BIG store signing, February 20th 2013

I may have announced this before with the original date of February 6th, but the date has been changed to February 20th.

At Cartoon Kingdom in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, David Finch, Jeff Lemire, Johnny Desjardins, Tony Gray and Myself will be signing books and meeting fans from 4pm til 10pm. 

You can find all the info here, on the event facebook page

If you are attending, I'd suggest arriving early.  Last year when a signing happened for David Finch, the place was packed and people were waiting quite a long time.  This will be a big event.

Justice League of America #1 will be released that day as well as copies of Jeff's Green Arrow and Detective Comics 17.  We will also have a special lithograph for sale for charity as well as all sorts of goodies, original art ect.

See you all there!!
JAY

Detective Comics 17 Cover Process

Detecive Comics #17 hits shelves on Feb 6th!  Here is the cover process!

Started with a quick layout.  You can see here that originally I was going to have the Merry Maker with his hands up, but decided against it on the final.

 The pencils originally didn't have a background.  It was simply going to be black.  But in the inking stage I ended up using a giant clock in the background hinting that "Time is against Batman".  Plus I like the imagery of a clock.  I ended up adding it into the pencils with my light table after to complete the pencils.

Digital inks. I recall that I whipped this out very quickly.  Think it turned out great.

Colors by Jeromy Cox!

Thanks!

JAY

Detective Comics Issue 16 is out!! Reviews!

Detective Comics 16 was released yesturday.  This was an issue I was very happy with in the end.  John Layman wrote a great and tragic script and I really felt he took the whole "tie-in" issue to another level.  We didnt go for the cheap gag of simply having Joker running around doing his thing but focused on how the Joker attracts the wicked people living everyday lives. Read the book and see what I mean. 

Here are some nice reviews that came in yesturday, as well as some inks!  Enjoy!

Newsarama 10/10
Comic Vine 4/5
MTV Geek
ComicBookMovie

 

Detective Comics 15 out today!

Detective Comics issue 15 hits store shelves today.  The issue has the Greg Capullo Die-Cut Joker cover.  Sadly, my original cover wont make the first printing, BUT hopefully the book sells well and we can get a second printing with the original cover!...one can hope right?

Either way, this is one of my favorite issues.  Remember, this is the INTRO to our Death of the Family story arc which will go through issues 16 and 17 as well.  This issue is mostly about Poison Ivy, and Clayface with a bit of Joker splashed in.

Here is some inked pages from the previews to tide you over until I can upload a bunch of the interiors!

 

-JAY

Detective Comics 14 Pages

Here are some inked pages from Detective Comics 14.  Again, thank you for the amazing reception.  I can't wait for you guys to check out 15 next month.  I feel it has some of my best work.  Oh, and continue to read this arc all the way through, we have an INSANE ending that I just learned about this week!

 

 

Windsor's Merry Comic Book Christmas Con!

I will be appearing and signing at the Merry Comic Book Christmas Con in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on December 2nd.  You can find all the information here, on the facebook page:

Merry Comic Book Christmas Con

 

Also, I will have available three new prints!  Check them out! 

And lastly, I will be donating a percentage of my sales from pages, original art, ect. to Compassion Canada.  They are the number 1 child sponsorship program in the world that my wife and I support.  Compassion helps to feed, cloth, and educate the poorest of the poor children in the world to give them a hope of a future.  If you are interested in supporting a child, you can go here: www.compassion.com .  I love this charity and the children we support personally and this Christmas, I want to give back in order to give children around the world a very Merry Christmas! 

Come on out if you are in the area on December 2nd and have a great time at Windsor's first Comic Convention in 22 years!!

JAY

OurWindsor.ca Article

My friend, Mike Michalski, recently interviewed me for an article on OurWindsor.ca

Here is a little excerpt from the article:

"From the outside, the non-descript Essex County residence may seem like many others that surround it. A young married couple come-and-go, with surrounding neighbors, for the most part, blissfully unaware of what is really going on inside this undisclosed location . . .

Psst! Can you keep a secret? I mean really keep a secret?! Even if the fate of every man, woman and child in Gotham City depended on it? Batman lives here.

 

Yes, that Batman – courtesy of the imagination and craftsmanship of 27-year-old Jason Fabok who, each day, gives life to one of the most-famous characters in the world. It’s all part of his new “dream job” as the artist behind DC’s Detective Comics featuring everyone’s favorite Caped Crusader."

Check out the full article here!