The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: "Leigh Dragoon" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Leigh Dragoon
Born (1976-05-06) May 6, 1976 (age 47)
Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
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 Friends of Lulu's Kimberly Yale Award for Best New 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] Prodigy, and Champion YA novels.[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

References

  1. ^ "2006 Friends of Lulu Award Winners". The Beat. July 21, 2006. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Children's Books for Spring: H". Publishers Weekly. February 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Sunu, Steve (May 26, 2010). "Dragoon and Myler Head to 'Fraggle Rock'". Comic Book Resources.
  4. ^ Truitt, Brian (April 18, 2011). "First look: 'Vampire Academy' bites into graphic-novel market". USA Today.
  5. ^ "Legend: the Graphic Novel".
  6. ^ "Prodigy: the Graphic Novel".
  7. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature
  8. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature
  9. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature

External links


Authority control databases
Categories