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Jay Faerber (; Jay Faerber Interview Jet City Comic Show 2010 - Backroom Comics Podcast born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on Generation X and New Warriors for Marvel Comics, and The Titans and for DC Comics. He later wrote his own creator-owned titles for Image Comics, including Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, Near Death and Copperhead. He was also a writer on the television series Ringer, Star-Crossed, Zoo, and Supergirl.
During the early part of his childhood, Faerber would buy his comics from a local pharmacy, which limited his reading to Marvel and DC Comics. For Christmas 1986, Faerber, a high school freshman, was taken by his mother to his first comic book shop, Gema Books, where he discovered books from companies other than the Big Two, such as Elementals, Miracleman and The New Wave, the latter of which impressed him with its experimental biweekly, 16-page format, its emphasis on character depth over physical combat, and the originality of the character's personalities.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #3 (August 2010), Image Comics, Page 26
As a child, Faerber would write and draw his own comics, though he assumed that writing was merely a means to provide something for him to draw. This changed by his first or second year of high school, when he discovered the TV series , and later, the novels on which it was based by Robert B. Parker, whom Faerber names as the biggest single influence on his career as a writer.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Near Death #1. Image Comics. September 2011. Page 22Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5 #16 (September 2008). Image Comics. Page 23Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5 #22 (June 2009). Image Comics; Page 23 Although he had already been a fan of other private eye shows such as Magnum, P.I.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5 #23 (August 2009). Image Comics. Page 21 and Riptide, the humor, intelligence and pace of the first Spenser novel he read, Ceremony, had such an effect on him that he tried writing a prose mystery story starring a private eye from one of his comics, which he let his English teacher read. The teacher, Maureen Purcell, the daughter of Golden Age comics artist Howard Purcell, praised Faerber's story. Faerber continued drawing, but concentrated more on prose writing. He was accepted as an art major at a local community college, but dropped out after one semester, when an instructor told him he needed to learn how to draw in order to draw comics. Realizing that his abilities lay in writing, he switched majors.
Faerber has also cited as influences the crime novels of Andrew Vachss, Robert Crais and Lee Child,Dietsch, TJ. "Faerber Gets Close To "Near Death". Comic Book Resources. March 31, 2011 as well as the television writing and detective novels of Stephen J. Cannell,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5 #17 (October 2008). Image Comics. Page 22 in particular his work on the TV series Wiseguy,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #1 (June 2010). Image Comics; Page 26 and Chris Haddock's work on the Canadian TV series Da Vinci's Inquest.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence". Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #5 (October 2010); Image Comics; Page 27
Seminal works in the comics medium that Faerber has cited as influences include John Byrne's work on Alpha Flight,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", Dynamo 5 #21 (April 2009); Image Comics; Page 23 Mark Waid's work on Captain America,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", Dynamo 5 #14 (June 2008); Image Comics, Page 24 Fabian Nicieza's runs on The New WarriorsFaerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", Dynamo 5 #15 (August 2008), Image Comics, Page 24 and Psi-Force,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence" Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #4 (September 2010); Image Comics; Page 26 Mike Grell's work on Jon Sable, Freelance, Bob Harras' work on The Avengers,Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", Dynamo 5 #19 (January 2009), Image Comics, Page 27 and Robert Kirkman's work on the comic book Invincible.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence" Dynamo 5 #24 (September 2009); Image Comics; Page 22
Faerber's first ongoing series writing assignment was Generation X, which he began with issue #45 (December 1998). Generation X #45. Grand Comics Database. accessed September 1, 2011. Assignments on The New Warriors and The Titans would follow.
In 2002, Faerber began publishing through Image Comics the series Noble Causes, which follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family, and which emphasized their interpersonal conflicts over battles with supervillain enemies. The series lasted until 2008, and concluded with issue #40.Sullivan, Michael Patrick. Faerber Concludes "Noble Causes". Comic Book Resources. August 19, 2008Arrant, Chris (August 3, 2010). "The Other Family of Superheroes: Retiring NOBLE CAUSES". Newsarama.
In 2007, Faerber debuted the Noble Causes spinoff, Dynamo 5, which starred a group of five illegitimate of the assassinated superhero Captain Dynamo, who were assembled by Dynamo's widow in order to protect Tower City. Like Noble Causes, Dynamo 5 was also a monthly series by Image Comics that depicted the superhero family dynamics, but placed more emphasis on action, dividing its content between the team's battles with adversaries and its interpersonal conflicts. Dynamo 5 ended its ongoing run with issue #25 (Oct. 2009), and continued with a series of miniseries and one-shots.
In 2008, Faerber published a miniseries called Gemini, which stars Dan Johnson, an ordinary man who is unaware that at night, he comes under the control of an organization called the Constellation, who transform ordinary people like him into crimefighters named after star constellations, without any of these people retaining any knowledge or memory of these events. CBR Preview. Comic Book Resources. accessed September 1, 2011 Although intended as a five-issue miniseries,Sullivan, Michael Patrick. "Faerber Concludes "Noble Causes". Comic Book Resources. August 19, 2008 the last issue published was issue #4 (July 2009), which featured a guest appearance by Dynamo 5. In December 2016, Image published Gemini: The Complete Series, which included the unpublished fifth issue.
In September 2011, Faerber debuted Near Death, a crime series whose lead character, Markham, is an assassin who sets out to atone for his past sins after capturing a glimpse of hell during a near-death experience. During the course of the book, which mostly consists of self-contained stories, Markham saves people's lives (some of whom are targeted by other hitmen working for his former clients), not because his near-death experience made him a more altruistic person, but solely because of his self-interested motive in avoiding hell, a point with which Faerber hopes to explore questions of moral character and the nature of heroism. In creating the series, Faerber was inspired by the work of Andrew Vachss, Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais and Lee Child, and 80s crime shows such as The Equalizer and Stingray. In particular, the lack of any known first name for Markham is inspired by Vachss' Burke series and Parker's Spenser. It is Faerber's first series that does not feature any science fiction or fantasy elements, as it is a straight-crime drama.Weiland, Jonah (July 9, 2014). "CBR TV: Jay Faerber on Creator-Owned Appeal, "Copperhead's" Western Roots". Comic Book Resources.
Faerber was a writer on the CW TV series Ringer, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, and ran from September 2011Biggers, Cliff. "Jay Faerber Invites Readers to Experience Near Death". Comic Shop News. #1262. August 24, 2011 to May 2012. Faerber then worked on the staff of the CW TV series Star-Crossed, which lasted one season, from 2013 - 2014.
In 2014 Faerber premiered Copperhead, a science fiction Western series set on a planet of the same name. The series, which is drawn by Scott Godlewski, is inspired by the idea,"What if Deadwood had aliens?" He also joined the writing staff of the CBS TV series Zoo, which began airing in 2015. The first episode Faerber wrote was the series' fifth episode, "Blame It On Leo" "Blame It on Leo". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 30, 2015. "Lists: Zoo on CBS". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 30, 2015. and he remained with the show for its entire three year run. In 2019 Faerber joined the writing staff of Supergirl.
Career
Faerber first broke into the comic book industry in 1998, when Marvel Comics purchased a story he wrote for the series What If...?. The book had already been cancelled, so the editor had no compunction about hiring him to write the final issue.
Personal life
Faerber lived in the Gig Harbor, Washington area,Faerber, Jay. "Jay Faerber's Blog". Blogspot. accessed September 1, 2011. before moving with his wife to Burbank, California shortly before September 2014.Knight, Kevin (September 10, 2014). "CREATIVE SPACES: JAY FAERBER" . Eat.Geek.Play.
Filmography
Bibliography
DC Comics
DC Comics / Wildstorm
Digital Webbing
Harris Comics
Harris Comics / Anarchy Studios
IDW
Image Comics
Image Comics / Top Cow Productions
Marvel Comics
MonkeyBrain Comics
Moonstone Comics
External links
Categories: Official Website, American Graphic Novelists, Living People, 1972 Births, Date Of Birth Missing, Place Of Birth Missing, Novelists From Pennsylvania, American Male Novelists, American Male Television Writers, American Television Writers, People From Gig Harbor, Washington, Dc Comics People
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