David Leach

David Leach’s career as a cartoonist, writer and editor spans over 30-years and started in 1987 when he joined the animation studio of legendary British animator Bob Godfrey as his ghost artist, where he worked on Henry's Cat. A year later he left to pursue a career as a freelance cartoonist and became the country's first government sponsored cartoonist under the Tory's Enterprise Allowance Scheme.

In his time, he has worked for IPC, Marvel UK, Marvel US, BBC Worldwide, Panini, Egmont, Tundra, Fleetway and Titan Comics. His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, Telegraph, The Sun and Private Eye as well as: Whizzer & Chips, Gas, Brain Damage, UT, Moose Kid, Casper, and 1980’s cult comics, Toxic! and Oink.

As a writer he has written both the Spider-Man and Ren & Stimpy newspaper strips for the Young Telegraph and Funday Times supplements. His writing credits also include Casper the Friendly Ghost, Rugrats, Action Man and Adventure Time. His film blog 'Seeing Films So you Don't have to.' has been visited over 35,000 times and reviews every film he's seen since 2013.

He created Psycho Gran for Oink and The Dinner Ladies From Hell and The Driver, (which he co-created) for cult British comic, Toxic! He also co-wrote and drew The Toxic Crusaders for Marvel US.

He currently works for Titan comics as their Senior Creative Editor, editing the likes of Blade Runner 2019, Blade Runner 2029, Blade Runner Origins, Rivers of London, The Phantom of the Opera and The Man Who Fell to Earth. He has also edited Hammer’s The Mummy, Captain Kronos, SuperMansion, Dan Dare, Lenore, The Prisoner, Fighting American, and Adventure Time. David was also the editor and writer of the Sun's daily Wallace and Gromit newspaper strip. he also edits Titan's vintage comic collections which include Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, Betty Boop, Roy of the Rovers and The Misadventures of Jane.

Psycho Gran currently appears in David Lloyd's Aces Weekly digital comic and her own digital comic published by Titan Digital both titles are currently available from Comixology and Amazon.

Dead Universe Comics has so far published the three issues of David's autobiographical comic David Leach Conquers the Universe, as well three issues of Psycho Gran Vs… and two issues of Psycho Gran Comic Capers Cavalcade.

In 2013 David won Channel Four’s Come Dine With Me.