Thomas's work as Supervising Character Designer and Co-Director on Seasons 1 and 2 of Adult Swim's The Boondocks animated series was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the only animated production to win the honorary Peabody Award.Thomas has worked as a storyboard artist on Ben 10: Alien Force on Cartoon Network. assistant animator and key storyboard artist for such shows as Lizzie McGuire and Kim Possible on The Disney Channel, and The Batman on Kid's WB! He served as Lead Character Designer and Key Animator on Showtime's web series WhirlGirl.

LeSean landed his first production deal with the late George Jackson's UBO Network. There, he created BattleSeed, an animated online series. Thomas wrote, produced and directed the series which was presented at the New York Anime Film Festival in 2000. He produced a BattleSeed original animated trailer which aired in theaters as a promotional trailer for the Sci Fi Channel. Thomas also provided production development for the action adventure movie UltraViolet.

Thomas is also a comic book artist, with work on such titles as Arkanium, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His books include sketch bible Nervous Breakdowns: The Art of LeSean Thomas Vol. 1.He has also released the artbook Midnight Marauder: The Art of LeSean Thomas Vol. 2 and currently working onCannon Busters, a creator-owned graphic novel.

He recently was hired in-house as a staff animator by respected animation studio JM Animation in Seoul, Korea, marking him as the first American animator to be hired to work in-house as permanent staff animator for an animation studio in Korea.

Interviews

• Freestyle Collective Interview With LeSean Thomas
• Character design Interview with LeSean Thomas
• CATCH THE CRAZE COMICS PODCAST Interview with LeSean Thomas
• A Close Look At The Young Career of LeSean Thomas, Comics Bulletin, March 1, 2004