Leonardi at the 2012 New York Comic Con.
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Born |
Philadelphia |
August 9, 1957
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Nationality | American |
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Notable works
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Cloak and Dagger Green Lantern Versus Aliens New Mutants Star Wars: General Grievous Uncanny X-Men Vision and the Scarlet Witch |
Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comic book illustrator who has worked for various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including Cloak and Dagger, The Uncanny X-Men, The New Mutants, Spider-Man 2099, Nightwing, Batgirl, Green Lantern Versus Aliens and Superman. He has worked on feature film tie-in comics such as Star Wars: General Grievous and Superman Returns Prequel #3.
Rick Leonardi was born August 9, 1957 in Philadelphia, and grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979 and started drawing for Marvel Comics the following year.
Rick Leonardi's first published comics artwork appeared in Thor #303 (Jan. 1981). He collaborated with writer Bill Mantlo on two limited series: Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Nov. 1982-Feb. 1983) and Cloak and Dagger (Oct. 1983-Jan. 1984). Leonardi's well-known works in the 1980s include various fill-in issues of The Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants.