Kate Leth Explained

Birth Name:Katrina Jade Leth
Birth Date:29 September 1988
Birth Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Notable Works:Adventure Time

Seeing Red
Bravest Warriors
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!

Website:kateleth.com
Nonus:y

Katrina Jade "Kate" Leth[1] [2] (born 1988) is a Canadian comic book creator, known for works such as Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!.

Career

Leth was born in Ottawa and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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,[3] and created promotional art for the shop.[4] In 2010, they created their webcomic Kate or Die for their blog.[5] 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.[4] [7] [8] They later contributed to the Smut Peddler anthology in 2012.[9] [10]

Leth's Adventure Time fan art on their Tumblr page attracted the attention of BOOM! Studios, publishers of the comic based on the television show. They were hired to do covers, a short story, and a graphic novel, Adventure Time: Seeing Red,[4] [11] which entered The New York Times Best Seller list in April 2014.[12] They also were a co-writer and co-artist for issue 3 of Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake,[13] [14] Adventure Time: Bitter Sweets,[15] and Adventure Time: The Four Castles.

In 2013, Leth organized The Valkyries,[16] a group of women who work in comics retail.[17] In 2017, Leth described the group as "great for creating a community" and equivalent to a union.[18] The group was disbanded in 2018, largely related to accusations that the group failed to adequately represent the concerns of women of color.[19]

In 2014, Leth wrote for Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring,[20] and Edward Scissorhands[21] In 2015, Leth worked with Joe Quinones to pitch Batman ’89 as a comic series, but DC Comics rejected it.[22]

In 2015, Leth wrote another comic for Boom!, Power Up,[23] and wrote six issues of Vampirella for Dynamite Entertainment.[24] Leth was co-host for Less Than Live with Kate or Die, a bi-weekly comics podcast which last aired in 2016. Leth collaborated with the podcast Welcome to Night Vale and wrote stories for the Lumberjanes comic for Boom!. In 2018, Lumberjanes, the comic to which Leth contributed along with 5 other creators, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.[25] They also worked on , 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.[26]

For Marvel they contributed to Secret Wars, Too, a comedic anthology, and Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!,[27] [28] for 17 issues. In 2016, Leth wrote for the graphic novel, School Spirit.[29] From October 2016 to February 2017, they contributed to issues 1-5 of Spell on Wheels, co-writing with Megan Levens.

Leth was also the cover artist for various webcomics. This included Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #5 in 2012,[30] The Midas Flesh #3 in 2013,[31] Littlest Pet Shop #2 and Lumberjanes #1 in 2014,[32] and Swords of Sorrow.[33] Additionally, they were a variant cover artist of Sex Criminals #12.[34]

In 2020, Leth announced they had signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to produce a graphic novel entitled Mall Goth, released in September 2023.[35] [36]

Animation

Leth wrote for the 2018 Bravest Warriors episode "Chained to Your Side". The same year, the three episodes of Polly Pocket, two episodes of Craig of the Creek, the episode "The Purr-fect Storm", the episode "Mystery Voice" and 17 episodes of they had written were released. Additionally, from 2018 to 2019, the five episodes of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls were released. They had previously contributed to Bravest Warriors comics in 2012 and two graphic novels of Mysticons in 2018 and 2019.[37] [38]

In 2021, the series High Guardian Spice was released on Crunchyroll. Leth co-wrote four episodes for the seasons, and two other episodes individually.[39] 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.[40]

Personal life

Leth lived in Burbank, California from January 2016 until September 2020, when they moved back to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[41] [42] While in college, Leth and their colleague Vincenzo Ravina created a website dedicated to their hatred of the Crocs shoes. They are openly bisexual[43] and non-binary,[44] using they/them pronouns and undergoing top surgery in April 2022. They have also described themself as queer and genderfluid.[45]

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".

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

Marvel Comics

Dynamite Comics

The Teenager Corporation

Covers

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asRoleNotes
WriterExecutive ProducerAnimation/Art
department		Other
She Makes Comics2014As herselfOriginal art in this documentary.
Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time2016As herselfAppeared in the episode "Paper Plate Pictionary"

Television

TitleYearCredited asRoleNotes
WriterExecutive ProducerDirectorAnimation/Art
department
Vast2016-2017Sira the Unbidden
Bravest Warriors2018Writer for the episode "Chained to Your Side"
Polly Pocket2018Writer of three episodes
Craig of the Creek2018Story writer for two episodes
2018Writer of the episode "The Purr-fect Storm"
2018Writer for the episode "Mystery Voice"
2018Staff writer on 17 episodes.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls2018-2019Writer for five episodes
High Guardian Spice2021Co-wrote four episodes and wrote two episodes individually

Notes and References

  1. Leth . Kate . kateleth . 1220155586743922689 . January 22, 2020 . I'm not taking Cohen's last name when we get married bc I worked too hard to make mine immortal but damn if Katrina Edenfield doesn't sound like an entire princess . en . November 28, 2021 . https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1220155586743922689 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200123014634/https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1220155586743922689 . January 23, 2020 .
  2. Leth . Kate . kateleth . 1220156953336238081 . January 22, 2020 . Did you know my middle name is Jade . en . November 28, 2021 . https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1220156953336238081 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200123014456/https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1220156953336238081 . January 23, 2020 .
  3. Web site: Three under 30 Haligonians to watch in 2015. Metro Halifax. April 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510121902/http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2014/12/26/three-under-30-haligonians-to-watch-in-2015.html. May 10, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Graphic novelist hooked on comics. April 14, 2014. The Chronicle Herald. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175911/http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1190008-graphic-novelist-hooked-on-comics. June 24, 2018. live.
  5. Web site: Leth. Kate. About. Kate or Die. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816143328/http://kateordiecomics.com/about/. August 16, 2017. live.
  6. Web site: Leth. Kate. Kate or Die. https://web.archive.org/web/20150619001407/http://comicsalliance.com/category/kate-or-die-2/?nav. June 19, 2015. ComicsAlliance. November 28, 2021. live.
  7. Episode 189 with Kate Leth . WMD Radio . Remington J. Osborne and Jamie Brewer . February 12, 2012 . November 28, 2021 . https://archive.today/20211128194610/http://www.wmdradio.com/category/strange-talent-of-luther-strode/ . November 28, 2021 . live.
  8. Web site: Womanthology: Heroic. November 28, 2021. IDW Publishing. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125232833/https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/womanthology-heroic/. January 25, 2021. live.
  9. Web site: Rockcastle. Mary. Raunchy Mermaids, Lesbian Pirates, and Hand Drawn Comics: Welcome to the World of Lady Tailored Smut. Bust.com. 8 May 2014 . November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424215715/http://bust.com/sex/12140-raunchy-mermaids-lesbian-pirates-and-hand-drawn-comics-welcome-to-the-world-of-lady-tailored-smut.html. April 24, 2018. live.
  10. Web site: Morris. Steve. Submissions Are Open for Erotica Anthology 'Smut Peddler 2014'. ComicsBeat. September 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420033629/https://www.comicsbeat.com/submissions-are-open-for-erotica-anthology-smut-peddler-2014/. April 20, 2021. live. November 28, 2021.
  11. Book: Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel Vol. 3: Seeing Red. Simon & Schuster. 11 March 2014. 9781608863563. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181204120200/http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Adventure-Time-Original-Graphic-Novel-Vol-3-Seeing-Red/Zachary-Sterling/Adventure-Time/9781608863563. December 4, 2018. live.
  12. Web site: Paperback Graphic Books. New York Times. April 6, 2014. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127094306/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2014/04/06/paperback-graphic-books/. November 27, 2021. live.
  13. Web site: Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake #3 (of 6). ComiXology. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924185943/https://www.comixology.com/Adventure-Time-Fionna-Cake-3-of-6/digital-comic/37753. September 24, 2021. dead.
  14. Web site: Morris. Steve. 24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Kate Leth. ComicsBeat. March 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126084356/https://www.comicsbeat.com/24-hours-of-women-cartoonists-kate-leth/. January 26, 2021. live.
  15. Book: Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel Vol. 4: Bitter Sweets. 11 November 2014. 9781608864300. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105005342/http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Adventure-Time-Original-Graphic-Novel-Vol-4-Bitter-Sweets/Kate-Leth/Adventure-Time/9781608864300. November 5, 2018. live. Leth. Kate. Ward. Pendleton. Simon and Schuster .
  16. Web site: Beware the Valkyries. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606030112/http://bewarethevalkyries.com/. June 6, 2017. dead.
  17. Web site: MacDonald. Heidi. The Valkyries: secret warrior women of comics shops. ComicsBeat. October 28, 2014. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120143324/https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-valkyries-secret-warrior-women-of-comics-shops/. November 20, 2021. live.
  18. Web site: Nugent . Edie . October 28, 2017 . NYCC '17 INTERVIEW: Kate Leth talks witches, magics, and queer representation in SPELL ON WHEELS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418155944/https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-2017-interview-kate-leth/ . April 18, 2021 . November 28, 2021 . ComicsBeat.
  19. Web site: McMillan. Graeme. Comic Book Retailer Advocacy Group The Valkyries Closes Its Doors. The Hollywood Reporter. 6 September 2018. May 31, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20210706125620/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/comic-book-retailer-advocacy-group-valkyries-closes-1140473/. July 6, 2021. live.
  20. Book: Leth . Kate . Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring . 18 August 2015 . . Archaia . 9781608866946 . November 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120140404/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fraggle-Rock-Journey-to-the-Everspring/Kate-Leth/Fraggle-Rock/9781608866946 . January 20, 2021 . live.
  21. Web site: Keily . Karl . July 24, 2014 . IDW Brings the Burton for Kate Leth's "Edward Scissorhands" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032655/https://www.cbr.com/idw-brings-the-burton-for-kate-leths-edward-scissorhands/ . November 12, 2020 . November 28, 2021 . CBR.
  22. Web site: MacDonald . Heidi . March 11, 2016 . Kibbles 'n' Bits 3/11/16: Batman '89 and Secrets of Comics coloring revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210127162646/https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-31116-batman-89-and-secrets-of-comics-coloring-revealed/ . January 27, 2021 . November 28, 2021 . ComicsBeat.
  23. Web site: Dietsch. TJ. May 5, 2015. Leth & Cummings Discuss Giving Boom! an All-Ages 'Power Up'. Comic Book Resources. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128192057/https://www.cbr.com/leth-cummings-discuss-giving-boom-an-all-ages-power-up/. November 28, 2021. November 28, 2021.
  24. Web site: Gerding. Stephen. NYCC: Simone, Scott Revamp Red Sonja, Vampirella & Dejah Thoris for Dynamite. CBR. 5 October 2015. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211115105945/https://www.cbr.com/nycc-simone-scott-revamp-red-sonja-vampirella-dejah-thoris-for-dynamite/. November 15, 2021. live.
  25. Web site: Gates. Brendan. 29th Annual Media Awards Outstanding Comic Book Nominees. March 28, 2018. GLAAD. https://web.archive.org/web/20211010160713/https://www.glaad.org/blog/29th-annual-media-awards-outstanding-comic-book-nominees. October 10, 2021. live.
  26. Web site: Terror. Jude. Kate Leth, Sam Maggs, More Creators Revealed for Transformers: Galaxies. Bleeding Cool. July 18, 2019. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120044903/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kate-leth-sam-maggs-more-creators-revealed-for-transformers-galaxies/. January 20, 2021. live.
  27. Web site: Richards . Dave . October 2, 2015 . Leth & Williams Get Their Claws Into "Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat!" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308100032/https://www.cbr.com/leth-williams-get-their-claws-into-patsy-walker-aka-hellcat/ . March 8, 2021 . November 28, 2021 . CBR.
  28. Web site: Jones . Alexander . December 24, 2015 . The All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown Week Twelve: Patsy Walker Steals the Show . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226221203/https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-all-new-all-different-marvel-rundown-week-twelve-patsy-walker-steals-the-show/ . February 26, 2021 . November 28, 2021 . ComicsBeat.
  29. Web site: School Spirit . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160503014035/http://rosypress.com/product/school-spirit/ . May 3, 2016 . November 28, 2021 . Rosy Press.
  30. Web site: Ahoy, holiday shoppers and collectors of fine.... Kate or Die!. Tumblr. November 28, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128213843/https://kateordie.tumblr.com/post/36712534765/ahoy-holiday-shoppers-and-collectors-of-fine. November 28, 2021. live.
  31. Web site: Kate Leth joins the Bravest Warriors. The Pullbox. April 19, 2014. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127062500/http://www.thepullbox.com/2014/04/leth/. January 27, 2021. live.
  32. Web site: Leth. Kate. Mirror, mirror. July 3, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414091604/http://kateordiecomics.com/archive/mirror-mirror/. April 14, 2021. live. November 28, 2021.
  33. Web site: Wickline. Dan. Kate Leth Does Retailer Exclusive Swords Of Sorrow Cover For Beware The Valkyries. April 2, 2015. Bleeding Cool. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125025002/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kate-leth-does-retailer-exclusive-swords-of-sorrow-cover-for-beware-the-valkyries/. January 25, 2021. live.
  34. Web site: Lu. Alexander. Sex Crims #12 Delayed, but Chip Zdarsky Might Have a Morrisonian Tryst with Howard the Duck. ComicsBeat. August 19, 2015. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420010220/https://www.comicsbeat.com/sex-crims-12-delayed-but-chip-zdarsky-might-have-a-morrisonian-tryst-with-howard-the-duck/. April 20, 2021. live.
  35. Web site: Johnston . Rich . May 31, 2020 . Kate Leth's First Graphic Novel, Mall Goth, from Simon & Schuster . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155245/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kate-leth-first-graphic-novel-mall-goth-from-simon-schuster/ . January 28, 2021 . November 28, 2021 . Bleeding Cool.
  36. Book: Mall Goth . December 7, 2023 . Simon & Schuster. 26 September 2023 . 978-1-5344-7694-3 . Leth . Kate . Simon and Schuster .
  37. Web site: Mysticons Volume 2. Blackwell's. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128205931/https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Mysticons-Volume-2-by-Kate-Leth-author-Megan-Levens-artist/9781506708768. November 28, 2021. live.
  38. Web site: Mysticons. Blackwell's. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128210540/https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Mysticons-by-Kate-Leth-author-Sean-Jara-creator-Megan-Levens-artist-Marissa-Louise-colourist-Nate-Piekos-letterer-Jen-Bartel-artist-Triona-Farrell-artist-Rachel-Deering-letterer-Paulina-Ganucheau-artist/9781506706474. November 28, 2021. live.
  39. Web site: Spicing It Up: "High Guardian Spice" is A Cute and Magical Coming-of-Age Story. Hermann. Burkely. The Geekiary. October 30, 2021. October 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211031035644/https://thegeekiary.com/spicing-it-up-high-guardian-spice-is-a-cute-and-magical-coming-of-age-story/102114. October 31, 2021. live.
  40. Web site: Wickline. Dan. Jackson Lanzing Leads New Sci-Fi RPG Series, Vast. Bleeding Cool. November 20, 2016. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125020534/https://bleedingcool.com/movies/jackson-lanzing-leads-new-sci-fi-rpg-series-vast/. January 25, 2021. live.
  41. Web site: Leth. Kate. I live in Burbank now. We're celebrating by going to buy pet food and furniture but if anything's happening later, or this week, or ever, LET ME KNOW.. Kate Jade. Facebook. November 28, 2021. https://archive.today/20211128193134/https://www.facebook.com/katelethforever/posts/1153655544687303. November 28, 2021. live.
  42. News: O'Kane . Josh . The urban Atlantic advantage: Work-from-home era offers Halifax more people and more wealth, but at a price . . 13 November 2020 . November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116020850/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-the-urban-atlantic-advantage-work-from-home-era-offers-halifax-more/. January 16, 2021. live. 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.
  43. Web site: Ellis. Grace. Kate Leth Draws Comics, Knows What We Want: The Autostraddle Interview. Autostraddle. March 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130123424/https://www.autostraddle.com/kate-leth-draws-comics-the-autostraddle-interview-134508/. January 30, 2021. live. November 28, 2021.
  44. Leth . Kate . kateleth . 1276191897317339136 . 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 ‍♀️. en . April 29, 2022 . https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1276191897317339136 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625164547/https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1276191897317339136 . June 25, 2020 .
  45. Web site: About. Kate Leth's official website. https://archive.today/20211127170817/https://www.kateleth.com/about. November 27, 2021. November 28, 2021.
  46. Leth . Kate . kateleth . 1171292442617757696 . September 9, 2019 . I keep trying to come up with perfect pithy captions but I guess we're ENGAGED????????? Haha hi!!! . en . November 28, 2021 . https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1171292442617757696 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925202919/https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/1171292442617757696 . September 25, 2019 .

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