics, and its other founding creators include Geoff Johns, Brad Meltzer, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Francis Manapul, and Peter J. Tomasi, all of whom would produce comics work exclusively through that company.[17][18] Fabok's inaugural work for the company would be Rook: Exodus, a series written by Johns, which is described by Ghost Machine as a "sprawling sci-fi epic which takes place in the far future, on a world where every aspect of nature is controlled by humanity".[19] The story centers upon a struggling farmer who must deal with problems that include winged scavengers who plague his crops. The farmer is given a second chance when he becomes one of the "Wardens", for which he takes on the name Rook, and must decide whether to flee the planet before its destruction or fight to save it.[20] A conceit of the book's premise is the helmet donned by the farmer, whose face resembles that of a bird, and gives him the ability to "connect" with birds, which he can employ as his spies and as a weapon.[21]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Aspen Comics

References

  1. ^ a b "St. Clair College's Jason Fabok – Colleges and Institutes Canada's 150th". Colleges and Institutes Canada's 150th. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Carl (September 27, 2019). "Jason Fabok: Making God Happy One Comic at a Time". Carl's Comix. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "jayfabs User Profile". DeviantArt. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Jason Fabok - St. Clair College Alumni of Distinction 2014". YouTube. May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  5. ^ McElhatton, Greg (October 5, 2012). "Detective Comics #13". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Johnson, Jim (January 9, 2014). "Detective Comics #27". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. ^ ""Batman Eternal," "Justice League United" Arrive in DC Comics' April 2014 Solicitations". Comic Book Resources. January 21, 2014. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Ching, Albert (August 28, 2014). "Jason Fabok Takes on "Justice League" Starting with November's #36". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Little, Matt (May 27, 2016). "Justice League #50". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Ching, Albert (November 23, 2016). "Justice League vs. Suicide Squad: Williamson & Fabok Preview Rebirth Event". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (May 18, 2017). "Five Key Takeaways From THE BUTTON, Heading Into DOOMSDAY CLOCK – SPOILERS". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "Review: Batman/The Flash- The Button". ComicBookWire. March 30, 2020. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Dandeneau, Jim (July 21, 2019). "2019 Eisner Award Winners". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Johnston, Rich (May 31, 2018). "Jason Fabok Will Draw 2 Pages in Each Issue of Man of Steel – Maybe More for #6". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  15. ^ Anderson, Jenna (July 24, 2018). "DC Reveals First Details on Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok's 'Three Jokers'". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  16. ^ Alexander, Ethan (June 1, 2020). "Batman: Three Jokers Artist Making 'Tweaks,' 'Changes' Thanks to Delay". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "NYCC 2023: Ghost Machine Launches A Cooperative Media Company". Graphic Policy. October 16, 2023. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  18. ^ Gustines, George Gene (October 12, 2023). "A Comic Book Upstart Seeks to Shake Up the Industry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  19. ^ Dominguez, Noah (October 13, 2023). "Ghost Machine: Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and More Launch New Image Comics Imprint". SuperHero Hype. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  20. ^ Johnston, Rich (October 12, 2023). "Johns, Hitch, Frank, Fabok, Tomasi, Meltzer & Manapul's Ghost Machine". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  21. ^ "Welcome to Ghost Machine". Ghost Machine Productions. October 11, 2023. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via YouTube.

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