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Jason Franks

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Born

Johannesburg, South Africa

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https://jasonfranks.com

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Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

Influences

Ursula K. Le Guin, Cormac McCarthy, Roger Zelazny ...more

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Jason Franks is a novelist and comics writer. His occult rock'n'roll novel Bloody Waters was an Aurealis Award finalist, and his dark fantasy Faerie Apocalypse a Ditmar nominee. His Sixsmiths graphic novels were shortlisted for a Ledger award.

Born in South Africa, Franks grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He has also lived in the United States and Japan.

Franks' upcoming work includes Frankenstein Monstrance, a comics miniseries with Tam Nation, and a sequel to Bloody Waters called Blackened Skies. ...more

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Jason Franks’s books

Average rating: 4.14 · 449 ratings · 159 reviews · 42 distinct works

	The Sixsmiths: Volume One 3.85 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Waters 4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faerie Apocalypse 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowmancy 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kagemono: Flowers and Skulls by Jason Franks (Goodreads Author), Russell Lissau, Alisha Jade really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Dimensional Assassin Zai Through the Unfolded Earth 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kagemono: Tooth and Claw by Jason Franks (Goodreads Author), Dino Caruso, Percival Constantine (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McBlack by Jason Franks (Goodreads Author), Dave Gutierrez (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sixsmiths: Volume Two by Jason Franks (Goodreads Author), Sacha Bryning (Illustrator), Luke Pickett (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McBlack #1 (Volume) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Shadows Award for Gourmand Go

Well, bad news for long time readers. I have lost my status as a multi-award losing author.

Apparently I won an Australasian Shadows award for my graphic novel Gourmand Go!

Enormous thank you to the art team: Harold Purnell, Cristian Roux, Laura Renfrew, Aly Faye, Ben Michael Byrne, Gavin Thee Thomson, Matt Kyme, and Graeme Jackson for bringing it to life. Cheers to the judges, and bless you to all

Series by Jason Franks

The Sixsmiths (2 books)
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Jason Franks (Goodreads Author),

Sacha Bryning (Illustrator),

Luke Pickett (Illustrator),

Dean Rankine (Illustrator),

Jan Scherpenhizen (Illustrator),

Ed Siemienkowicz (Illustrator),

Trevor Wood (Illustrator),

Simon Wright (Illustrator),

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3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings

Bloody Waters (1 book)
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Jason Franks (Goodreads Author)

4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings

McBlack (1 book)
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Jason Franks (Goodreads Author),

Dave Gutierrez (Illustrator)

4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings

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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings

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The Galactic Mage (The Galactic Mage #1)

by John Daulton (Goodreads Author)

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