David’s career as a cartoonist, writer and editor spans over 38 years, when at the age of 23 he started working as British animator, Bob Godfrey’s ‘ghost artist’ drawing Henry’s Cat comic strips.
He created his most popular character, Psycho Gran in 1987 for the much-loved kids comic, Oink. He’s worked for Whizzer & Chips, Gas, Brain Damage, UT, Casper, Action Man, and LEGO Adventures. His work in the cult British 1990 comic, Toxic! (where he co-created The Driver, and created The Dinner Ladies from Hell) led to him writing and drawing: The Toxic Crusaders (issue #8) for Marvel Comics.
During his career he has written and edited newspaper comic strips of Ren & Stimpy, Spider-Man and Wallace and Gromit for a variety of newspapers including: The Sun, The News of the World, The Sunday Times, The Saturday Telegraph and has also written for Private Eye.
David is Senior Creative Editor at Titan Comics, where he edits Blade Runner, Rivers of London and the Conan Omnibus. He’s also edited The Phantom of the Opera, Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze, and Man Who Fell to Earth graphic novels. His editorial credits include: The Prisoner: The Uncertainty Machine (which he plotted), Dan Dare, Fighting American, Anno-Dracula, The Blacklist, Captain Kronos, Hammer’s The Mummy, and Adventure Time. He also edits Titan Comics’ vintage range of comic book titles including Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, Michael Moorcock and Peanuts. He also letters Gun Honey and Heat Seeker.
David’s own comics, are all published by Dead Universe Comics. These include: Psycho Gran (who also currently appears in David Lloyd’s digital comic Aces Weekly), his autobiographical comic – David Leach Conquers the Universe, and his latest book, Monolith: Adventures in Hollywood.
Outside of comics, in 2014 David won Channel Four’s Come Dine With Me.
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