Jason Fabok

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.

Comics career

Fabok graduated from St. Clair College's Tradigital Animation program in 2007. 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. 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.

His first published work were issues #70 and #71 of ''Superman/Batman''. He subsequently penciled the full 2011 series of Aspen Comics's ''Soulfire'', his only work outside of DC Comics to date. 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''. Within two weeks DC had offered Fabok a two-year exclusive contract.

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. He ended his stint on the book with oversized anniversary issue #27.

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

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. In 2016 he also penciled the first issue of ''Justice League vs. Suicide Squad''.

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''.

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. 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. He reunited with writer Geoff Johns for the three-issue prestige-format mini-series '' Batman: Three Jokers,'' released in August 2020.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* ''Superman/Batman'' #70–71 (art, with writer Joe Casey, 2010)
* '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' #4–5 (art, with writer David Finch, 2011)
* '' Batman'' (Vol. 2) Annual #1 (art, with writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, 2012)
* ''Justice League International'' (Vol. 3) Annual #1 (art, with writers Geoff Johns and Dan DiDio, 2012)
* '' Detective Comics'' #13–20, 22–25, 27 (art, with writer John Layman, 2012–14)
* ''Batman Eternal'' #1–3, 14, 21, 32–33 (art, with various writers, 2014)
* ''Justice League'' (Vol. 2) #36–44, 47–50 (art, with writer Geoff Johns, 2014–16)
* ''Justice League vs. Suicide Squad'' #1 (art, with writer Joshua Williamson, 2016)
* ''Batman'' (Vol. 3) #21–22 (art, with writers Tom King and Josha Williamson, 2017)
* ''Swamp Thing Winter Special'' #1 (art, with writer Tom King, 2018)
* ''The Man of Steel'' #1–6 (art, among other artists, with writer Brian Michael Bendis, 2018)
* '' Batman: Three Jokers'' #1–3 (art, with writer Geoff Johns, 2020)

Aspen Comics

* '' Soulfire'' (Vol. 3) #0–8 (art, with writer J.T. Krul, 2011–12)

References

External links

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1985 births
Living people
Artists from Windsor, Ontario
Canadian comics artists
DC Comics people
21st-century Canadian artists