Lee Garbett

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Lee Garbett
NationalityBritish
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
 The Highwaymen
Dreamwar
Midnighter
Batman: Last Rites
The Outsiders
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Lee Garbett is a British comic book artist born in the West Midlands. He has worked on British comics. As of February 2011, he is working freelance after a period of exclusivity with DC Comics.

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Career

He created the 4-issue mini-series Dark Mists with Annika Eade, which follows a group of Geisha blackmailed into becoming assassins. After AP Comics folded the title was picked up and reprinted by Markosia.

Lee left the series after issue No. 3 and moved to 2000 AD , most notably on the series London Falling , co-created with Simon Spurrier. He also worked on a Judge Dredd strip for the Judge Dredd Megazine.

He then moved to US publisher, DC Comics and their Wildstorm imprint. There he first worked on The Highwaymen before working with Keith Giffen on Midnighter and the DC/Wildstorm Universe crossover Dreamwar . [1] [2] He is also providing the art for the two-part Batman story which follows the Batman R.I.P. storyline and links into Final Crisis. [3]

Lee drew the first arc on DC comics The Outsiders, entitled "The Deep," as well as the new Batgirl title, relaunched in August 2009 following Battle for the Cowl . He provided pencils for the sixth and final issue of Grant Morrison's The Return of Bruce Wayne limited series. [4]

Draw Comic Book Action, an instructional book detailing Garbett's methods for drawing comic book action scenes, was published in 2010. [5]

In 2011, he drew a three-part crossover for Marvel titled "Identity Wars", which took place across the Spider-Man , Hulk and Deadpool annuals. [6]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ Keith Giffen on DC/Wildstorm's Dreamwar Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Newsarama, 17 January 2008
  2. ↑ DC/Wildstorm's Dreamwar #1 Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Newsarama, 6 February 2008
  3. ↑ Batman 682 solicitation at DC Comics
  4. ↑ Segura, Alex (18 March 2010). "Who's drawing BATMAN AND ROBIN next? Plus some BRUCE WAYNE news..." The Source. DC Comics.com . Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Rich. "Lee Garbett Teaches You How To Kick Someone's Face Off". Bleeding Cool. 5 October 2010. accessed 1 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Garbett, Lee (12 January 2011). "Marvel Annuals Crossover with Identity Wars!". LeeGarbett.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  7. ↑ The Highwaymen trade details
  8. ↑ Midnighter: Book 3: Assassin8 trade details, at DC
  9. ↑ Batman R.I.P. hardcover details, at DC
  10. ↑ Loki: Agent of Asgard Volume 1: Trust Me. Marvel. 2 September 2014. ISBN   978-0785189312.
  11. ↑ "Eisner Awards".

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