LeSean Thomas
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LeSean Thomas also accredited simply as LeSean (born 1975 in South Bronx, New York) is an American comic book artist, writer, illustartor, animator, and character designer. His current projects include: Cannon Busters, a creator-owned graphic novel and he is currently responsible for the character designs on The Boondocks TV series on Cartoon Network.
[edit] Background
During his career Thomas has held various positions in the field of art providing animation, storyboarding, and character designs for a varierty of companies including Sony, Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, MTV, Nickelodeon, Lucasfilm, and Cartoon Network. He's worked on flash series, Whirl Girl and Battle Seed. After posting some of his artowk on Dreamwave Productions' message board, Pat Lee offered him a job. Thomas provided work on Arkanium, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic based on the 2003 televison series with Peter David. After the cancellation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dreamwave Productions going declaring bankruptcy Thomas began working on Cannon Busters, a creator owned fantasy series paying homage to The Wizard of Oz. After becoming involved with The Boondocks he postponned the Cannnon Busters project deciding to release it as a graphic novel.