STUDIO STAFF
STAFF: James Leung
Editor, Art Director, Artist, and Writer
E-mail: james@detournoir.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jamesleungmanfai
Blog: www.raiwebs.com

Blood Type: GREEN

Babylonian Zodiac: Aquarius

Chinese Zodiac: Horse

Education: Rutgers University, Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts

Influences: Kazuo Koike, Osamu Tezuka, Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Noaki Urasawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Akira Kurosawa, and Ishirô Honda.

Favorite Comic/Manga: Pheonix, Buddha, Ode to Kirihito, Monster, Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Batman ("A Lonely Place of Dying"), The X-Tinction Agenda (X-Men), and X-Factor (63-68).

Biography: James Leung is a classically trained artist. Since the age of four, he has been drawing comics. In high school, he trained as an assistant to Ray Lago (X-Men '95 Ultra Fleer, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best III, and Predator: Race War). In college, he was classically trained in oil painting and sculpture. James was mentored by Sandy Skoglund (Radioactive Cats, Fox Games, and Revenge of the Goldfish) and Stephen Laub. In August 2007, he formed Detour Noir Studios with five other members.

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