In addition to penciling and inking his interior comics pages, Cassaday does his cover work in ink and charcoal, and digitally colors most of his covers. He credits the challenges of working on complicated books like Planetary with making him a better artist. Awards Wins 2005 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker for Astonishing X-Men, Planetary, and I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (tied with illustrator Frank Quitely) 2006 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker for Astonishing X-Men and Planetary2006 Eisner Award for Best Ongoing Series for Astonishing X-Men (with Joss Whedon) 2006 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils 2007 Spike TV Scream Award for Best Comic-Book Artist Nominations 2000 Eisner Award Best Cover Artist for Planetary2002 Eisner Award Best Penciler/Inker for Planetary2004 Eagle Award Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils 2007 Eisner Award Best Cover Artist Astonishing X-Men and Lone Ranger2008 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist Astonishing X-Men and Lone Ranger2010 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist Irredeemable and Lone RangerBibliography Boneyard Press Bill the Bull: One Shot, One Bourbon, One Beer #1 ("Justin") (Boneyard Press, 1994) Flowers on the Razorwire #5–6 (Boneyard Press, 1995) Caliber Comics Negative Burn #28 ("Juju Eyes") (Caliber Comics, 1995) CFD Productions No Profit for the Wise #5–6 (CFD Productions, 1996) Dark HorseGhost #27 (June 1997)Ghost: Black October, Dark Horse, 1999, Hellboy: Weird Tales, miniseries, #1-8 (among other artists) (2003–04)Hellboy Weird Tales volumes 1 and 2, Dark Horse, 2003, , 2004, DCJust Imagine Stan Lee with John Cassaday creating Crisis (2002)Flash, vol. 2, Annual #10 (1997)I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (2004)Planetary #1-27 (1999–2009)Planetary, vol. 2, #1-4 (2001–10)Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (2003)Superman/Batman #26 (among other artists) (2006)Teen Titans Annual #1 (1997)Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here (among other artists) (2000)Action Comics #1000: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet (2018) ImageC-23 #6 (1998)Desperadoes: A Moment's Sunlight. miniseries #1–5 (Homage Comics/WildStorm, 1997–1998) Desperadoes: A Moment's Sunlight tpb, 104 pages, Homage Comics/WildStorm, 1998, Desperadoes: Epidemic!. One-shot, Homage Comics/WildStorm, 1999 — artwork laid out by Cassady, drawn by John LucasGen13 #33 (1998) MarvelAstonishing X-Men #1-24, Giant-Sized #1 (2004–2008)Astonishing X-Men Omnibus (2009) Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday Ultimate Collection (2012) Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 2(2012) Captain America, #1-6 (2002)Captain America: Marvel Knights Volume I (2016) Captain America: The New Deal (2010) Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (Iron Man) #5 (2007)Ka-Zar: Flashback #1 (1997) Miracleman Variant cover art Issue #1 (March 2014) Secret War from the Files of