Leigh Dragoon
| Leigh Dragoon | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Illustrator |
Leigh Dragoon is a professional American comics writer and illustrator.
Biography
Leigh Dragoon's work first appeared in Girlamatic, publisher of her urban fantasy webcomic By the Wayside, which won the Kim Yale Award for Best New Female Talent in 2006.[1] She contributed art to Sam Kieth's My Inner Bimbo graphic novel. In 2009 she wrote the script for the three-volume HarperCollins/Tokyopop manga series based on Frewin Jones' YA fantasy series The Faerie Path.[2] She also contributed a story to the Fraggle Rock Vol. 1 graphic novel published by Archaia Studios Press in 2010.[3] In 2011 she adapted the script for Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy graphic novel.[4] She also scripted the graphic novel adaptations of Marie Lu's Legend[5] and Prodigy YA novels. Prodigy is slated to be published in 2016.[6] The adaptations are illustrated by Caravan Studio. She is currently working on a fantasy retelling graphic novel of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott to be published by Oni Press.
Bibliography
- My Inner Bimbo (multiple artists, Sam Kieth, Oni Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-934964-12-5)
- The Faerie Path: Lamia's Revenge #1: The Serpent Awakens (artist Alison Acton, HarperCollins/Tokyopop, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-145694-7)
- The Faerie Path: Lamia's Revenge #2: The Memory of Wings (artist Alison Acton, HarperCollins/Tokyopop, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-145695-4)
- Fraggle Rock (multiple contributors, Archaia Studios Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-932386-42-4)
- Vampire Academy (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59514-429-4)
- Frostbite (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2012, ISBN 978-1595144300)
- Shadow Kiss (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2013, ISBN 978-1595144317)
- Legend (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, 2015, ISBN 978-0399171895)
- Prodigy (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, Forthcoming 2016)
- Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues. Amazon.com. ISBN 0843180358.[7]
- Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Lonesome Outlaw. Amazon.com. ISBN 0843183101.[8]
- Little Women: Magic in Concord (forthcoming, Oni Press)
References
- ↑ "2006 Friends of Lulu Award Winners". The Beat. July 21, 2006.
- ↑ "Children's Books for Spring: H". Publishers Weekly. February 16, 2009.
- ↑ Sunu, Steve (May 26, 2010). "Dragoon and Myler Head to 'Fraggle Rock'". Comic Book Resources.
- ↑ Truitt, Brian (April 18, 2011). "First look: 'Vampire Academy' bites into graphic-novel market". USA Today.
- ↑ "Legend: the Graphic Novel".
- ↑ "Prodigy: the Graphic Novel".
- ↑ Adventure Time#Other literature
- ↑ Adventure Time#Other literature