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Louis J. Stathis (September 29, 1952 – May 4, 1997) was an American author, critic and editor, mainly in the areas of fantasy and science fiction. During the last four years of his life he was an editor for DC Comics'
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Louis J. Stathis (September 29, 1952 – May 4, 1997) was an American author, critic and editor, mainly in the areas of fantasy and science fiction. During the last four years of his life he was an editor for DC Comics' Vertigo
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line, working on such titles as ''Preacher
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'', '' Doom Patrol'', '' Industrial Gothic'', Peter Kuper's ''The System'', and ''Dhampire''.
Work
Stathis was a columnist and editor for '' Heavy Metal'' and a columnist for Ted White's '' Fantastic'' magazine; during the late 1970s and early 1980s, he also wrote a monthly column on contemporary popular music for '' Gallery'' magazine. He worked as an editor forAce Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ...
, '' High Times'' and ''Reflex'' magazine.
Stathis collaborated with cartoonist Matt Howarth, co-writing the first few issues of '' Those Annoying Post Bros.'', published by Vortex Comics in 1985. In 1989, Stathis wrote ''The Venus Interface'' (originally advertised as ''Interzone: The Wild & Curious Times of Sheldon Zone''), a ''Heavy Metal'' graphic novel with a cover by Olivia De Berardinis and interior art by Jim Fletcher, Rick Geary, Peter Kuper, Mark Pacella, Kenneth Smith, Arthur Suydam and Michael Uman.
In writing and editing, Stathis took a prismatic approach, noting popular culture linkages:
While he was an editor at Vertigo
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, Stathis began having headaches that kept him from working. He died of respiratory failure ten months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor
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.
Awards
In June 1997, he received a special award from the International Horror Guild.See also
*List of notable brain tumor patients
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References
External links
''Business Wire'': "Obituary: Lou Stathis"
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070929103235/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000837 "Remembering Lou Stathis" by Patty Jeres
Who's Who of American Comic Books: Lou Stathis
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stathis, Lou 1952 births 1997 deaths American magazine editors American comics writers American music critics American science fiction editors 20th-century American non-fiction writers