Lee Garbett

British comic book artist

Lee Garbett is a British comic book artist born in the West Midlands. He has worked on British comics. As of February 2011, he is working freelance after a period of exclusivity with DC Comics.

He created the 4 issue mini series Dark Mists with Annika Eade, which follows a group of Geisha blackmailed into becoming assassins. After AP Comics folded the title was picked up and reprinted by Markosia. Lee left the series after issue No. 3 and moved to 2000 AD, most notably on the series London Falling, co created with Simon Spurrier. He also worked on a Judge Dredd strip for the Judge Dredd Megazine. He then moved to US publisher, DC Comics and their Wildstorm imprint. There he first worked on The Highwaymen before working with Keith Giffen on Midnighter and the DC/Wildstorm Universe crossover Dreamwar. He is also providing the art for the two part Batman story which follows the Batman R. I. P. storyline and links into Final Crisis. Lee drew the first arc on DC comics The Outsiders, entitled "The Deep," as well as the new Batgirl title, relaunched in August 2009 following Battle for the Cowl. He provided pencils for the sixth and final issue of Grant Morrison'sThe Return of Bruce Wayne limited series. Draw Comic Book Action, an instructional book detailing Garbett's methods for drawing comic book action scenes, was published in 2010. In 2011, he drew a three part crossover for Marvel titled "Identity Wars", which took place across the Spider Man, Hulk and Deadpool annuals.