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- Birth nameJohnny Mac Cassaday
- John Cassaday was born on December 14, 1971 in Forth Worth, Texas, USA. He was a director, known for Watchmen (2009), Dollhouse (2009) and Astonishing X-Men (2009). He died on September 9, 2024 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Cassaday headlined the highly successful 2015 Star Wars revival at Marvel Comics. The book became the #1 selling comic for 2015. According to Forbes magazine, it was the top-selling comic of the last 20 years. It sold approximately one million copies.
- He was best known for his work on the critically acclaimed "Planetary "with writer Warren Ellis, Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon, Captain America with John Ney Rieber, and Star Wars with Jason Aaron.
- Cassaday worked on multiple Captain America projects, including an issue of Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America written by Jeph Loeb, "Captain America Lives Again" and "Captain America: The New Deal".
- Cassaday's art appeared in an episode of HBO First Look, a 2003 documentary about the making of the Daredevil film.
- He credited the challenges of working on complicated books like Planetary with making him a better artist.
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