Tim Leong

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Tim Leong is an American journalist and the current creative director of Entertainment Weekly. He is also the author of Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe, [1] published in 2013 by Chronicle Books.

Previously, he founded and edited the Eisner Award–nominated magazine, Comic Foundry, which was "a magazine that started as a website, an online magazine, and then a print magazine." [2] He also served as the design director at Complex Magazine and Director of Digital Design at WIRED Magazine. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Borrelli, Christopher (9 August 2013). "Review: 'Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe' by Tim Leong". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Cox, Brent. "A Chat With Tim Leong, Author Of "Super Graphic"". The Awl.
  3. ↑ Miller, Tessa (July 10, 2013). "I'm Tim Leong, Author of Super Graphic, and This is How I Work". LifeHacker. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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