Leigh Dragoon
American comics writer and illustrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leigh Dragoon is a professional American comics writer and illustrator.
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| Leigh Dragoon | |
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| Born | May 6, 1976 Plattsburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, Illustrator |
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.
Dragoon is a non-binary trans woman[7] and a Reform Jew.[8] She has mentioned having autism,[9] obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety.[10]
Political views
Currently, she is an outspoken supporter of the Israel Defense Forces' actions in Gaza.[11][12] Dragoon has made a number of Islamophobic statements, such as calling Islam a "colonizer death cult",[13] and referring to student protesters as "antisemitic children"[14] and "Hamasniks".[15][16][17]
These Islamophobic statements have included attacks on Canadian author Xiran Jay Zhao, accusing them of antisemitism by linking all Hui people to Hamas via Sunni Islam[18] and accusing them of encouraging antisemitic terrorism.[19]
- 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, 2016, ISBN 978-0399171901)
- Champion (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, 2017, ISBN 978-0451534347)
- Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues, 2014. Penguin Random House. 26 June 2014. ISBN 978-0698171961.[21]
- Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Lonesome Outlaw, 2015. Penguin Random House. 29 September 2015. ISBN 978-0399540110.[22]
- Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Virtue of Ardor, 2016. Penguin Random House. 28 June 2016. ISBN 978-0451532886.[23]
- Little Women: Magic in Concord (forthcoming, Oni Press)
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