John Workman

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John Workman is an editor, a writer, an artist, a designer, a colorist, and a letterer in the comic book industry. He is noted for his distinct style. He has worked on many of Walt Simonson’s projects, including Thor and Orion. He also provided the letters for Jim Starlin’s Cosmic Odyssey series. Recently he has lettered much of the Marvel, DC, and Wildstorm work of Tommy Lee Edwards, including The Question, Bullet Points, and 1985. Because he does most of his lettering on art boards using traditional pens, his collaboration is sought by those artists who wish to have a more cohesive and integrated look to the final artwork. (A joke in the comic book community goes that "Comic books are the only place where having 'Workmanlike' craftsmanship is a plus.")

In addition to the thousands of comics pages that he has lettered, Workman’s comics art, writing, and design work are evident throughout issues of Heavy Metal magazine from 1977 to 1984, when he was the art director of that publication. He has also written and/or drawn for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, National Lampoon, Playboy, Hamilton Publishing, and others. Workman wrote and drew the 41-page “Adventures of Roma” which ran in consecutive issues of Dark Horse Presents beginning with issue 5. His early science-fiction and girlie-humor strips “Sindy” and “The Fallen Angels” were collected in a five-issue run by Apple Comics. Wild Things, a two-issue series published by Metro Comics, was made up mostly of material created by Workman for such diverse publications as Star*Reach and Heavy Metal. For Fantagraphics, he wrote and designed Betty Being Bad, a 48-page booklet about pin-up model Betty Page. He also wrote and designed two hardcovers for Heavy Metal Books...Heavy Metal: 25 Years of Classic Covers and Innocent Images.

John Workman continues to write, draw, letter, color, and to do design work for many comics and comics-related publications.