John Layman

John Layman
Born John Steele Layman
(1969-08-02) August 2, 1969
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Letterer
Notable works
Chew
Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness
http://www.themightylayman.com

John Steele Layman (born August 2, 1969) is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing Chew, published by Image Comics.

Career

Once an editor for Wildstorm, a branch of DC Comics, Layman turned to writing comics full-time in 2002, mainly for Marvel Comics.

He also worked on several comic books based on licensed properties, such as Xena: Warrior Princess and ThunderCats, as well as crossovers like Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness.[1]

From 2007[2]–2010 he worked as a writer for Cryptic Studios, a video game developer in Los Gatos, California.

Layman has written a number of creator-owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel Puffed,[3] and Chew,[4][5] with artist Rob Guillory.[6][7] Chew has gone on to achieve much success, being nominated for two Harvey Awards, two Eagle Awards, and winning an Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2010.[8]

Bibliography

Image Comics

Wildstorm

Marvel Comics

Oni Press

Dynamite Entertainment

IDW Publishing

DC Comics

Dark Horse Comics

Aliens: Inhuman Condition (graphic novel, with Sam Kieth, hc, 56 pages, April 2013, ISBN 1-59582-618-1)

Notes

  1. "John Layman Talks Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness on the CNI Podcast". Comics Bulletin. Archived May 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Cryptic Studios announces the hire of John Layman
  3. "Puffed Piece". Comics Bulletin. Archived May 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Phegley, Kiel (April 23, 2009). "John Layman Bites Back in 'Chew'". Comic Book Resources.
  5. Layman, John (June 3, 2009). "FULL SCRIPT: Chew #1 by John Layman". Comic Book Resources.
  6. "Rob Guillory: The Art Of 'Chew'". Comic Book Resources. April 30, 2009
  7. Guillory, Rob (June 2, 2009). "Rob Guillory's 'Chew' Process". Comic Book Resources.
  8. "Chew Wins Best New Series Eisner Award". Things From Another World. July 24, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2013.

References

Preceded by
Tony S. Daniel
Detective Comics writer
20122014
Succeeded by
Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
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