Leah Moore and John Reppion: Comic genius
Jan 26 2009 by Neil Macdonald
Husband and wife comic book writing team Leah Moore and John Reppion _320
Alongside the Doctor Who comic, they have just submitted the story for a major adaptation, with several other projects in the pipeline.
John said: "Writing for comics can be a lonely profession because you work at the end of the phone or over e-mail and don’t get much feedback.
"People keep on asking us to work with them though, which is validation we must be doing something right.
"Comics will always be the core of what we do, but we’d love to branch out into other areas, just to try new things like radio or television."
Leah adds: "John and I love working together and love what we do. Basically we imagine the best stories we can and then somebody does amazing drawings of our stories."
"And then they send us a cheque too," laughs John. "It’s not a bad job really."
The Whispering Gallery is out in February. For details, visit www.idwpublishing.com
You can see more of Ben Templesmith’s artwork at his website, www.templesmith.com
To find out about the Doctor Who exhibition at Spaceport, now extended until March, visit www.spaceport.org.uk
Writing team
* John Reppion and Leah Moore have been writing together since 2003.
* They have collaborated on a range of comics, including Albion, with Leah’s father Alan Moore, zombie story Raise the Dead, and Tori Amos’s Comic Book Tattoo - a collection of stories based on her music.
* In 2008 John’s first book, 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool, was published.
* For more on John Reppion and Leah Moore, visit their website www.moorereppion.com
* The Whispering Gallery is out in February. For details, visit www.idwpublishing.com
* You can see more of Ben Templesmith’s artwork at www.templesmith.com
* To find out about the Doctor Who exhibition at Spaceport, now extended until March, visit www.spaceport.org.uk
