Kate Leth
| Kate Leth | |
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| Born | September 29, 1988 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Notable works
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Adventure Time: Seeing Red Bravest Warriors Edward Scissorhands Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! |
| kateleth.com | |
Kate Leth is a Canadian comic book creator, known for works such as Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! and Edward Scissorhands.
A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kate Leth attended NSCAD University studying photography before dropping out. Afterwards she started working at the Strange Adventures comic shop in Halifax, where she grew an interest in the medium. After doing promotional art for Strange Adventures, she became a self-taught comic creator in 2010 with her webcomic Kate or Die in a personal blog.Kate or Die eventually became a bi-weekly column on Comics Alliance. She has said fellow Nova Scotia writer Kate Beaton was a big influence, being "this person who was putting all this stuff out there, and no real formal art school training, but was doing really well with her work." Other webcomics which had Leth's involvement included Locke & Key, and Luther Strode.
Once Leth's Adventure Time fan art on her Tumblr page attracted the attention of BOOM! Studios, responsible for the comic adaptation of said cartoon, she was hired to do a cover for a miniseries spinoff. Following more covers and a backup story, Leth was chosen do a graphic novel, Adventure Time: Seeing Red, which entered The New York Times Best Seller list. Following another Adventure Time graphic novel, Bitter Sweets, Leth became the writer for Bravest Warriors and Edward Scissorhands. Leth is a collaborator on the podcast Less than Live with Kate or Die, and is the organizer of The Valkyries], a group of women who work in comics retail.
She has most recently been a model for the newest We Love Fine Spider-Gwen fashion line. Her newest comic, Power Up, is set to release July 22, 2015 and is an all-ages comic from Boom! Studios. On October 5, 2015 she was announced as the new writer for a relaunched Vampirella from Dynamite Entertainment.
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