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Thomas F. Sutton (April 15, 1937 – May 1, 2002)Thomas F. Sutton
at the
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was an American
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artist who sometimes used the pseudonyms Sean Todd and Dementia. He is best known for his contributions to
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and
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's line of black-and-white horror-
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magazines, particularly as the first story-artist of the popular character
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.


Biography


Early life and career

Tom Sutton was born and raised in
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, where father Harry was a
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, heating and
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shopkeeper, and a machinist and
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for
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and others. He had a half-sister "seven or eight years older than I am" from his widower father's first marriage. Influenced by
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and the
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art of Milton Caniff,
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and
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, Sutton drew nude art for paying schoolyard classmates.--> He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from high school in 1955, and worked on art projects while stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, near
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. Later, stationed at
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base in Japan, Sutton created the Caniff-style adventure strip ''F.E.A.F Dragon'' for a base publication. Sutton's first professional comics work, it led to a long-hoped-for placement on the military's '' Stars and Stripes'' newspaper. At the Tokyo office of ''Stars and Stripes'', he drew the comic strip ''Johnny Craig'', a character name inspired by the EC artist Johnny Craig. Sutton recalled that he worked on this strip "for two years and some odd months. I did it seven days a week, I think. It was all stupid. It was a kind of cheap version of ''Johnny Hazard'', I think it was". On his return to civilian life in 1959, Sutton lived and worked in San Francisco, where, he said, "There were some publications ... that I sold or gave artwork to." After six months he moved to Jacksonville, Vermont, where his parents were at the time. In about 1960 he began attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on either a scholarship or the G.I. Bill – Sutton was unclear on this in a 2001 interview – and studied there for two-and-a-half years while freelancing in commercial art for the likes of small ad agencies. Sutton became an
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at a company called AVP, and was the animation director for Transradio Productions, among many other jobs that included graphics work on a Radio Shack catalog. He married his first wife, Beverly, in the early 1960s and his two sons were born soon thereafter; the marriage lasted approximately five years.Sutton interview, ''The Comics Journal'', p
3
of online version.
After the divorce his wife remarried and Sutton lost contact with his sons; he later reconnected with one of them, Todd.Sutton interview, ''The Comics Journal'', p
4
of online version.
During the late 1960s, Sutton was living in Boston's North End. He married second wife Donna and in 1970 they moved to
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. Later Sutton lived in Newburyport with his third wife, Charlotte, who ran a Montessori school for little people in the first floor of their Victorian house.Sutton interview, ''The Comics Journal'', p
8
of online version.
In the 1990s, he moved to Amesbury, Massachusetts.


Warren and Marvel

Sutton's first two comic-book stories appeared the same month. His first sale, "The Monster from One Billion B.C.", was published in
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's black-and-white
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magazine '' Eerie'' #11 (Sept. 1967), though it was originally commissioned for '' Famous Monsters of Filmland'' (where it was reprinted four months later). He also illustrated the five-page anthological Western story "The Wild Ones", written by
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, in Marvel's '' Kid Colt, Outlaw'' #137 (Sept. 1967). It was one of many Westerns he drew for the company, including the introduction of the short-lived feature "Renegades"—'' The Fugitive'' times four, in the Old West—in '' Western Gunfighters'' #1 (Aug. 1970). As Sutton recalled his breaking into Marvel, editor-in-chief
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Sutton soon developed a trademark frantic, cartoony style that, when juxtaposed on dramatic narratives, gave his work a vibrant, quirky dynamism. That distinctive style helped establish the popular supernatural character Vampirella from her first story, "Vampirella of Draculona", written by Forrest J Ackerman, with costume design by artist Trina Robbins, in ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969). Later, with writer Archie Goodwin, Sutton helped transition Vampi from cheeky horror hostess to serious dramatic character in the 21-page story "Who Serves the Cause of Chaos?" in issue #8 (Nov. 1970, reprinted in color in
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' 1995 ''Vampirella Classics'' series). Though well-suited to horror stories, Sutton was also admired for his work on such science fiction series as Marvel's ''
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'' magazine and
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' ''
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'' and '' Squalor'', and for the humor title '' Not Brand Echh'', on which he appeared in nearly every issue with parodies of Marvel's own characters. He was not especially equipped to do
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es, either by art style or temperament, once calling them "fascist". While he lent a hand very occasionally, Sutton stayed mostly on Marvel's supernatural heroes: Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, and
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(in the 1970s series, plus
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backup stories in the 1980s ''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme''). With writer
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, penciler Sutton introduced the new furrily transformed ''
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'' character the Beast, who starred in a superhero feature in '' Amazing Adventures'' #11–15 (March–Sept. 1972). A series in the 1970s black-and-white comics magazine ''Planet of the Apes'', a licensed spin-off of the movie series, done with writer Doug Moench, was "recognized by many as Sutton's best", said comics historian and columnist
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: For the horror-oriented Warren, Sutton drew dozens of stories early in his career. He moonlighted for Warren competitor
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, drawing the ''
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''-novel sequel "Frankenstein, Book II" (serialized in ''Psycho'' magazine #3–6, May, 1971 – May 1972)—using the pseudonym "Sean Todd" (writer-
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Sutton and
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Dan Adkins,
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and Sutton himself), to avoid the wrath of publisher James Warren. A separate story in ''Psycho'' #4, written by Sutton and drawn by him and Syd Shores, was credited as "Larry Todd" (writer) and "David Cook" (art). This was the result of someone having inadvertently inserted the name of real-life writer Larry Todd rather than usual pseudonym Sean Todd. For Skywald's short-lived line of color comics, Sutton wrote and drew stories for the Western title ''Butch Cassidy'' and the horror title ''The Heap'' (no relation to the 1940s–50s Hillman Periodicals character later revived by
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). He drew Marvel's similar muck-monster Man-Thing as eight-page installments in the omnibus series ''
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'' during the late 1980s.


Later life and career

Living in Mystic, Connecticut, at some point, Sutton in the mid-1970s to early 1980s wrote and drew horror stories for the
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-based Charlton Comics, including for such titles as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Monster Hunters'' and ''
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'', also painting covers for some of these titles. He drew '' Marvel Premiere'' #50 (Oct. 1979) which featured rock musician
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as a comics character. In the mid-1980s, Sutton drew suspense stories for
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' '' House of Secrets'' and ''
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'' which included the " I…Vampire" feature with writer J. M. DeMatteis. DeMatteis stated in a 2017 interview that he "thought uttonwas perfect for the series. His work dripped with mood and mystery. And he was a rock–solid storyteller." Sutton was one of the artists on ''
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'' #400 (Oct. 1986) and he penciled virtually all 56 issues of DC's licensed series ''
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'' (1984–1988), a period in which, he said, "I know I was becoming an alcoholic."Sutton interview, ''The Comics Journal'', p
9
of online version.
The desire to continue drawing, he said, overcame the urge to drink: Late in life, Sutton did commercial art for New England advertising agencies, and under his "Dementia" pseudonym, which he adopted in 1994, he drew for
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' Eros Comix line of adult comics. He was also a painter who had gallery showings of his bar-scene canvases. A limited-edition portfolio of six H. P. Lovecraft-inspired fantasy prints, ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'', was produced in 1978 and reprinted in the 2002 book ''Graphic Classics: H. P. Lovecraft''. Police found Sutton dead of an apparent heart attack in his Amesbury apartment on May 3, 2002; it is unclear whether a medical examiner's determination of time or date of death was reported; the
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confirms his death as May 1, 2002. Eros' ''Dementia's Dirty Girls'' #1 (May 2002) included a tribute by Bill Pearson.


Bibliography


Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Tales of Evil'' #2 (1975)


Charlton Comics

* ''Attack'' #9–10, 13, 35 (1972–1982) * ''Battlefield Action'' #72, 78 (1981–1982) * ''Beyond the Grave'' #9, 14 (1983–1984) * ''
Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at th ...
'' #111, 130 (1975–1979) * ''Charlton Classics'' #8 (1981) * ''Creepy Things'' #1–6 (1975–1976) * '' E-Man'' #1 (1973) * '' Fightin' Army'' #108, 111, 113–114, 117, 126, 128, 137–138, 140, 161 (1973–1982) * ''
Fightin' Marines ''Fightin' Marines'' was a bimonthly war comic magazine published by St. John Publications from 1951–1953, and Charlton Comics from 1955–1984, although it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run. Telling fictional storie ...
'' #107, 116–117, 119, 134, 141–142, 160, 166 (1972–1982) * ''For Lovers Only'' #83 (1976) * ''
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'' #8–9, 17–19, 23, 25, 27–28, 31, 40, 42–43, 45, 47, 50, 61, 67, 71, 76 (1972–1984) * '' Ghostly Haunts'' #33, 37–41, 49, 55, 57 (1973–1978) * '' Ghostly Tales'' #100, 105–108, 110–115, 123–124, 127, 130, 135, 138–140, 148, 150, 152, 162–163, 166, 169 (1972–1984) * ''
Haunted Haunted or The Haunted may refer to: Books * ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004 * ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
'' #10, 15, 17, 20–27, 29, 31, 35–39, 42, 44–45, 52, 54–58, 61–62, 64, 66–68, 70, 73 (1973–1984) * ''
Haunted Love ''Haunted Love'' was a horror-romance anthology comic book series published by American company Charlton Comics from 1973 to 1975. It was part of the Gothic Romance comic book mini-trend of the era, which included the short-lived DC Comics series ...
'' #1, 3, 5–6, 9–11 (1973–1975) * ''I Love You'' #116, 118 (1976) * ''Love Diary'' #97, 99 (1976) * '' The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves'' #35, 39, 42, 44–45, 47–50, 52, 54–56, 60–61, 65, 70 (1972–1982) * ''
Midnight Tales ''Midnight Tales'' was an American horror-suspense anthology comic book series created by Wayne Howard and published by Charlton Comics from 1972 to 1976. The book was "hosted" by Professor Coffin (a.k.a. the Midnight Philosopher) and his niece Ar ...
'' #2–10, 15 (1973–1975) * ''Monster Hunters'' #2–8, 16–18, 20 (1975–1979) * '' Scary Tales'' #2–4, 9, 13, 29, 33, 35–36, 43, 46 (1975–1984) * ''Secret Romance'' #37 (1976) * ''Secrets of Young Brides'' #4, 6 (1976) * ''Space War'' #30, 33 (1978–1979) * '' Space: 1999'' #1 (1975) * ''Teen Confessions'' #94–95 (1976) * ''Time for Love'' #46 (1976) * ''War'' #3, 5, 14, 16 (1975–1979)


DC Comics

* ''
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'' #60, 71, ''Annual'' #1 (1993–1994) * ''
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'' #400 (1986) * '' DC Special Series'' #12 (1978) * '' Doctor Fate Annual'' #1 (1989) * ''
Doom Patrol Doom Patrol is a superhero team from DC Comics. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963), and was created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney, along with artist Bruno Premiani. Doom Patrol has appe ...
'' vol. 2 #70–72, 74 (1993–1994) * '' The Hacker Files'' #1–12 (1992–1993) * '' Hellblazer'' #44–45 (1991) * ''
House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets''. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. First se ...
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Our Fighting Forces ''Our Fighting Forces'' is a war comics anthology series published by DC Comics for 181 issues from 1954–1978. Publication history ''Our Fighting Forces'' began with an October–November 1954 cover date. Writer-editor Robert Kanigher's wo ...
'' #144 (1973) * '' Secrets of Haunted House'' #45 (1982) * ''Star Hunters'' #6–7 (1978) * ''
Star Spangled War Stories ''Star Spangled War Stories'' was the title of a comics anthology published by DC Comics that featured war-themed characters and stories. Among the features published in this series were writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artist Jerry Grandenetti ...
'' #168 (1973) * ''
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...
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'' #1–3 (1979–1980) * ''
Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...
'' #66, 87, 91–92, 103 (1978–1981) * ''Who's Who in Star Trek'' #1–2 (1987) * ''
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'' #2 (1990) * ''Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993'' #1 (1992) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #11 (1986)


Paradox Press

* '' The Big Book of Bad'' (1998) * ''The Big Book of Freaks'' (1996) * ''The Big Book of Grimm'' (1999) * ''The Big Book of Hoaxes'' (1996) * ''The Big Book of Little Criminals'' (1996) * ''The Big Book of Losers'' (1997) * ''The Big Book of Martyrs'' (1997) * ''The Big Book of the '70s'' (2000) * ''The Big Book of the Unexplained'' (1997) * ''The Big Book of the Weird Wild West'' (1998) * ''The Big Book of Thugs'' (1996) * ''The Big Book of Vice'' (1999) * ''The Big Book of Weirdos'' (1995)


First Comics

* ''
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'' #20–23, 25–28 (1986) * ''
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'' #2–3, 5–7 (1984) * '' Squalor'' #1–4 (1989–1990) * '' Starslayer'' #20–22, 24–27, 29–33 (1984–1985)


Marvel Comics

* '' Amazing Adventures'' #11–15 ( Beast) (1972) * ''Arrgh!'' #1–3 (1974–1975) * '' Astonishing Tales'' #8, 15 (1971–1972) * '' The Avengers'' #99 (1972) * ''
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'' #244 (1980) * '' Captain Marvel'' #15 (1969) * ''
Chamber of Darkness ''Chamber of Darkness'' is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by the American company Marvel Comics. Under this and a subsequent name, it ran from 1969 to 1974. It featured work by creators such as writer-editor Stan Lee, writers Gerr ...
'' #1, 4, 7 (1969–1970) * ''
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'' #8 (1971) * '' Daredevil Annual'' #6 (1990) * ''
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'' vol. 2 #27–31, 33–35 (1978–1979) * ''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #6–8 (1989) * ''
Dracula Lives ''Dracula Lives!'' was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. The series ran 13 issues and one '' Super Annual'' from 1973 to 1975, and starred the Marvel version o ...
'' #12 (1975) * '' Fantastic Four Annual'' #15 (1980) * '' Ghost Rider'' vol. 2 #1, 44, 64–66 (1973–1982) * ''Giant-Size Conan'' #1–3 (1974–1975) * ''Giant-Size Man-Thing'' #5 (1975) * '' Godzilla, King of the Monsters'' #4–5 (1977) * ''
John Carter, Warlord of Mars ''John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' is a comics series published from 1977 by American company Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman (writer) and Gil Kane (penciller), it was based on the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs and featured the epon ...
'' #7 (1977) * '' Kid Colt, Outlaw'' #136–137 (1967) * '' Logan's Run'' #6–7 (1977) * '' Man from Atlantis'' #1 (1978) * ''Man-Thing'' #13 (1975) * ''
Marvel Comics Presents ''Marvel Comics Presents'' was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995. It returned for a second volume in 2007–2008, and a third volume that started in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume ...
'' #1–12, 17, 101–105 (1988–1992) * '' Marvel Fanfare'' #36 (1988) * '' Marvel Premiere'' #41 (Seeker 3000); #43 ( Paladin); #50 (
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guilloti ...
); #61 ( Star-Lord) (1978–1981) * '' Marvel Spotlight'' #9–11 (Ghost Rider) (1973) * ''Marvel Spotlight'' vol. 2 #6–7 (Star-Lord) (1980) * '' Master of Kung Fu'' #42 (1976) * '' Not Brand Echh'' #3–9, 11–13 (1967–1969) * ''
Planet of the Apes ''Planet of the Apes'' is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on Frenc ...
'' #12, 15, 17, 19–20, 23–24, 29 (1975–1977) * '' Rawhide Kid'' #61 (1967) * '' Supernatural Thrillers'' #15 ( N'Kantu, the Living Mummy) (1975) * '' Tales of the Zombie'' #10 (1975) * ''
Tower of Shadows ''Tower of Shadows'' is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by the American company Marvel Comics under this and a subsequent name from 1969 to 1975. It featured work by writer-artists Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, and Wal ...
'' #4, 6 (1970) * '' Vampire Tales'' #4, 7 (1974) * '' Warlock'' #1–8 (1972–1973) * '' Werewolf by Night'' #9–11 (1973) * '' Western Gunfighters'' vol. 2 #1–2, 4–5 (1970–1971) * '' What If...?'' #2, 18, 28 (1977–1981) * ''
Worlds Unknown ''Worlds Unknown'' was a science-fiction comic book published by American company Marvel Comics in the 1970s, which adapted classic short stories of that genre, including works by Frederik Pohl, Harry Bates, and Theodore Sturgeon. Publication h ...
'' #2 (1973) * ''
X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...
'' #106 (1977)


Skywald Publications

* ''Butch Cassidy'' #1 (1971) * ''The Heap'' #1 (1971) * ''Nightmare'' #3–5, 21 (1971–1974) * ''The 1974 Nightmare Yearbook'' #1 (1974) * ''Psycho'' #2–6, 22 (1971–1974) * ''The 1974 Psycho Yearbook'' #1 (1974)


Warren Publishing

* '' Creepy'' #17, 22–24, 26–28, 30–33, 35–37, 40, 44–47, 53–54, 59, 61, 64, 144, ''Annual'' #1971, #1972 (1967–1983) * '' Eerie'' #11–12, 17–29, 31–32, 34–36, 38–39, 41, 43–47, 53, 57, ''Annual'' #1972, ''Yearbook'' #1970 (1967–1974) * '' Famous Monsters of Filmland'' #48 (1968) * ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Cre ...
'' #1–5, 7–12, 14, ''Annual'' #1 (1969–1972) * ''Warren Presents'' #3 (1979) * ''Warren Presents: Future World Comix'' (1978)


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Further reading

* "Tom Sutton (1937–2002)", ''
Alter Ego An alter ego (Latin for "other I", "doppelgänger") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality. Finding one's alter ego will require finding one's other self, one with a different ...
'' vol. 3, #16, July 2002 *''
Comic Book Artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
'' #12 (March 2001): Tom Sutton interview, pp. 62–69 * Amash, Jim. "Tom Sutton Tribute", '' Charlton Spotlight'' #3 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Tom 1937 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists Advertising artists and illustrators American comic strip cartoonists Artists from Connecticut Artists from Massachusetts DC Comics people Marvel Comics people People from Mystic, Connecticut People from North Adams, Massachusetts Silver Age comics creators United States Air Force airmen