John Layman

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.^[1]

Layman has written a number of creator-owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel Puffed,^[2] and Chew^[3][4] with artist Rob Guillory.^[5][6]

In 2007, he began working as a writer for Cryptic Studios, a video game studio in Los Gatos, California.^[7] He worked there until 2010.

In 2010, Layman's semi-autobiographical comic Safe Word (published by Image Comics) hit stands. It has been optioned by Brett Ratner for production beginning in 2012.

Layman also helped create the animals in Avatar.

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 #6-present (with Javier Garron)

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 Publising

• Scarface: Scarred For Life (limited series) (December, 2006-April, 2007)
  • Scarface: Scarred For Life (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 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)

Notes

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