John Paul Leon Archives

This week, his essay on the late John Paul Leon ran in Batman/Catwoman Special #1, by Tom King and John Paul Leon, the first work of Davis that DC Comics has published in decades In the light of this, Davis posted to his MD world page Facebook (which he has hardly used over the past[...]

Today, DC Comics has published the Batman/Catwoman Special by Tom King and the late John Paul Leon, with Mitch Gerads and friends completing the comic book in question in tribute to John, including our own Michael Davis The comic itself was intended to branch two arcs in the main Batman/Catwoman series which, once upon a[...]

Tomorrow sees DC Comics publish the Batman/Catwoman Special, the comic book written by Tom King and John Paul Leon intended to bridge the gap between two arcs of the Batman/Catwoman comic But John died while drawing the comic book It has now been finished by his friends and colleagues, led by Mitch Gerads and will[...]

This is an attempt to sift through them all and find the most relevant items. What's FOC-ing this weekend? Batwoman/Catwoman One-Shot will be a moral to the life and work of John Paul Leon, and will have a 1:25 tiered cover. How did Cloaked #1, Sonic The Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome #1, King Of Spies #1, Lady Mechanika: Monster[...]

This week, the Batman/Catwoman Special, originally to be created by Tom King and John Paul Leon, goes to Final Order Cut-Off from DC Comics Originally planned for earlier in the year, John Paul Leon died while working on the issue Now his friends and colleagues have completed the comic book in tribute and in memory[...]

Not Eternals, but rather Earth X by Jim Krueger, Alex Ross and the late John Paul Leon Spoilers going forward obviously. Earth X was a comic book series that launched in 1999 and ran for several years in one form or another It showed a possible near future for the Marvel Universe, and also revealed that[...]

DC Comics has rearranged the schedule for the Batman/Catwoman Special #1 by Tom King and the late Static co-creator John Paul Leon It will now be published in an expanded form on the 25th of January, 2022 John Paul Leon died from cancer while drawing this comic book, in May this year, at the age[...]

DC Comics has informed comic book readers that "initial orders for Batman/Catwoman Special #1" by Tom King and John Paul Leon "originally solicited in DC Connect #12 for release in July, have been cancelled The issue will be re-solicited at a later date, with more details coming soon." Comic book creatorJohn Paul Leon died of cancer[...]

Comic book creator John Paul Leon died in May this year, aged 49, after being diagnosed with cancer Co-creator of Static for Milestone Comics, he first worked at Michael Davis' artist studio and majoring in illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts, studying under artists such as Will Eisner, Walter Simonson, and Jack Potter and gaining a[...]

Comic book creator John Paul Leon died on the 2nd of May 2021, after being diagnosed with cancer, at the age of 49 One of his final projects was the Batman/Catwoman Special, intended to run between two arcs of the Batman/Catwoman series, and reunited John Paul Leon with Tom King Planned to be published in[...]

Comic book creator John Paul Leon passed away six weeks ago A tribute to the man was published in Marvel Comics titles last week One appears in DC Comics titles this week They both run below. Marvel Tribute To John Paul Leon Joe Quesada wrote "J.P Leon was a unique talent, admired and envied by all for[...]

Michael Davis writes about his friend and student, John Paul Leon. John Paul Leon was part of an elite group, the Bad Boy Studio Mentor program That program's goal is to help people of color gain entry into comic books and related businesses It does not stop there-the main goal is to pay it forward[...]

The family of John Paul Leon, who died yesterday, has issued the following notice, as well as a donation page.  JOHN PAUL LEON (1972-2021) John Paul Leon, one of the most revered and masterful artists and storytellers in the comic book industry, passed away Sunday morning at l0am, May 2nd, 2021, after a 14-year battle with cancer[...]

Comic book creator John Paul Leon died this morning, the 2nd of May 2021, after being diagnosed with cancer, at the age of 49 I spoke with Michael Davis earlier this week about the man and his life, as he rose through Davis' artist studio, as well as majoring in illustration at New York's School[...]

If you are in the neighbourhood, check them out. JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #2 (MR) (W) Simon Spurrier (A) Aaron Campbell (CA) John Paul Leon John's return to London isn't going as smoothly as he'd hoped…though it's already been just as bloody as he could have expected! Enormous angels straight from the mind of William Blake are tearing people[...]

Batman Creature Of The Night is a prestige mini-series that has been a long time coming from Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon. The first issue came out in late November 2017, intended to be a companion piece to Batman: Secret Identity. Young Bruce Wainwright lost his parents in a violent crime…and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save the[...]

DC has finally set a release date for Batman: Creature of the Night by Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon, a comic which was in the works as far back as 2010. Despite the title, the comic isn't about Batman becoming a member of KISS The book is billed as a thematic sequel to Superman: Secret Identity[...]

On top of that, we are honored to have John Paul Leon doing covers for the series. Normally, the writer doesn't even mention the artist while being the only one talking about a new comic to the press, so this is a rare treat indeed! Since we've already copied all the relevant info from Crave Online, we[...]

Seagle , Si Spencer, John Paul Leon, Jeff Lemire, Will Morris, Fabio Moon and more. We mentioned Teddy Kristiansen working on "Fade" with Steven T Seagle. Now we understand that the creator list has been joined by Gene Luen Yang of American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints, making his DC Comics debut Also the DC debut for 2000AD writer[...]

According to the film (now seen by how many thousands?), Static was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert Washington, and John Paul Leon. I have nothing but LOVE for what the filmmakers attempted to do, but those credits are just wrong. Dwayne McDuffie, Derek Dingle, Denys Cowan, Christopher Priest, & myself, created Static. John Paul & Robert Washington more[...]

An alternative future of the Marvel universe from Jim Krueger, Alex Ross, John Paul Leon, Doug Braithwaite and more. Twenty-eight issues, Earth X #0, X, 1-12 and  Universe X #0, X, 1-12 are all at 99 cents/69 pence from where I'm sitting, though the final chapter Paradise X has yet to be made available. Hitting the[...]

At the BLVD booth (#1223), Tommy Lee Edwards, Trevor Goring, John Paul Leon, Sean Chen and Bernard Chang are selling a new comic, theBVLD Storybook 1.0 With five chapters featuring five very different stories by Jonathan Ross. British broadcaster Jonathan Ross has already had success with Tommy Lee Edwards on Image title Turf, with another book[...]

It's a forty page comic book anthology featuring five new stories written by Jonathan Ross, and drawn by each of the members, Bernard Chang, Sean Chen, Trevor Goring, John Paul Leon and of course Tommy Lee Edwards. Tommy's story is called Speed Trap Where they go from here is anybody's guess But I'd be looking long[...]