John Layman

John Layman
Born	John Steele Layman (1969-08-02) August 2, 1969
Nationality	American
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.

Career

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

He has also worked on several comic books based on pre-existing licenses such as Xena: Warrior Princess, ThunderCats, as well as crossovers like Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness.

Layman has written a number of creator-owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel Puffed, and Chew with artist Rob Guillory.

In 2007, he began working as a writer for Cryptic Studios, a video game studio in Los Gatos, California. He worked there until 2010.

Bibliography

Image Comics

• Puffed
• Stay Puffed
• Chew (June, 2009–present)
  • Tasters Choice #1-5 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-159-7)
  • International Flavor #6-10 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-260-7)
  • Just Desserts #11-15 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-335-2)
  • Flambé #16-20 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-398-0)
  • Major League Chew #21-25 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 120 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-523-1)
  • Space Cakes #26-30 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 156 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-621-1)
  • Bad Apples #31-35 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-767-6)
  • Family Recipes #36-40 (with Rob Guillory, tpb, 128 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-938-5)

Wildstorm

• Gen13 vol. 2:
  • "When Bedbugs Bite" (with Scott Lobdell and Ed Benes, in #48, 1999)
  • "Over My Dead Body" (with Scott Lobdell, Ed Benes, Scott Benefiel, Steve Ellis and Pat Quinn, in #50, 2000)
  • "Meanwhile" (with Dan Norton, in #53, 2000)
• Wildstorm Thunderbook, anthology, "Down and Out with the Deviants" (with Jeffrey Moy, August, 2000)
• Bay City Jive (limited series) (May, 2001-July, 2001):
  • "The Demon-Gate Freak Out!" (with Jason Johnson, 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 Joe Vriens, 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 Andy Smith, 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 Ryan Odagawa, in #7, 2004)
    • "Prisoners of the Puppet Master" (with Joseph Dodd, in #8, 2004)
• Gambit vol. 4 (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 Roger Robinson, 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:
    • "Tin Can Heroes" (with Aaron Lopresti, in #1-5, 2006)
• 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 Fabiano Neves, 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)
• Women of Marvel #1, "Love & Illusion" (with Davide Gianfelice, January 2011)
• Identity Wars (hc, 112 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5568-6) collects:
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38, "Part 1" (with Lee Garbett, April 2011)
  • Deadpool Annual #1, "Part 2" (with Juan Doe, May 2011)
  • The Incredible Hulks Annual #1, "Part 3" (with Al Barrionuevo, June 2011)
• Cyclops vol. 3 (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

• Armageddon & Son (graphic novel, with Dave Dumeer, 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 Robbi Rodriguez, 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 Noah Salonga, 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 Dave Crosland, 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 Alberto Ponticelli, 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 (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 Henrik Jonsson, 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 Jason Masters, 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 Joshua Williamson and Scott Eaton, in Annual #2, 2013)
    • "Contained Multitudes" (with Joshua Williamson and Szymon Kudranski, in Annual #2, 2013)
    • "Harvey Bullock, This is Your Life" (with Joshua Williamson and Derlis Santacruz, 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, Ray Fawkes, 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 Emanuel Simeoni, in #7, 2014)
    • "Guided by Darkness" (with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley and Guillem March, 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 Mikel Janín, 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)

References

• John Layman at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Official website
• John Layman at the Comic Book DB
• John Layman Interviewed by Pete's Basement- 01:17- Time stamp

Preceded by Tony S. Daniel

Detective Comics writer 2012–2014

Succeeded by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato