John Cassaday

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John Cassaday is an American comic book artist, well known for his work on Planetary, Captain America and Astonishing X-Men.

Personal Life

John Cassaday was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1971. A self-taught artist, he initially put himself through three years of film school and worked for a time directing TV news before leaving his home state. He was influenced early on by the Adam West Batman TV show and later of course became a fan of Star Wars and G.I. Joe. His artistic influences include many artists and writers across a broad spectrum of different media, but his favorite is American artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth. Cassaday broke in to comics when he brought his art portfolio to the 1996 San Diego Comic Con. He now lives in New York City.

Career

Cassaday's first professional comics work was in 1995 with a story in Caliber's Negative Burn. In 1996, he did some work on Ghost for Dark Horse and eventually became lead artist on Desperadoes. By 1997, he was working on mainstream comics such as Alpha Flight, Union Jack and The Flash.

Cassaday soared to popularity as the artist on Planetary with Warren Ellis. Among his most critically acclaimed endeavors were his runs on Captain America and his highly successful work on Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon. Cassaday returned to illustrating Cap in an issue of Fallen Son: The Death Of Captain America in 2007. During his career, Cassaday has produced many stellar covers, including covers for Joss Whedon's Serenity: Those Left Behind for Dark Horse and Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper for Virgin Comics. He produced the variant covers for Zorro and Mark Waid's mega-hit Irredeemable. Additionally, he drew the covers for The Complete Dracula, Leah Moore and John Reppion's adaptation of Bram Stoker's original story. He also drew a fantastic run of covers for Dynamite's Lone Ranger series, also serving as art director.

Last but not least, he illustrated the graphic novels in the I Am Legion trilogy with Fabien Nury for Humanoids. The three books were eventually re-published in an eight-issue comic book series format by Devil's Due.

Bibliography

Marvel

DC

Indies

Dynamite Entertainment

Dark Horse

Image/ Homage/ Wildstorm/ America's Best Comics

Everybody Else

  • 1991-2010 Wizard Magazine #91, 120, 130, 133-134, 146, 151, 157, 159, 173, 210, 219, 224 (Wizard)
  • 1994 A Touch Of Silk, A Taste Of Leather #1 (Boneyard Press)
  • 1994 Bill The Bull: One Shot, One Bourbon, One Beer (Boneyard Press)
  • 1995-1996 Flowers On The Razorwire #5-9 (Boneyard Press)
  • 1995 Negative Burn #28 (Caliber)
  • 1996 No Profit For The Wise #0 (CFD)
  • 1997 Five Years Of Pain (one-shot, Boneyard Press)
  • 2002 Avengers Wizard Ace Edition #4 (Wizard)
  • 2003 Paper Museum #1 (Jungle Boy Press)
  • 2003 Sex Crimes (one-shot, Boneyard Press)
  • 2004 I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (graphic novel, Humanoids)
  • 2004 Phantom #2 (Moonstone)
  • 2004 Wizard Magazine 30th Anniversary Special (one-shot, Wizard)
  • 2005 Desperadoes: Banners Of Gold (graphic novel, IDW)
  • 2005 Heroes And Villains: Messner-Loebs Benefit Sketchbook (Two Morrows)
  • 2005 The Unauthorized Puffed Movie Adaptation (graphic novel, IDW)
  • 2006 Autopsyrotica (graphic novel, introduction, NBM)
  • 2007 Gamekeeper #1B, 2C, 3B, 4B, 5A (Virgin Comics)
  • 2007 Gamekeeper Extended Edition (one-shot, Virgin Comics)
  • 2007 Tek Jansen #1B (Oni Press)
  • 2007 The Uncanny Dave Cockrum Tribute (Aardwolf)
  • 2008 Hulk 100 Project (graphic novel, Hero Initiative)
  • 2009 I Am Legion #1A-C, 2A-B, 3-6 (Devil's Due)
  • 2009 Incorruptible #1A (Boom! Studios)
  • 2009 Irredeemable #1A, 2A, 2D, 3A, 3D, 4A (Boom! Studios)
  • 2009 Swordsmith Assassin #1A (Boom! Studios)
  • 2010 I Am Legion (graphic novel, Humanoids)
  • 2010 Mad About Super Heroes #2 (graphic novel, Mad Books)
  • 2010 Tales From The Grave #1B (Monsterverse LLC)
  • 2011 Rocketeer Adventures #1 (IDW)

Awards

  • 2004 Eisner Award for Best Artist
  • 2006 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series: Astonishing X-Men
  • 2007 Eagle Award Favorite Comics Artist: Pencils

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General Information Edit
Earth Name: John Cassaday
Gender: Male
Birth: 19/05/1971
Death:
Town Fort Worth, Texas
Country United States
Email:
Website: http://www.johncassaday.com/
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