1. John Workman did comics fanzine work, writing and drawing for several different publications, including fanzines overseen by Rick Spanier and by Mark Wheatley.
13 Facts About John Workman
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John Workman was further encouraged when he met and had numerous conversations with the legendary writer-artist Basil Wolverton in 1969.
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John Workman got his start in comics publishing on a national level in 1972 by writing and drawing two four-page comics features, "Sindy" and "The Fallen Angels", that appeared for three years in two California-based men's magazines published by Archie Comics alumnus Ed Goldstein.
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John Workman was art director of Heavy Metal magazine from 1977 to 1984.
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From 1977 to 1983, John Workman lettered comics occasionally ; he has been working steadily as a freelance letterer since 1983.
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John Workman handled lettering chores for Topps Comics' X-Files titles in the late 1990s, and Image Comics' Savage Dragon from 2003 to 2005.
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John Workman has created logos for many of their super-hero characters and has done interior lettering on both New Crusaders and The Fox.
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John Workman has worked on many of Walt Simonson's projects, including Thor, Balder the Brave, Jurassic Park, Robocop vs Terminator, Star Slammers, Orion, and "Ragnarok".
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John Workman wrote an introduction and the final chapter in Bhob Stewart's Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood and contributed a short autobiographical piece in comics form to the TwoMorrows book Streetwise.
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John Workman wrote and drew the 41-page "Adventures of Roma" which ran in consecutive issues of Dark Horse Presents in 1987.
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John Workman wrote and designed two hardcovers for Heavy Metal Books, Heavy Metal: 25 Years of Classic Covers and Innocent Images.
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John Workman is noted for his distinct lettering style, tight craftsmanship, and the fact that for the most part he still does traditional lettering on art boards instead of using the computer and digital fonts.
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John Workman is married to the former Cathy Foster, whom he met at Aberdeen's Eaton's Bookstall when she was looking for issues of Lois Lane drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger, and the two have a daughter named Kate, a writer who is the author of two Sherlock Holmes novels.