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Leigh Dragoon
Born (1976-05-06) May 6, 1976 (age 48)
Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
Area(s)Writer, Illustrator

Leigh Dragoon is a professional American comics writer and illustrator.

Career

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Leigh Dragoon's work first appeared in Girlamatic, publisher of her urban fantasy webcomic By the Wayside, which won Friends of Lulu's Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2006.[1] She contributed art to Sam Kieth's My Inner Bimbo graphic novel. In 2009 she wrote the script for the three-volume HarperCollins/Tokyopop manga series based on Frewin Jones' YA fantasy series The Faerie Path.[2] She also contributed a story to the Fraggle Rock Vol. 1 graphic novel published by Archaia Studios Press in 2010.[3] In 2011 she adapted the script for Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy graphic novel.[4] She also scripted the graphic novel adaptations of Marie Lu's Legend,[5] Prodigy, and Champion YA novels.[6] The adaptations are illustrated by Caravan Studio. She is currently working on a fantasy retelling graphic novel of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott to be published by Oni Press.

Personal life

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Dragoon is a non-binary trans woman[7] and a Reform Jew.[8] She has mentioned having autism,[9] obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety.[10]

Political views

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Currently, she is an outspoken supporter of the Israel Defense Forces' actions in Gaza.[11][12] Dragoon has made a number of Islamophobic statements, such as calling Islam a "colonizer death cult",[13] and referring to student protesters as "antisemitic children"[14] and "Hamasniks".[15][16][17]

These Islamophobic statements have included attacks on Canadian author Xiran Jay Zhao, accusing them of antisemitism by linking all Hui people to Hamas via Sunni Islam[18] and accusing them of encouraging antisemitic terrorism.[19]

On October 9, 2024, Leigh Dragoon quit Twitter.[20]

Bibliography

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  • My Inner Bimbo (multiple artists, Sam Kieth, Oni Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-934964-12-5)
  • The Faerie Path: Lamia's Revenge #1: The Serpent Awakens (artist Alison Acton, HarperCollins/Tokyopop, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-145694-7)
  • The Faerie Path: Lamia's Revenge #2: The Memory of Wings (artist Alison Acton, HarperCollins/Tokyopop, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-145695-4)
  • Fraggle Rock (multiple contributors, Archaia Studios Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-932386-42-4)
  • Vampire Academy (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59514-429-4)
  • Frostbite (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2012, ISBN 978-1595144300)
  • Shadow Kiss (artist Emma Vieceli, Razorbill, 2013, ISBN 978-1595144317)
  • Legend (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, 2015, ISBN 978-0399171895)
  • Prodigy (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, 2016, ISBN 978-0399171901)
  • Champion (artist Caravan Studio, Penguin Group LLC, 2017, ISBN 978-0451534347)
  • Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues, 2014. Penguin Random House. 26 June 2014. ISBN 978-0698171961.[21]
  • Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Lonesome Outlaw, 2015. Penguin Random House. 29 September 2015. ISBN 978-0399540110.[22]
  • Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Virtue of Ardor, 2016. Penguin Random House. 28 June 2016. ISBN 978-0451532886.[23]
  • Little Women: Magic in Concord (forthcoming, Oni Press)

References

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  1. ^ "2006 Friends of Lulu Award Winners". The Beat. July 21, 2006. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Children's Books for Spring: H". Publishers Weekly. February 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Sunu, Steve (May 26, 2010). "Dragoon and Myler Head to 'Fraggle Rock'". Comic Book Resources.
  4. ^ Truitt, Brian (April 18, 2011). "First look: 'Vampire Academy' bites into graphic-novel market". USA Today.
  5. ^ "Legend: the Graphic Novel".
  6. ^ "Prodigy: the Graphic Novel".
  7. ^ Dragoon, Leigh [@ldragoon] (18 July 2024). "Here's how frequently miserable it is to be frenemies with the majority of white women: I would rather take my chances befriending the average white man. I'm a non-binary Jewish woman person. For me it goes "man, white woman, white man, bear" in order of preference" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Dragoon, Leigh [@ldragoon] (30 July 2024). "Dear Orthodox Jewish Women I'm that bad non-binary Reform woman your fathers warned you about and your mothers secretly hoped and prayed you'd encounter" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Dragoon, Leigh [@ldragoon] (16 November 2023). "Autistic author checking in: Seconded" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Dragoon, Leigh [@ldragoon] (12 May 2023). "Having OCD and ADHD and anxiety means you're either chronically early to everything or chronically late. 🫠" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ https://x.com/ldragoon/status/1794552260531453985
  12. ^ https://x.com/ldragoon/status/1794876442586833122
  13. ^ https://bsky.app/profile/ldragoon.bsky.social/post/3kwqozm6m6q2u
  14. ^ https://bsky.app/profile/ldragoon.bsky.social/post/3kwp33p36so2f
  15. ^ https://bsky.app/profile/ldragoon.bsky.social/post/3kwpx7ylglf2w
  16. ^ https://bsky.app/profile/ldragoon.bsky.social/post/3kwphqaxpsm2w
  17. ^ https://bsky.app/profile/ldragoon.bsky.social/post/3kwphhhd3yz2d
  18. ^ https://twitter.com/ldragoon/status/1807835990217875826
  19. ^ https://twitter.com/ldragoon/status/1812522867478970411
  20. ^ https://x.com/ldragoon
  21. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature
  22. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature
  23. ^ Adventure Time#Other literature
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