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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

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

Member Since

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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 · 451 ratings · 160 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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Made it alive to the end of 2025

2025 was a turbulent year, but some good stuff happened while my hair was blowing all around. Literally, in both cases. My family took flight to that was eight hours of non-stop turbulence which left us staggering around Bangkok airport in the early hours of the morning nauseous and disoriented. Then, a couple of weeks later, I had my hair cut from a 94-year-old barber in the remote north of Japan

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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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

by Stephen F. Kaufman (Goodreads Author)

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The Galactic Mage (The Galactic Mage #1)

by John Daulton (Goodreads Author)

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