Jason Loo

In 2014, Loo wrote, drew, and crowdfunded his own book, The Pitiful Human-Lizard, about a Toronto-based superhero who struggles with his life and work as an office clerk.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Lauren Pelley Staff |date=2014-10-28 |title=Canadian superheroes making a comic book comeback |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/canadian-superheroes-making-a-comic-book-comeback/article_ce3cf8f4-461a-5a0c-8146-15b121254da1.html |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Aubrey |title=New comic stars pitiful Toronto superhero |url=https://www.blogto.com/arts/2014/03/new_comic_stars_pitiful_toronto_superhero/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=blogTO |language=en}} It was later published through Chapterhouse Comics and went on for 17 issues before ending in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Leah |date=May 10, 2019 |title=Saying goodbye to a Toronto superhero |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/saying-goodbye-to-a-toronto-superhero-1.5130141 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=CBC Arts}} The comic was lauded and called "quintessentially, unapologetically Canadian."{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Jason |date=2016-03-23 |title=3 Reasons Why You Need to Read 'The Pitiful Human Lizard' by Jason Loo |url=https://www.brokenfrontier.com/3-reasons-to-read-pitiful-human-lizard-jason-loo-chapterhouse-comics-toronto-canada/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Broken Frontier |language=en-US}}

In 2019, Loo and Chip Zdarsky teamed up to create Afterlift for ComiXology Originals, about a rideshare into Hell.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2019-10-29 |title=Supernatural Comic 'Afterlift' Combines Ride Sharing and Hell |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/supernatural-comic-afterlift-combines-ride-sharing-hell-1250502/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Rosie |date=October 24, 2019 |title=AFTERLIFT Is the Comic Book Rideshare From Hell (Exclusive) |url=https://nerdist.com/article/afterlift-comic-book-rideshare-from-hell/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Nerdist |language=en-US}} Loo and Zdarsky previously knew each other when Loo was a college intern at Zdarsky's studio, the Royal Academy of Illustration and Design.{{Cite web |last=Quaintance |first=Zack |date=2019-11-20 |title=INTERVIEW: Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo talk new series, AFTERLIFT |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-chip-zdarsky-jason-loo-talk-new-series-afterlift/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}

In 2021, a fan comic that Loo had done in 2017 starring Multiple Man caught the eye of Marvel editor Tom Brevoort and Loo was hired to do a backup comic about the Multiple Man in X-Corp #3.{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Bug |date=2021-04-23 |title=Marvel Editor Talent-Scouts Unofficial X-Men Comic on Twitter |url=https://screenrant.com/jason-loo-multiple-man-fan-comic-twitter-marvel/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} That same year, Loo and Zdarsky teamed up to do another ComiXology Original called The All-Nighter about a vampire who decides to become a superhero.{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=2021-07-22 |title=The All-Nighter Asks an Important Question: What If Vampires Were Superheroes? |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-all-nighters-asks-an-important-question-what-if-va-1847321743 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=io9 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2021-10-26 |title=The All-Nighter: What Happens When Vampires Moonlight as Superheroes? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/all-nighter-preview-vampire-comixology-chip-zdarsky |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=IGN |language=en}}

In 2023, it was announced that he would be writing a new four-issue Sentry mini-series about the various characters who inherit the Sentry's powers after his death.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2023-10-27 |title=Sentry Writer Jason Loo Talks Introducing a New Golden Guardian (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/sentry-jason-loo-interview-first-look/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}} The next year, he was announced as the writer for the one-shot Blood Hunt: Werewolf by Night and subsequent Werewolf by Night series, which would be a part of Marvel's more R-rated "Red Band" comics.{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2024-04-16 |title='Werewolf By Night' Returns This Summer in Brutal "Red Band" Series from Marvel Comics |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/comics/3808766/werewolf-by-night-returns-this-summer-in-brutal-red-band-series-from-marvel-comics/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2024-04-16 |title=Marvel sees green with 'red band' comics, and dives into more Rated-R projects |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-red-band-r-rated-werewolf-by-night-blood-hunt |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Popverse |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Barnhardt |first=Adam |date=2024-04-16 |title=New Werewolf by Night Series Announced by Marvel |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-werewolf-by-night-new-series-revealed/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}} It was also announced that Loo would write a four-issue Dazzler book for the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2024 |title=Dazzler Lights Up the World in New Solo Comic Book Series |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/dazzler-jason-loo-rafael-loureiro-x-men-from-the-ashes |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Dart |first=Chris |date=November 13, 2024 |title=When Toronto needed a superhero, the Pitiful Human-Lizard took to the streets |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/when-toronto-needed-a-superhero-the-pitiful-human-lizard-took-to-the-streets-1.7382232 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=CBC Arts}}{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2024-08-01 |title=X-Men: Jason Loo Sends Dazzler on the Road for an Explosive World Tour (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/x-men-jason-loo-dazzler-interview/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}

Loo is lives and works in Toronto.{{Cite web |title=Jason Loo – Asian Heritage in Canada |url=https://library.torontomu.ca/asianheritage/authors/jason-loo/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Toronto Metropolitan University |language=en-US}} He was born in Brampton, Ontario, grew up in Mississauga, and went to Sheridan College.{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Kevin |date=2022-06-01 |title=Between the Panels: Cartoonist Jason Loo on Tough Advice, Toronto's First Superhero, and Making the Parents Proud - Fanbasepress |url=https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/12558-between-the-panels-cartoonist-jason-loo-on-tough-advice-toronto-s-first-superhero-and-making-the-parents-proud/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Fanbase Press |language=en-US}}

• Cosmo the Spacedog Infinity Comic #1-6 (2023) (writing)
• Crypt of Shadows vol. 5 #1, short story "Monster Games" (2024) (writing)
• Daredevil vol. 7 #11, short story "Painful Lesson" (2023) (writing)
• Fantastic Four vol. 6 #35, short story "Some Family Time" (2021) (writing/art)
• Extreme Venomverse #5, short story "Spider's Eclipse" (2023) (writing)
• Howard the Duck vol. 7 #1, "Waugh If... Howard the Duck Became an X-Men?" (2023) (writing)
• Infinity Paws Infinity Comic #1-10 (2024) (writing)
• Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special #1, short story "Happy Birthday, Danny" (2024) (writing)
• Iron Man Annual vol. 4 #1 (2023) (writing)
• Lucky the Pizza Dog Infinity Comic #1 (2021) (writing/art)
• Marvel Meow and Pizza Dog Infinity Comic #1-4 (2023) (writing/art)
• Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #82-83 (2023) (writing)
• Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse #1, short story "Workin' It Out" (2023) (writing/art)
• Mighty Marvel Holiday Special: Ghost Rider Infinity Comic #1 (2022) (writing)
• Sentry vol. 4 #1-4 (2023–2024) (writing)
• Spider-Boy vol. 2 #8 (2024) (art)
• What Is... A Flerken Infinity Comic #1 (2023) (writing/art)
• Werewolf by Night:
• Werewolf by Night: Blood Hunt #1 (2024) (writing)
• Werewolf by Night #1-present (2024–present) (writing)
• X-Men:
• X-Corp #3, short story "Multiple Sabotage" (2021) (writing/art)
• X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #21, 27–28, 34, 41, 56–58, 92-95 (2022–2023) (writing/art)
• New Mutants vol. 4 #30, short story "Karma" (2022) (art)
• Dazzler vol. 3 #1-4 (2024) (writing)

• The Pitiful Human-Lizard #1-17 (2014–2019) (writing/art)
• Chapterhouse Summer Special 2016 (2016) (writing/art)

• Afterlift #1-5 (2019), later reprinted by Dark Horse (art)
• The All-Nighter #1-10 (2021–2024), later reprinted by Dark Horse (art)

• Star Wars Adventures Annual 2021, short story "The Coin" (2021) (art)
• Star Wars High Republic Adventures Annual 2021, short story "No Stone Unturned" (2021) (art)

• Stillwater: The Escape #1 (2022) (writing/art)

• Awol'd (2008) (self published) (writing/art)
• Razorblades #2 (2020) (Tiny Onion) (art)

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• [https://jasonloo.pb.online/ Official site]

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