Kate Leth

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Kate Leth
BornKatrina Jade Leth
(1988-09-29) September 29, 1988 (age 35)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Notable works
 Adventure Time: Seeing Red
Bravest Warriors
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!
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Katrina Jade "Kate" Leth [1] [2] (born 1988) is a Canadian comic book creator, known for works such as Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! .

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Career

Leth was born in Ottawa and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, [3] and attended NSCAD University, studying photography. They dropped out before achieving their degree.

Comics

Leth worked at the Strange Adventures comic shop in Halifax, where they developed an interest in comics, [4] and created promotional art for the shop. [5] In 2010, they created their webcomic Kate or Die for their blog. [3] Kate or Die eventually became a bi-weekly column on Comics Alliance. [6] They cited fellow Nova Scotia writer Kate Beaton as an influence, "...this person who was putting all this stuff out there, and no real formal art school training, but was doing really well with her work." Leth also contributed to the webcomics Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys and The Strange Talent of Luther Strode , and the anthology, Womanthologoy: Heroic. [5] [7] [8] They later contributed to the Smut Peddler anthology in 2012. [9] [10]

Leth's Adventure Time fan art on their Tumblr page attracted the attention of BOOM! Studios, publishers of the comic based on the television show. They were hired to do covers, a short story, and a graphic novel, Adventure Time: Seeing Red, [5] [11] which entered The New York Times Best Seller list in April 2014. [12] They also were a co-writer and co-artist for issue 3 of Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake, [13] [14] Adventure Time: Bitter Sweets, [15] and Adventure Time: The Four Castles. [16]

In 2013, Leth organized The Valkyries, [17] a group of women who work in comics retail. [18] In 2017, Leth described the group as "great for creating a community" and equivalent to a union. [19] The group was disbanded in 2018, largely related to accusations that the group failed to adequately represent the concerns of women of color. [20]

In 2014, Leth wrote for Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring, [21] and Edward Scissorhands [22] In 2015, Leth worked with Joe Quinones to pitch Batman ’89 as a comic series, but DC Comics rejected it. [23]

In 2015, Leth wrote another comic for Boom!, Power Up, [24] [19] and wrote six issues of Vampirella for Dynamite Entertainment. [25] [19] Leth was co-host for Less Than Live with Kate or Die, a bi-weekly comics podcast which last aired in 2016. [3] Leth collaborated with the podcast Welcome to Night Vale and wrote stories for the Lumberjanes comic for Boom!. [3] In 2018, Lumberjanes , the comic to which Leth contributed along with 5 other creators, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. [26] They also worked on Transformers: Galaxies , an anthology comic book series by IDW Publishing which is a spin-off to 2019's Transformers comic book, which began on September 25, 2019 and concluded on December 30, 2020. [27]

For Marvel they contributed to Secret Wars, Too, a comedic anthology, and Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, [28] [29] for 17 issues. In 2016, Leth wrote for the graphic novel, School Spirit. [30] From October 2016 to February 2017, they contributed to issues 1-5 of Spell on Wheels, co-writing with Megan Levens. [19]

Leth was also the cover artist for various webcomics. This included Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #5 in 2012, [31] The Midas Flesh #3 in 2013, [32] Littlest Pet Shop #2 [16] and Lumberjanes #1 in 2014, [33] and Swords of Sorrow. [34] Additionally, they were a variant cover artist of Sex Criminals #12. [35]

In 2020, Leth announced they had signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to produce a graphic novel entitled Mall Goth, released in September 2023. [36] [37]

Animation

Leth wrote for the 2018 Bravest Warriors episode "Chained to Your Side". [16] [36] The same year, the three episodes of Polly Pocket , two episodes of Craig of the Creek , the Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own episode "The Purr-fect Storm", the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode "Mystery Voice" and 17 episodes of Transformers: Cyberverse they had written were released. [16] [36] [38] Additionally, from 2018 to 2019, the five episodes of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls were released. [36] They had previously contributed to Bravest Warriors comics in 2012 and two graphic novels of Mysticons in 2018 and 2019. [16] [39] [40]

In 2021, the series High Guardian Spice was released on Crunchyroll. Leth co-wrote four episodes for the seasons, and two other episodes individually. [38] Leth also appeared in the 2014 documentary She Makes Comics and in the 2016 episode "Paper Plate Pictionary" of Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time. From 2016 to 2017, they voiced Sira the Unbidden in the series Vast. [41]

Personal life

Leth lived in Burbank, California from January 2016 until September 2020, when they moved back to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [42] [43] While in college, Leth and their colleague Vincenzo Ravina created a website dedicated to their hatred of the Crocs shoes. They are openly bisexual [44] and non-binary, [45] using they/them pronouns [16] and undergoing top surgery in April 2022. They have also described themself as queer and genderfluid. [16]

In September 2019, Leth announced their engagement to longtime partner Cohen Edenfield, [46] but revealed in July 2022 that the couple had "parted ways" and "remain best friends".[ citation needed ]

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

Marvel Comics

Dynamite Comics

The Teenager Corporation

Covers

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asRoleNotes
WriterExecutive ProducerAnimation/Art
department		Other
She Makes Comics 2014NoNoNoYesAs herselfOriginal art in this documentary.
Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time2016NoNoNoYesAs herselfAppeared in the episode "Paper Plate Pictionary"

Television

TitleYearCredited asRoleNotes
WriterExecutive ProducerDirectorAnimation/Art
department
Vast2016-2017NoNoNoNoSira the Unbidden
Bravest Warriors 2018YesNoNoNo—Writer for the episode "Chained to Your Side"
Polly Pocket 2018YesNoNoNo—Writer of three episodes [lower-alpha 1]
Craig of the Creek 2018YesNoNoNo—Story writer for two episodes [lower-alpha 2]
Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own 2018YesNoNoNo—Writer of the episode "The Purr-fect Storm"
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 2018YesNoNoNo—Writer for the episode "Mystery Voice"
Transformers: Cyberverse 2018YesNoNoNo—Staff writer on 17 episodes.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 2018-2019YesNoNoNo—Writer for five episodes [lower-alpha 3]
High Guardian Spice 2021YesNoNoNo—Co-wrote four episodes [lower-alpha 4] and wrote two episodes individually [lower-alpha 5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Specifically "Area Fifty None", "Halloween Queen" and "Princess Predicament"
  2. ↑ The episodes are "The Invitation" and "The Curse"
  3. ↑ "Costume Conundrum", "Wake-Up!", "The Last Day of School", "Blue Crushed", and "Lost and Found"
  4. ↑ Specifically "Journey to Lyngarth", "Disorientation Day", "Crushing Obstacles", and "Festival of Fall" (Part 1)
  5. ↑ These episodes are "Transformations", and "Past Present"

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