Kate Leth
Kate Leth | |
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Born | Katrina Jade Leth September 29, 1988 Ottawa, Ontario |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Adventure Time: Seeing Red Bravest Warriors Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! |
kateleth.com |
Katrina Jade "Kate" Leth
Career
Leth was born in Ottawa and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia,[3] and attended NSCAD University, studying photography. They dropped out before achieving their degree.
Comics
Leth worked at the Strange Adventures comic shop in Halifax, where they developed an interest in comics,[4] and created promotional art for the shop.[5] In 2010, they created their webcomic Kate or Die for their blog.[3] Kate or Die eventually became a bi-weekly column on Comics Alliance.[6] They cited fellow Nova Scotia writer Kate Beaton as an influence, "...this person who was putting all this stuff out there, and no real formal art school training, but was doing really well with her work." Leth also contributed to the webcomics Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys and The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, and the anthology, Womanthologoy: Heroic.[5][7][8] They later contributed to the Smut Peddler anthology in 2012.[9][10]
Leth's
In 2013, Leth organized The Valkyries,[17] a group of women who work in comics retail.[18] In 2017, Leth described the group as "great for creating a community" and equivalent to a union.[19] The group was disbanded in 2018, largely related to accusations that the group failed to adequately represent the concerns of women of color.[20]
In 2014, Leth wrote for Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring,[21] and Edward Scissorhands[22] In 2015, Leth worked with Joe Quinones to pitch Batman ’89 as a comic series, but DC Comics rejected it.[23]
In 2015, Leth wrote another comic for Boom!, Power Up,[24][19] and wrote six issues of Vampirella for Dynamite Entertainment.[25][19] Leth was co-host for Less Than Live with Kate or Die, a bi-weekly comics podcast which last aired in 2016.[3] Leth collaborated with the podcast Welcome to Night Vale and wrote stories for the Lumberjanes comic for Boom!.[3] In 2018, Lumberjanes, the comic to which Leth contributed along with 5 other creators, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.[26] They also worked on Transformers: Galaxies, an anthology comic book series by IDW Publishing which is a spin-off to 2019's Transformers comic book, which began on September 25, 2019 and concluded on December 30, 2020.[27]
For Marvel they contributed to Secret Wars, Too, a comedic anthology, and Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!,[28][29] for 17 issues. In 2016, Leth wrote for the graphic novel, School Spirit.[30] From October 2016 to February 2017, they contributed to issues 1-5 of Spell on Wheels, co-writing with Megan Levens.[19]
Leth was also the
In 2020, Leth announced they had signed a deal with
Animation
Leth wrote for the 2018
In 2021, the series High Guardian Spice was released on Crunchyroll. Leth co-wrote four episodes for the seasons, and two other episodes individually.[38] Leth also appeared in the 2014 documentary She Makes Comics and in the 2016 episode "Paper Plate Pictionary" of Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time. From 2016 to 2017, they voiced Sira the Unbidden in the series Vast.[41]
Personal life
Leth lived in
In September 2019, Leth announced their engagement to longtime partner Cohen Edenfield,[46] but revealed in July 2022 that the couple had "parted ways" and "remain best friends".[citation needed]
Bibliography
- The Strange Talent of Luther Strode (2011)
- Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys (2011)
- Womanthologoy: Heroic (2011)
- Bravest Warriors (2012) – writer for issues #21-36 art by Ian McGinty
- Smut Peddler (2012)
- Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake (2013) – co-writer and co-artist for issue #3
- Adventure Time: Seeing Red (2014) – writer
- Adventure Time: Bitter Sweets (2014)– writer
- Adventure Time: The Four Castles (2016) – writer
- Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring (2014)
- Edward Scissorhands (2014) – writer
- Power Up (2015)
- School Spirit (2016)
- Mall Goth (2023)
Dark Horse Comics
- Spell on Wheels #1–5 (with Megan Levens, October 2016–February 2017)
- Mysticons: Volume 1 (September 21, 2018)
- Mysticons: Volume 2 (March 2019)
Marvel Comics
- Secret Wars Too (story "Pizza Quest", with Brittney Williams; November 2015)
- Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 (story "Make It Work", with Marguerite Sauvage; November 2016)
- Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1–17 (with Brittney Williams, December 2015–April 2017)
Dynamite Comics
- Vampirella #1–6 (with Eman Casallos, March 2016–August 2016)
The Teenager Corporation
- Mr Boop Vol II (August 2020)
- Guest Strip: Commitment
Covers
- Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #5 (cover artist) (2012)
- The Midas Flesh #3 (cover artist) (2013)
- Littlest Pet Shop #2 (cover artist) (2014)
- Lumberjanes #1 (cover artist) (2014)
- Sex Criminals #12 (variant cover artist)
- Swords of Sorrow (cover artist) (2015)
Filmography
Film
Title | Year | Credited as | Role | Notes | |||
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Writer | Executive Producer | Animation/Art department |
Other | ||||
She Makes Comics | 2014 | No | No | No | Yes | As herself | Original art in this documentary. |
Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time | 2016 | No | No | No | Yes | As herself | Appeared in the episode "Paper Plate Pictionary" |
Television
Title | Year | Credited as | Role | Notes | |||
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Writer | Executive Producer | Director | Animation/Art department | ||||
Vast | 2016-2017 | No | No | No | No | Sira the Unbidden | |
Bravest Warriors | 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Writer for the episode "Chained to Your Side" |
Polly Pocket | 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Writer of three episodes[a] |
Craig of the Creek | 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Story writer for two episodes[b] |
Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own | 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Writer of the episode "The Purr-fect Storm" |
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Writer for the episode "Mystery Voice" |
Transformers: Cyberverse | 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Staff writer on 17 episodes. |
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | 2018-2019 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Writer for five episodes[c] |
High Guardian Spice | 2021 | Yes | No | No | No | — | Co-wrote four episodes[d] and wrote two episodes individually[e] |
Notes
- ^ Specifically "Area Fifty None", "Halloween Queen" and "Princess Predicament"
- ^ The episodes are "The Invitation" and "The Curse"
- ^ "Costume Conundrum", "Wake-Up!", "The Last Day of School", "Blue Crushed", and "Lost and Found"
- ^ Specifically "Journey to Lyngarth", "Disorientation Day", "Crushing Obstacles", and "Festival of Fall" (Part 1)
- ^ These episodes are "Transformations", and "Past Present"
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Kate Leth is a Haligonian artist who recently returned from Los Angeles...Finding an apartment in Halifax this fall was a very different experience for Kate Leth than when she last lived there five years earlier...The writer, illustrator and cartoonist Kate Leth returned to Halifax in September after five years in Los Angeles
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- ^ Leth, Kate [@kateleth] (June 25, 2020). "Idk if this even matters but since I've come out as nonbinary sometimes people default to using "they" for me and... I'm fine with it! I don't require it but I'm happy being a she/they I think 🤷🏼♀️" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Leth, Kate [@kateleth] (September 10, 2019). "I keep trying to come up with perfect pithy captions but I guess we're ENGAGED????????? Haha hi!!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Twitter.
External links
- Official website
- Kate Leth at IMDb