Jason Badower

Jason Badower
About
Title	Graphic novel artist Graphic novel colorist
Date of birth	10 July 1975
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Gender
Website
comicbookdb profile

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

About

Jason is the illustrator of Top Cow's 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 David Wohl's The Innocents series. In 2009, Jason's art was featured extensively on the crime mystery television show Castle (starring Stana Katic). Jason's art is frequently colored by Annette Kwok.

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 Heroes 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 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...
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  ...and Claire again.
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  At the 2007 Armageddon Comic-Con, Jason drew Sylar.
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  Jason donated this piece of art to Sarmy to benefit the Give Life Foundation.

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	Blackout, Part 2	Past Experience
Moonlight Serenade	Root and Branch, Part 1	Root and Branch, Part 2	Root and Branch, Part 3
Into the Wild, Part 1	Into the Wild, Part 2	Into the Wild, Part 3	Sum Quod Sum, Part 1

Heroes Characters Portraits

Following are Jason Badower's renditions of some Heroes characters:

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  Charlie Andrews
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  Claire Bennet
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  Noah Bennet
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  Bob Bishop
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  Elle Bishop
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  Danko
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  Nana Dawson
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  Charles Deveaux
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  Hana Gitelman
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  D.L. Hawkins
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  Daniel Linderman
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  Daphne Millbrook
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  Rachel Mills
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  Hiro Nakamura
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  Kaito Nakamura
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  Kimiko Nakamura
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  Matt Parkman
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  Angela Petrelli
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  Nathan Petrelli
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  Peter Petrelli
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  Claude Raines
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  West Rosen
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  Micah Sanders
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  Niki Sanders
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  Ted Sprague
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  Tracy Strauss
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  Mohinder Suresh
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  Sylar

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
• Interview with Jason Badower and Mark Sable at Heroes Wiki, 9/11/07
• Interview with Jason Badower, Oliver Grigsby, and Zach Craley at Heroes Wiki, 7/24/08
• Interview with Jason Badower (Parts 1, 2, 3) at House Petrelli, 10/6/08