Jason Badower

Jason Badower
About
Title	Artist
Date of birth	1975
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Gender
Website
comicbookdb profile

Jason Badower is a comic artist from Melbourne, Australia who has done several Heroes graphic novels.

About

Jason is the illustrator of Top Cow's forthcoming Zero G, as well as Emperor, Fisher: Cathexes, Issue #3, and the photo-realistic Phase. He also created the cover for the first issue (The Beginning) of The Innocents series.

Graphic Novels Created

• Road Kill
• War Buddies, Part 4
• War Buddies, Part 5
• The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1
• The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2
• Blackout, Part 1
• Blackout, Part 2

Graphic Novels Colored

• The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1
• The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2
• Blackout, Part 1
• Blackout, Part 2

Notes

• According to his blog, Jason was hired by NBC on a Saturday afternoon, and created Road Kill by the following Friday.
• Jason originally was told that the War Buddies series was going to be illustrated by one artist. When he happened to email Frank Mastromauro of Aspen Comics, he was informed that the original artist had backed out. Jason was offered the job immediately.

Trivia

• According to his blogger profile, Jason is also a personal trainer and martial artist, and owns two personal training studios in Australia.
• In 2004, Jason was nominated for four Ledger Awards for Killeroo Book 2.
• Jason says he draws digitally with a Wacom tablet.
• In an interview, Jason Badower lists Jim Lee, Frank Miller, Adam Hughes (especially his linework), and Brian Bolland among his influences.
• Jason is the first graphic novel artist to also color a graphic novel.

Galleries

Heroes-Related Works

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  Jason used this image of Sylar to announce his first gig with Heroes.
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  Jason drew himself as the man who makes out with Hana in a nightclub. (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1)
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  At the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, Jason works on a sketch of Peter...
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  ...and shows off...
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  ...other completed versions.
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  He also drew Sylar...
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  ...Ted...
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  ...Niki...
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  ...the Haitian...
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  ...and Claire.
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  By far, Jason's most popular request was Hiro...
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  ...which he drew over...
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  ...and over...
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  ...and over again...
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  ...including this version, which he sketched for a the winner of one of his competitions.
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  He also drew this image of Hiro...
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  ...Sylar...
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  ...and Peter to give away to fans.
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  He also prepared a special diptych of Noah
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  ...and Claire.

Graphic Novel Art and Comments

Road Kill	War Buddies, Part 4	War Buddies, Part 5
The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1	The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2	Blackout, Part 1

External Links

• Jason's weblog
• Interview with Jason Badower by MelbournePixel.com, Jan 2005
• 3 Heroes Podcast interview with Jason Badower, 6/23/07
• 3 Heroes Podcast interview with Jason Badower (Part 2), 8/26/07