Arthur Suydam (; born May 18, 1953) is an American

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artist known for his work on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Black Panther, and KISS Zombies. He has done artwork for magazines including '' Heavy Metal'', ''

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'' and '' National Lampoon'', while his comic book work includes ''

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'', '' Conan'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Aliens'', '' Death Dealer'', and '' Marvel Zombies''.

Early life

Arthur Suydam was born May 18, 1953. His great-uncle, John Suydam, was an artist in the 19th-century Hudson River School of painting. He began drawing at age four, and while in high school, discovered a collection of workbooks from the Famous Artists Correspondence Course, from which he discovered Albert Dorne and

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, who became his early influences. A reader of comics throughout his life, he was also inspired by the art of

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and Graham Ingels. Caragonne, George (Ed.; November/December 1994). "Suydam", '' Penthouse Comix'' #4, pp. 85, 86 and 89.

Career

Suydam's first published work appeared in Warren Publishing's '' Creepy'' magazine. Suydam has contributed work to many publications, '' House of Secrets'', '' House of Mystery'', ''

'' and '' National Lampoon'', as well as international sci-fi and comic anthologies. Suydam's creator-owned projects include ''Mudwogs'' and ''Mudwogs II'', which first appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' magazine, ''The Adventures of Cholly and Flytrap'', and ''Demon Dreams'' #1–2 (1984) for

Pacific Comics Pacific Comics was a comic book Distribution (marketing), distributor and Comic book publisher, publisher active from 1971 to 1984. The company began as a San Diego, California, comic book shop owned by brothers Bill Schanes, Bill and Steve Schan ...

. In 1993 Suydam joined the editorial staff of the anthology magazine '' Penthouse Comix''. In addition to creating his "Libby in the Lost World" series to the publication, he also served as colorist on other contributors' contributions, and as an adviser to editors George Caragonne and Bob Guccione in selecting contributors to the magazine. Suydam's other creator-owned work includes ''Arthur Suydam: The Art of the Barbarian'', ''Skin Deep'', ''The Alien Encounters Poster Book'', ''Visions: The Art of Arthur Suydam'', and ''Bedtime Stories for the Incarcerated''. Arthur Suydam's comic book work includes such titles as ''

'', '' Conan'', ''

'', ''

'', '' Aliens'' and '' Death Dealer''. His cover work includes '' Marvel Zombies'', '' Ghost Rider'', '' Hellstorm'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness'', and ''

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''. Suydam created the box art for the game '' Touch the Dead'', and provided the cover art to the Mickey Spillane (with Max Allan Collins) novel ''Dead Street''. He has also done cover artwork for the

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band the Misfits, including their 2009 single " Land of the Dead" and 2011 album '' The Devil's Rain''. He has also done several album covers for The Misfits. Suydam's subsequent work includes ''Kiss Zombies'' and ''Red Sonja vs. Mars Attacks'' for Dynamite Publishing.

Cover work

Marvel Comics homage covers

The cover of each issue of the ''Marvel Zombies''-related book is a homage cover of a famous cover from Marvel history, featuring zombie versions of the characters. *''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 1st printing – ''

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'' #15, by

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*''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 2nd printing – ''

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'' #1, by Todd McFarlane *''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 3rd printing – ''

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'' #50, by John Romita, Sr. *''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 4th printing – ''The Incredible Hulk'' #1, by

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*''Marvel Zombies'' #2 – ''Avengers'' #4, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' #3, 1st printing – ''The Incredible Hulk'' #340, by Todd McFarlane *''Marvel Zombies'' #3, 2nd printing – ''Daredevil'' #179, by Frank Miller *''Marvel Zombies'' #4, 1st printing – ''X-Men'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' #4, 2nd printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #39, by John Romita, Sr. *''Marvel Zombies'' #5, 1st printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #21, by John Romita, Sr. *''Marvel Zombies'' #5, 2nd printing – ''

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'' #1, by John Buscema *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 1st printing – ''Secret Wars'' #1, by

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*''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 2nd printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #316, by Todd McFarlane *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 3rd printing – ''

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'' #49, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 4th printing – ''Avengers'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 5th printing – ''Mary Jane'' #2, by Takeshi Miyazawa *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 6th printing is a homage to ''Iron Man'' #128, by

Bob Layton Bob Layton (born September 25, 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'' and ''Hercules (Marvel Comics), Hercules'', and for co-fo ...

*'' Ultimate Fantastic Four'' #30 (variant cover) – ''Fantastic Four'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' #31 (variant cover) – ''Fantastic Four'' #51, by Jack Kirby *''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' #32 (variant cover), is a homage to ''Fantastic Four'' #8, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies: Dead Days'' – ''X-Men'' vol. 2 #1, by

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. *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 1st printing – ''X-Men'' #141, by John Byrne *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 2nd printing – ''X-Men'' #137, by John Byrne *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 3rd printing – ''

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'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #2 – ''X-Men'' #268, by

*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #3, 1st printing – ''

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vs. the Amazing Spider-Man'', by

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*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #3, 2nd printing – ''The Death of Captain Marvel''

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, by Jim Starlin *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #4 – ''Captain America'' #100, by Syd Shores *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #5 – ''Wolverine'' #1 (1982), by Frank Miller *''Black Panther'' #27 – ''Fantastic Four'' #3, by Jack Kirby *''Black Panther'' #28 – ''Fantastic Four'' #116, by

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*''Black Panther'' #29 – ''Avengers'' #87, by John Buscema *''Black Panther'' #30 – ''Fantastic Four'' #4, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies Poster Book'' is a homage to ''Secret Wars'' #8 by Mike Zeck *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #1 — the variant cover of ''Civil War'' #1, by Michael Turner *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #2 – ''Marvel Comics'' #1, by Frank Paul *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #3 – ''Tales of Suspense'' #39 by Don Heck *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #4 – ''Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD'' #4, by

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*''Marvel Zombies 2'' #5 – ''Silver Surfer'' #4, by John Buscema

Other homage covers for Marvel

*''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #1 – '' Savage Tales #1'' comic cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #2 – '' Jaws'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #3 – '' Dawn of the Dead'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #4 – ''Scarface'' (1983) movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #5 – '' Pretty Woman'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #6 – '' Alien'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #7 – '' Trainspotting'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #8 – '' One Million Years B.C.'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #9 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #10 – Frank Miller's ''Wolverine'' #1 cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #11 – ''

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cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #12 – Nirvana – ''

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'' album cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #13 – '' Silence of the Lambs'' movie cover

Other Marvel covers

*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #13 'Zombie' Variant *''Avengers/Invaders'' #9 Variant *''Fantastic Four'' #554 'Skrull' Variant *''Ghost Rider'' #08 *''Ghost Rider'' #09 *''Ghost Rider'' #10 *''Ghost Rider'' #11 *''Ghost Rider'' #30 *''Ghost Rider'' #31 *''Ghost Rider'' #32 *''Ghost Rider'' #33 *''Ghost Rider'' #34 *''Ghost Rider'' #35 *''Incredible Hercules'' #121 *''Incredible Hercules'' #122 'Zombie' Variant *''Moon Knight'' #14 (3rd series, 2006) *''Moon Knight'' #15 *''Moon Knight'' #16 *''Moon Knight'' #17 *''Moon Knight'' #18 *''Moon Knight'' #19 *''Moon Knight'' #21 *''Moon Knight'' #22 *''Moon Knight'' #23 *''Moon Knight'' #24 *''Moon Knight'' #25 *''Rawhide Kid'' #4 *''Thor'' #1 Variant *''Thor'' #1 'Zombie' Variant *''Wolverine'' #57 *''Wolverine'' #58 *''Wolverine'' #59 *''Wolverine'' #60 *''Wolverine'' #61 *''Wolverine Origins'' #10 Variant

Notes

References

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