 Rick Leonardi |
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| Born | August 9, 1957 Philadelphia |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Rick Leonardi is an American comic book illustrator.
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Biography
Leonardi was born in Philadelphia in 1957, and grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979. His professional career began in 1980.
His work is characterized by his use of dynamic figure work (particularly evident in his Spider-Man work), and panel composition that often involves shifting of the camera eye and perspective.
His well-known works include various sporadic fill-in issues of The Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants, as well as runs on Cloak and Dagger, Spider-Man 2099, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Green Lantern Versus Aliens.
He is credited, along with fellow illustrator Mike Zeck, of designing the black-and-white costume to which Spider-Man switched during the 1984 Secret Wars miniseries, and later wore for a time. According to the Spider-Man 1/2 special, the costume began as a design by Zeck that Leonardi embellished. The plot that developed as a result of Spider-Man's acquisition of the costume led to the creation of the Spider-Man villain known as Venom.
His 2000's work includes the 2005 four-issue miniseries, Star Wars: General Grievous the 2006 movie tie-in, Superman Returns Prequel #3, Superman #665 and #668 (2007), JLA: Classified #43 (November 2007), Witchblade #112 (January 2008), and the 2008 miniseries DC Universe: Decisions.
Leonardi provides the artwork for the Vigilante series that debuted from DC in December 2008.[1]
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Cloak and Dagger Vol. 1 #1-4 (Marvel)
- Cloak and Dagger Vol. 2 #1-4, 6 (Marvel)
- Cloak and Dagger Vol. 3 #12-16 (Marvel)
- Spider-Man 2099 #1-8, 10-13, 15-17, 19, 20, 22-25 (Marvel)
- Daredevil #248, 249, 277 (Marvel)
- Uncanny X-Men #201, 212, 228, 231, 235, 237, 252 (Marvel)
- New Mutants vol. 1 #38, 50 (cover only), 52-53, 78 (Marvel)
- Fantastic Four 2099 #1 (Marvel)
- Painkiller Jane #1-5 (Event)
- Nightwing #57, 59, 71-75 (DC)
Notes
- ^ Returning to the Gun: Marv Wolfman on 'Vigilante', Newsarama, November 10, 2008
References
- Rick Leonardi at the Comic Book DB
- Rick Leonardi at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
External links
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