John Layman

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John Layman
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Portrait of Layman
BornJohn Steele Layman
(1969-08-02) August 2, 1969 (age 52)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Letterer
Notable works
Chew
Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness
http://www.themightylayman.com

John Steele Layman (born August 2, 1969) is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing Chew, published by Image Comics.

Career[]

Once an editor for Wildstorm, a branch of DC Comics, Layman turned to writing comics full-time in 2002, mainly for Marvel Comics.

He also worked on several comic books based on licensed properties, such as Xena: Warrior Princess and ThunderCats, as well as crossovers like Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness.[dead link][1]

From 2007[2]–2010[citation needed] he worked as a writer for Cryptic Studios, a video game developer in Los Gatos, California.

Layman has written a number of creator-owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel ,[dead link][3] and Chew,[4][5] with artist Rob Guillory.[6][7] Chew has gone on to achieve much success, being nominated for two Harvey Awards, two Eagle Awards, and winning an Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2010.[8]

Bibliography[]

AfterShock Comics[]

Image Comics[]

  • Stay Puffed
  • Chew #1–60 (2009 – 2016)
    • Volume 1: Tasters Choice #1–5 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-159-7)
    • Volume 2: International Flavor #6–10 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-260-7)
    • Volume 3: Just Desserts #11–15 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-335-2)
    • Volume 4: Flambé #16–20 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-398-0)
    • Volume 5: Major League Chew #21–25 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-523-1)
    • Volume 6: Space Cakes #26–30, Chew: Secret Agent Poyo one-shot (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 156 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-621-1)
    • Volume 7: Bad Apples #31–35 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-767-6)
    • Volume 8: Family Recipes #36–40 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-938-5)
    • Volume 9: Chicken Tenders #41–45, Chew: Warrior Chicken Poyo one-shot (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-289-4)
    • Volume 10: Blood Puddin' #46–50 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-396-3)
    • Volume 11: The Last Suppers #51–55, Chew / Revival one-shot (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-681-4)
    • Volume 12: Sour Grapes Chew #56–60, Chew: Demon Chicken Poyo one-shot (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 184 pages, 2017, ISBN 978-1-5343-0031-6)
  • Leviathan #1–3 (2018)
  • Outer Darkness #1–12 (2018 – 2019)
    • Volume 1: Each Other's Throats #1–6 (with Afu Chan, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-53431-210-2)
    • Volume 2: Castrophany of Hate #7–12 (with Afu Chan, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-53431-370-2)
  • Outer Darkness/Chew #1–3 (2020)
    • Outer Darkness/Chew (with Afu Chan and Rob Guillory, tpb, 72 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-53431-657-4)
  • Chu #1-present (2020 - present)
    • Volume 1: First Course #1-5 (with Dan Boultwood, tpb, 128 pages, 2021, ISBN 978-1-5343-1774-1)

Wildstorm[]

  • Gen13 vol. 2:
  • Wildstorm Thunderbook, anthology, "Down and Out with the Deviants" (with , August 2000)
  • (limited series) (May 2001 – July 2001):
    • "The Demon-Gate Freak Out!" (with , in #1–3, 2001)
  • Thundercats: Dogs of War (limited series) (August 2003 – December 2003):
    • Thundercats: Dogs of War (tpb, 128 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0287-X) collects:
      • "Bone of Contention" (with Brett Booth, in #1, 2003)
      • "Hounded" (with Brett Booth, in #2, 2003)
      • "Pack of Lies" (with Brett Booth, in #3, 2003)
      • "Hand That Feeds You" (with Brett Booth, in #4, 2003)
      • "Dog Gone" (with Brett Booth, in #5, 2003)
  • Thundercats: Enemy's Pride (limited series) (August 2004 – December 2004)
    • Thundercats: Enemy's Pride (tpb, 128 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0617-4) collects:
      • "Lie of The Beholder" (with , in #1, 2004)
      • "Best Served Cold" (with Joe Vriens, in #2, 2004)
      • "Eye of The Tiger" (with Joe Vriens, in #3, 2004)
      • "The King and I" (with Joe Vriens, in #4, 2004)
      • "Animas Acme" (with Joe Vriens, in #5, 2004)
  • Red Sonja/Claw (limited series) (March 2006 – June 2006)
    • Red Sonja/Claw The Unconquered: Devil's Hands (tpb, 112 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1210-7) collects:
      • "The Accursed" (with , in #1, 2006)
      • "Soul Corruption" (with Andy Smith, in #2, 2006)
      • "Divide & Conquered" (with Andy Smith, in #3, 2006)
      • "Severed Alliance" (with Andy Smith, in #4, 2006)

Marvel Comics[]

  • X-Men Unlimited #47, "Strange Harvest" (with Dan Norton, May 2003)
  • Marvel Age: Fantastic Four (October 2004 – November 2004)
    • Volume 2: Doom Digest (tpb, 96 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1550-1) collects:
      • "Invaders from Planet X" (with , in #7, 2004)
      • "Prisoners of the Puppet Master" (with , in #8, 2004)
  • Gambit vol. 4 #1–12 (September 2004 – June 2005)
    • Volume 1: House of Cards (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1522-6) collects:
      • "The Prodigal Sinner" (with Georges Jeanty, in #1, 2004)
      • "Player's Club" (with Georges Jeanty, in #2, 2004)
      • "Slight of Hand" (with Georges Jeanty, in #3, 2004)
      • "Bet Your Life" (with Georges Jeanty, in #4, 2004)
      • "Celebrity Poker" (with Georges Jeanty, in #5, 2004)
      • "Backstabber's Rhapsody" (with , in #6, 2005)
    • Volume 2: Hath No Fury (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1747-4) collects:
      • "Voodoo Economics" (with Georges Jeanty, in #7–9, 2005)
      • "X, Lies and Videotape" (with Georges Jeanty, in #10, 2005)
      • "Thieves’ World" (with Roger Robinson and Georges Jeanty, in #11–12, 2005)
  • The Pulse House of M Special #1 (with among other artist, June 2005)
  • Fantastic Four: House of M (limited series) (July 2005 – September 2005):
    • House of M: Fantastic Four/Iron Man (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1923-X) collects:
      • "A Doctor in the House" (with Scot Eaton, in #1, 2005)
      • "Four the Hard Way" (with Scot Eaton, in #2, 2005)
      • "King For A Day" (with Scot Eaton, in #3, 2005)
  • Sentinel Squad O*N*E (limited series) (January 2006 – May 2006)
    • Decimation: Sentinel Squad O.N.E (tpb, 120 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1997-3) collects:
  • Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness (limited series) (March 2007 – July 2007)
    • Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness (hc, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2743-7) collects:
      • "Earth's Mightiest Zero" (with , in #1, 2007)
      • "Marvel Team-Ups" (with Fabiano Neves, in #2, 2007)
      • "Night of the Livid Dead" (with Fabiano Neves, in #3, 2007)
      • "The Book of Dooms" (with Fabiano Neves, Fernando Blanco and Sean Phillips, in #4, 2007)
      • "The Stalking Dead" (with Fabiano Neves, Fernando Blanco and Sean Phillips, in #5, 2007)
  • Shadowland: Bullseye, one-shot, "Bullseye: Dead on a Rival" (with Sean Chen, August 2010) collected in Street Heroes (hc, 192 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4887-6)
  • #1, "Love & Illusion" (with , January 2011)
  • (hc, 112 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5568-6) collects:
  • Cyclops vol. 3 #6–12 (October 2014 – April 2015)
    • Volume 2: A Pirate's Life for Me #6–12 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9076-7)
  • Guardians Team-Up #4 (with Otto Schmidt, April 2015)

Oni Press[]

  • (graphic novel, with , tpb, 96 pages, November 2005, ISBN 1-93266-433-5)
  • Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen (limited series) (July 2007 – May 2009)
    • Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen (tpb, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-93496-416-6) collects:
      • "Invasion of the Optiklons!" (with Tom Peyer, Jim Massey, Scott Chantler and , in #1, 2007)
      • "Return to Space Academy!; Danger Express To Doom" (With Jim Massey, Tom Peyer, Robbi Rodrigez and Matt Wagner, in #2, 2008)
      • "Evil Has 1000 Eyes; Depth & The Maidens" (With Jim Massey, Tom Peyer, Robbi Rodrigez and Darwyn Cooke, in #3, 2008)
      • "Too Many Jansens; Born To Be Hyperwild" (with Tom Peyer and Robbi Rodrigez, in #4, 2009)
      • "The Army of Doom at the Nebula of Death!" (with Jim Massey, Tom Peyer and Robbi Rodrigez, in #5, 2009)

Dynamite Entertainment[]

  • Xena Warrior Princess: Contest of Pantheons (limited series) (July 2006 – August 2007)
    • Xena Warrior Princess Volume 1: Contest of Pantheons (tpb, 104 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-93330-535-5) collects:
      • "Holy Arcrimony" (with Fabiano Neves, in #1, 2006)
      • "Pantheon Pandemonium" (with Fabiano Neves, in #2, 2006)
      • "Stalk Like an Egyptian" (with Fabiano Neves, in #3, 2006)
      • "Undead Reckoning" (with Fabiano Neves, in #4, 2006)
  • Xena Warrior Princess: Dark Xena (limited series) (May 2007 – August 2007)
    • Xena Warrior Princess Volume 2: Dark Xena (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 978-1-933305-61-5) collects:
      • "The Way We Were" (with , in #1, 2007)
      • "(Re)Born Bad" (with Noah Salonga, in #2, 2007)
      • "Partners in Crime" (with Noah Salonga, in #3, 2007)
      • "Unwritten History" (with Noah Salonga, in #4, 2007)
  • Army of Darkness/Xena: Warrior Princess (limited series) (March 2008 – July 2008)
    • Volume 1: Why not? (tpb, 104 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60690-008-0) collects:
      • "Battered & Bruced, Part One: The Grimmest Fairy Tale" (with Fabiano Neves, in #1, 2008)
      • "Battered & Bruced, Part Two: Autolykness Adventures" (with Fabiano Neves, in #2, 2008)
      • "Battered & Bruced, Part Three: From These Ashes" (with Fabiano Neves, in #3, 2008)
      • "Battered & Bruced, Part Four: The Best Laid Plans..." (with Fabiano Neves, in #4, 2008)

IDW Publishing[]

  • Scarface: Scarred for Life (limited series) (December 2006 – April 2007)
    • Scarface: Scarred For Life (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 978-1-60010-087-1) collects:
      • "City of Zeroes" (with , in #1, 2006)
      • "The Scum Also Rises" (with Dave Crosland, in #2, 2007)
      • "Everybody Angles" (with Dave Crosland, in #3, 2007)
      • "Mutually Assured Destruction" (with Dave Crosland, in #4, 2007)
      • "Top O' The Heap, End O' The Line" (with Dave Crosland, in #5, 2007)
  • Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths (limited series) (June 2011 – October 2011)
    • Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-61377-033-2) collects:
      • "Among The Monsters" (with , in #1, 2011)
      • "The Wronged Man" (with Alberto Ponticelli, in #2, 2011)
      • "Moth and Flame" (with Alberto Ponticelli, in #3, 2011)
      • "While Tokyo Burns" (with Alberto Ponticelli, in #4, 2011)
      • "Makoto Sato's Last Stand" (with Alberto Ponticelli, in #5, 2011)
  • Mars Attacks (June 2012 – May 2013)
    • Mars Attacks Deluxe Edition, #1–10 (hc, 252 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-63140-015-0)

DC Comics[]

  • Detective Comics vol. 2 #13–29 (October 2012 – March 2014)
    • Volume 3: Emperor Penguin (tpb, 192 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-4634-6) collects:
      • "IQ Test" (with Andy Clarke, in #13, 2012)
      • "Seeds & Dirt" (with Andy Clarke, in #14, 2012)
      • "Love in Bloom" (with Andy Clarke, in #15, 2012)
      • "Pecking Order" (with Andy Clarke, in #16, 2013)
      • "Doctor's Orders" (with Andy Clarke, in #17, 2013)
      • "A Cut Above" (with , in #18, 2013)
    • Volume 4: The Wrath (tpb, 264 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4997-3) collects:
      • "Birth of a Family" (with Andy Clarke, in #19, 2013)
      • "Birdwatching" (with Henrik Jonsson, in #19, 2013)
      • "Through A Blue Lens" (with , in #19, 2013)
      • "Empire of the Son" (with Andy Clarke, in #20, 2013)
      • "Territorial" (with Andy Clarke, in #21, 2013)
      • "My Better Half" (with Andy Clarke, in #22, 2013)
      • "Marital Abyss" (with Andy Clarke, in #23, 2013)
      • "State of Shock" (with Jason Fabok, in #24, 2013)
      • "Face in the Crowd" (with and Scott Eaton, in Annual #2, 2013)
      • "Contained Multitudes" (with Joshua Williamson and , in Annual #2, 2013)
      • "Harvey Bullock, This is Your Life" (with Joshua Williamson and , in Annual #2, 2013)
    • Volume 5: Gothtopia (hc, 176 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4998-1) collects:
      • "Whistleblower's Blues" (with Jason Fabok, in #25, 2013)
      • "Troubled Waters" (with Jorge Lucas, in #25, 2013)
      • "Crown of Fear" (with Aaron Lopresti, in #26, 2013)
      • "Gothtopia, Part One: The Perfect Crime" (with Jason Fabok, in #27, 2014)
      • "Welcome to... Gothtopia, Part Two: The Maddening Crowd" (with Aaron Lopresti, in #28, 2014)
      • "The Truth And Nothing But" (with Aaron Lopresti, in #29, 2014)
  • Batman: The Dark Knight vol. 2 #23.3: Clayface, "Not Just Another Pretty Face" (with Cliff Richards, September 2013)
  • Catwoman vol. 4 #25, "Before the Claws Come Out" (with Aaron Lopresti, November 2013) collected in Race of Thieves (tpb, 232 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5063-7)
  • Batman Eternal (April 2014 – August 2014):
    • Volume 1 (tpb, 480 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5173-0) collects:
      • "Batman Eternal" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, , and Tim Seeley and Jason Fabok, in #1–3, 2014)
      • "Injustice For All" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Dustin Nguyen, in #4, 2014)
      • "Disinfect" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Andy Clarke, in #5, 2014)
      • "The Denied" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Trevor McCarthy, in #6, 2014)
      • "The Sinking Of An Empire!" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and , in #7, 2014)
      • "Guided by Darkness" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and , in #8, 2014)
      • "The Unburied Past" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Guillem March, in #9, 2014)
      • "When Animals Attack" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Riccardo Burchielli, in #10, 2014)
      • "Day of the Dads" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Ian Bertram, in #11, 2014)
      • "The Good Man" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and , in #12, 2014)
      • "Infernal Relations" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Mikel Janín, in #13, 2014)
      • "Natural Order" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Jason Fabok, in #14, 2014)
      • "The Common Limit" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Dustin Nguyen, in #15, 2014)
      • "The Monster Machine" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Dustin Nguyen, in #16, 2014)
      • "The Savior" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Dustin Nguyen, in #17, 2014)
      • "A Night on Earth" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Andy Clarke, in #18, 2014)
      • "Breaking Bat" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Emanuel Simeoni, in #19, 2014)
      • "Wild Animals" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Emanuel Simeoni, in #20, 2014)
      • "Ten Forty-Eight" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Jason Fabok, in #21, 2014)

Dark Horse Comics[]

  • Aliens: Inhuman Condition (graphic novel, with Sam Kieth, hc, 56 pages, April 2013, ISBN 1-59582-618-1)

Notes[]

  1. ^ "John Layman Talks Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness on the CNI Podcast". Comics Bulletin. Archived May 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Cryptic Studios announces the hire of John Layman". Cryptic Studios. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Puffed Piece". Comics Bulletin. Archived May 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Phegley, Kiel (April 23, 2009). "John Layman Bites Back in 'Chew'". Comic Book Resources.
  5. ^ Layman, John (June 3, 2009). "FULL SCRIPT: Chew #1 by John Layman". Comic Book Resources.
  6. ^ "Rob Guillory: The Art Of 'Chew'". Comic Book Resources. April 30, 2009
  7. ^ Guillory, Rob (June 2, 2009). "Rob Guillory's 'Chew' Process". Comic Book Resources.
  8. ^ "Chew Wins Best New Series Eisner Award". Things From Another World. July 24, 2010. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2013.

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Preceded by
Tony S. Daniel 		Detective Comics writer
2012–2014 		Succeeded by
Francis Manapul &
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