John Layman

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John Layman
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BornJohn Steele Layman
(1969-08-02) August 2, 1969 (age 54)
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, and Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness , published by Marvel Comics.

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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 .[ dead link ] [1]

From 2007 [2] –2010[ citation needed ] 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 ,[ dead link ] [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]

In April 2022, Layman was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9] [10] Layman and Rob Guillory teamed up to contribute a new Chew story to the anthology. [11]

Bibliography

AfterShock Comics

Image Comics

Wildstorm

Marvel Comics

Oni Press

Dynamite Entertainment

IDW Publishing

DC Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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". Cryptic Studios. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  9. Kaplan, Rebecca O. (April 18, 2022). "ZOOP launches benefit anthology COMICS FOR UKRAINE: SUNFLOWER SEEDS". The Beat. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  10. Brooke, David (April 18, 2022). "'Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees". AIPT. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  11. Kit, Borys (April 20, 2022). "Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology 'Sunflower Seed'". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

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