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Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956) is an American writer, artist and musician. He is best known for his stories and
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-style comic book art, and in particular, for his work on ''
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'' (with
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), ''
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'', and the reinvention of
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, with Joe R. Lansdale.


Biography

Truman was born in 1956 in
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. After graduating from Gauley Bridge High School in 1974, he attended the
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while also attending
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. From 1979 to 1981 he attended
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in New Jersey. He currently lives in
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, and was an instructor at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design from 2003 to 2006.


Roleplaying games

After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked in the fantasy
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industry for a few years providing illustrations for various companies, including working for
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as a staff illustrator. Along with Flint Henry, Truman co-authored ''Rifts Dimension Book 1: Wormwood'' (1993), which author Shannon Appelcline states was "critically acclaimed for the vibrant backgrounds". In 2015, Truman contributed, among other artists, to bring inner illustrations to the
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'' Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of'', first published in 2016 by British company Modiphius Entertainment.


Comics

Truman's first professional comics work was a series of backup stories in
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' '' Sgt. Rock'' title published from 1981 to 1983. and His first major work was ''
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'' with writer
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, for the independent comics company
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. Grimjack first appeared in ''
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'' #10 (November 1983), before moving to his own series after issue #18 (July 1984), and continued for 81 issues. In 1985, he created ''
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'', which was followed by ''Scout: War Shaman'', a futuristic western. A year later, he relaunched the
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characters
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and The Heap for
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. He also developed The Prowler, a
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type character, and adapted
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for Eclipse. At DC Comics he created ''
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'', a reinvention of
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in 1989. An ongoing series with the same name was launched the following year. With author Joe R. Lansdale, he reinterpreted
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as a horror western. In it, their creation of villain Edgar Autumn elicited a lawsuit from musician
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. Truman was chosen by
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to illustrate a newly completed
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novel and wrote a story arc for the comic book. He also wrote nearly the entire run of ''
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: Dinosaur Hunter'' for
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. For the defunct science fiction imprint of DC,
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, he created '' The Black Lamb''. He also worked on a typical pulp adventure ''Guns of the Dragon'', featuring Enemy Ace and
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and scripted a ''
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'' limited series. At Dark Horse Comics, he wrote ''
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'', '' Conan'', and '' Conan The Cimmerian''.


New projects

In 2018 Truman launched a successful
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campaign, Scout Marauder, to expand on the storyline of his character Scout. The promotion was a success, raising over $44,000.00 from supporters. The campaign was projected to be completed in February 2019. As of July 2024, the project is still in production.


West Virginia

Truman's work, ''Wilderness: The True Story of Simon Girty, Renegade'' was a two-volume black and white graphic novel depicting the American settler's western frontier. ''Tecumseh!'' a graphic novel based on the Chillicothe Ohio Outdoor Theater Production is a colored graphic novel that shows the play from beginning to end. It renewed interest in the warrior in Appalachia.


Music

A longtime fan and musician, Truman has integrated his love of music into comics and illustration. While working for Eclipse Comics, Truman included a
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recording inside ''
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'' #19 (May 1987) that provided a soundtrack to one of the scenes in the comic. He also released an album through Eclipse Records with his band The Dixie Pistols entitled ''Marauder''. The album included a short comic book featuring the wedding of Emanuel Santanna that took place between the first series ''Scout'' and the second series ''Scout: War Shaman''. While writing the biography of one of his favorite guitarists,
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, for Rock-It Comics, Truman found out that the musician had been a longtime fan of his comic, ''Scout'', whose main character, Emanuel Santanna, is the namesake of the famous guitarist. Naming the characters after favorite musicians was a common convention that Truman used throughout the ''Scout'' series. Truman has also had a long relationship with the band the
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creating artwork for CD covers, tour posters, limited-edition T-shirts and a color comics page in each issue of the ''Grateful Dead Almanac''. Truman built a recording studio in his home and while producing recording sessions for Cherokee singer/songwriter Terry Strongheart, they decided to form a new band with some of Truman's friends and Strongheart's daughter called the Terry Strongheart Band. Two CDs have been recorded, the first entitled ''Tears'' and the follow-up ''Indian School''. Truman provided illustrations for the posthumous
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release '' Kickback City'' (2013). Truman said he first heard Gallagher's music in 1973 while a junior in high school. Timothy Truman is often confused with the music composer Tim Truman who wrote the theme to ''
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'' and composed the score to ''
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's'' final season among other important contributions to the music industry in movies and television.


Bibliography


Avatar Press

*'' On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks'' (a, three-issue limited series with Joe R. Lansdale, March–June 2003, collected in ''Joe R. Lansdale and Timothy Truman's On the Far Side with Dead Folks'', tpb, 72 pages, 2004, )


Bantam Spectra

*''The Ray Bradbury Chronicles: Volume 3'' (anthology, w/a, "The Veldt", tpb, 77 pages, November 1992, )


Dark Horse Comics

*''
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'' #47, "Jungle of the Giants!" (w/a, with Benjamin Truman, January 1991) *'' Star Wars: Episode I Anakin Skywalker'', one-shot (w, with Steve Crespo, May 1999) collected in ''Star Wars Episode I: Adventures'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2000, ) *''
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'' (June 1999–June 2001) (w) **''Outlander'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2001, ) collects: *** "Outlander" (with
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, Rob Pereira,
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and
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, in #7–12, 1999) **''Emissaries to Malastare'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2001, ) collects: *** "Emissaries to Malastare" (with
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,
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and John Nadeau, in #13–18, 1999–2000) **''The Hunt for Aurra Sing'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, ) collects: *** "The Hunt for Aurra Sing" (with Davidé Fabbri, in #28–31, 2001) *'' Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters - Aurra Sing'', one-shot (w/a, August 1999) collected in ''Star Wars: Bounty Hunters'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2000, ) *'' Conan'' (March 2006–May 2008) **''The Blood-Stained Crown and Other Stories'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ) collects: *** "Seeds of Empire" (a, with
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, in #26, 2006) *** "The Blood-Stained Crown" (a, with Kurt Busiek, in #27, 2006) **''The Hall of the Dead and Other Stories'' (tpb, 200 pages, 2007, ) collects: *** "Dogs of the Hills" (w, with
Cary Nord Cary Nord is a Canadian comics artist. He has worked on series such as '' Daredevil'', ''X-Men'', and ''Conan The Barbarian''. Throughout his career Nord has worked on books including ''Superman'' for DC Comics; ''Wolverine'', '' Mutant X'', ''Gh ...
, in #33, 2006) *** "The Sons of Bel" (w, with Cary Nord, in #34, 2006) **''The Spear and Other stories'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "Conan: The Spear" (w, with Paul Lee, in ''Star Wars/Conan FCBD 2006'', 2006) *** "They Shall Be Lords Again" (w, with Paul Lee, in #35, 2006) *** "Silent to the Sea" (w, with Paul Lee, in #36, 2007) *** "Two Wizards and a Funeral" (w, with Paul Lee, in #40, 2007) *** "The Sorrow of Akivasha" (w, with Paul Lee, in ''Conan the Cimmerian'' #14, 2009) **''Rogues in the House and other stories'' (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ) collects: *** "Rogues in the House Part 1: Rogues at the Door" (w, with Cary Nord, in #41, 2007) *** "Rogues in the House Part 2: Red House, Red Priest" (w, with Cary Nord, in #42, 2007) *** "Rogues in the House Part 3: The Pits of Refuge" (w, with Tomás Giorello, in #43, 2007) *** "Rogues in the House Part 4: Man vs. Beast" (w, with Cary Nord, in #44, 2007) **''The Hand of Nergal'' (hc, 152 pages, 2008, ) collects: *** "The Spawn of Nergal" (w, with Tomás Giorello, in #47, 2007) *** "Darkness Over Yaralet" (w, with Tomás Giorello, in #48, 2008) *** "Flesh for the Gods of the Night" (w, with Tomás Giorello, in #49, 2008) *** "The Hand of Nergal" (w, with Tomás Giorello, in #50, 2008) *''Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures'', one-shot, "The Road of Kings" (w, with Cary Nord, July 2006) collected in ''Conan and the Midnight God'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2007, ) *''Conan and the Songs of the Dead'' (limited series) (July 2006–November 2006) (a) **''Conan and the Songs of the Dead'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2007, ) collects: *** "The Root of all Evil" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #1, 2006) *** "The Ring of Fire" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #2, 2006) *** "The Eye of the Demon" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #3, 2006) *** "Lair of the Worm" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #4, 2006) *** "Dark Gods" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #5, 2006) *'' MySpace Dark Horse Presents'' #11, "Conan: Trophy" (w, with Benjamin Truman and Marian Churchland, June 2008) collected in ''Conan and the Daughters of Midora and other stories'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2012, ) *''Conan the Cimmerian'' (June 2008–November 2010) (w) **''Cimmeria'' (hc, 216 pages, 2009, ) collects: *** "Cimmeria" (with Tomás Giorello, in #0, 2008) *** "Hunter's Moon" (with Tomás Giorello and
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, in #1, 2008) *** "Mark of the Wolf" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #2, 2008) *** "Path of Mist" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #3, 2008) *** "The Skrae" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #4, 2008) *** "The Wolf's Promise" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #5, 2008) *** "Homecoming" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #6, 2008) *** "Darkness and the Night" (with Tomás Giorello and Richard Corben, in #7, 2009) **''Black Colossus'' (hc, 117 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "The Scorpion" (with Tomás Giorello, in #8, 2009) *** "The Mercenary" (with Tomás Giorello, in #9, 2009) *** "The Commander" (with Tomás Giorello, in #10, 2009) *** "The Face on the Coin" (with Tomás Giorello, in #11, 2009) *** "The Battle of Shamla Pass" (with Tomás Giorello, in #12, 2009) *** "Black Altar" (with Tomás Giorello, in #13, 2009) **''Free Companions'' (hc, 184 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "Home For the Hunt" (with
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, in #14, 2009) *** "Free Companions" (with Tomás Giorello, in #16–18, 2009–2010) *** "Kozaki" (with Tomás Giorello, in #19–21, 2010) **''Iron Shadows in the Moon and Other Stories'' (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Iron Shadows in the Moon" (with Tomás Giorello and Paul Lee, in #22–25) *''King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel'' (w, four-issue limited series with Tomás Giorello, February–May 2011, collected in ''King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel'', tpb, 112 pages, 2012, ) *''King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword'' (w, four-issue limited series with Tomás Giorello, January–April 2012, collected in ''King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword'', tpb, 112 pages, 2013, ) *''King Conan: Hour of the Dragon'' (W, six-issue limited series with Tomás Giorello, May–October 2013, collected in ''King Conan: Hour of the Dragon'', tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) *''King Conan: The Conqueror'' (W, six-issue limited series with Tomás Giorello, February–July 2014, collected in ''King Conan: The Conqueror'', tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )


DC Comics

* '' Sgt. Rock'' (July 1981–May 1983) (a) ** "To the Last Man" (in #354, July 1981) ** "Deep Prey" (in #358, November 1981) ** "The Pass" (in #361, February 1982) ** "Deadly Victory" (in #363, April 1982) ** "Samurai" (in #371, December 1982) ** "...War Spoils" (in #376, May 1983) *'' Wasteland'' #10, "Mother!" (a, with
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, July 1988) *''
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'' #598, "Tribute: People of Note Pay Homage to Batman" (a, with among other artists, January 1989) *''
Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...
'' vol. 2 #43, "Adventures Inside Earth" (a, with Bob Wayne, June 1989) *''
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'' (June 1989–August 1989) (w/a) **''Hawkworld'' (tpb, 152 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "Flashzone" (in #1, 1989) *** "Freefall" (in #2, 1989) *** "Phoenix Flight" (in #3, 1989) *''Hawkworld'' vol. 2 (April 1990–January 1993) ** "Predators" (w, with John Ostrander and
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, in #1, 1990) ** "Enter... Hawkman!" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #2, 1990) ** "Winged Fury" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #3, 1990) ** "Partners" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #4, 1990) ** "War of the Shadows" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #5, 1990) ** "Strange Worlds" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #6, 1990) ** "Birds of Prey" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #7, 1990) ** "Talons" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #8, 1990) ** "Hawkwoman Caged!" (w, with John Ostrander and Graham Nolan, in #9, 1991) ** "Flight's End" (a, with John Ostrander, in #30–32, 1992–1993) *''Sgt. Rock'', one-shot (w/a, August 1992) *''
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'' (June 1997–January 1998) (a) **''The Kents'' (tpb, 272 pages, 2000, ) collects: *** "Bleeding Kansas" (with John Ostrander, in #1–4, 1997) *** "Brother Versus Brother" (with John Ostrander, in #5–8, 1997–1998) *'' Guns of the Dragon'' (w/a, four-issue limited series, August–November 2000) *''
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'' (March 2000–October 2000) (w) ** "A Spear of Silence" (with
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, in #1, 2000) ** "From Here to Heaven is a Scar" (with Scot Eaton, in #2, 2000) ** "Dead Center: Deep as Death" (with Scot Eaton, in #3, 2000) ** "Hide Witch Hide" (with Scot Eaton, in #4, 2000) ** "When the Earth Moves Again" (with Scot Eaton, in #5, 2000) ** "The Last Wall of the Castle" (with Scot Eaton, in #6, 2000) ** "The Other Side of This Life" (with Scot Eaton, in #7, 2000) ** "War Movie" (with Scot Eaton, in #8, 2000) *''
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'' vol. 2 #21, "Revelations Part 2: Beware My Power!" (a, with John Ostrander, June 2000) *'' Green Lantern Annual'' vol. 3 #9, "Mother of Heaven" (w, with Coy Turnbull, 2000) "The Lady of Battle" (w, with
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, 2000) *'' JLA: Gatekeeper'' #1–3 (w/a, October 2001–December 2001) *'' Convergence: Hawkman'' (limited series) (April 2015–May 2015) (a) **''Convergence: Crisis Book 1'' (tpb, 272 pages, 2015, ) collects: *** "Revelations" (with Jeff Parker, in #1, 2015) *** "Revelations II" (with Jeff Parker, in #2, 2015)


Helix

*'' The Black Lamb'' (w/a, six-issue limited series, September 1996–February 1997)


Vertigo

*'' Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo'' (June 1993–October 1993) (a) **''Jonah Hex: Shadows West'' (tpb, 392 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "Slow Go Smith" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #1, 1993) *** "Invitation to a Hanging" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #2, 1993) *** "The Resurrectionist" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #3, 1993) *** "Vendetta Times Two" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #4, 1993) *** "Showdown" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #5, 1993) *''Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such'' (limited series) (January 1995–May 1995) (a) **''Jonah Hex: Shadows West'' (tpb, 392 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "No Rest for the Wicked and the Good Don't Need Any" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #1, 1995) *** "Wilde's West" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #2, 1995) *** "Big Worm" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #4, 1995) *** "Autumns of our Discontent" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #5, 1995) *** "Cataclysm in Worm Town" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #6, 1995) *'' Dog Moon'' (a, graphic novel with Robert Hunter, April 1996, tpb, 64 pages, ) *''Jonah Hex: Shadows West'' (limited series) (December 1998–February 1999) (a) **''Jonah Hex: Shadows West'' (tpb, 392 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "Long Tom" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #1, 1998) *** "Gathering Shadows" (with Joe R. Lansdale, in #2-3, 1999) *'' Flinch'' #13, "Brer Hoodoo" (a, with Joe R. Lansdale, May 2000) *''
Scalped Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy. Scalp-taking is considered part of the broader cultural practice of the taki ...
'' #50 (a, with among other artists, June 2011) collected in ''Volume 9: Knuckle Up'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, )


Eclipse Comics

*''
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'' (September 1985–October 1987) (w/a) **''Volume 1'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2006, ) collects: *** "Untitled" (in #1, 1985) *** "Little Red Rooster" (in #2, 1985) *** "Machine Gun" (in #3, 1986) *** "I Ain't Superstitious" (in #4, 1986) *** "Killin' Floor!" (in #5, 1986) *** "House Burning Down!!" (in #6, 1986) **''Volume 2'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) collects: *** "Bring It On Home" (only writer, with
Tom Yeates Thomas Yeates (born January 19, 1955) is an American comic strip and comic book artist best known for illustrating the comic strips ''Prince Valiant'' and ''Zorro'' and for working on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Career Thomas Yea ...
, in #7, 1986) *** "Hellhound on my Trail" (in #8, 1986) *** "Bad to the Bone" (in #9–10, 1986) *** "Come Back Baby" (in #11, 1986) *** "Monday the Eliminator" (only writer, with Flint Henry, in #11–14, 1986) *** "Me and the Devil" (in #12, 1986) *** "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" (in #13, 1986) *** "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (and She Could Be Jivin' Me, Too)" (in #14, 1986) *** "Uncle Sam Blues" (only writer, with
Rick Veitch Richard Veitch (; born May 7, 1951) is an American comics artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground comics, underground, and alternative comics. Biography Rick Veitch is a native of the small town of Bellows Falls, Vermont. One ...
, in #15, 1986) *** "Mean Red Spider" (only writer, with
Ben Dunn Ben Dunn (born April 17, 1964) Miller, John Jackson"Comics Industry Birthdays" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', June 10, 2005. Accessed February 1, 2011.WebCitation archive/ref> is an American comic book artist and publisher. Biography Dunn was born i ...
, in #15, 1987) ** "Stormy Monday" (with Flint Henry, in #16, 1987) ** "Key to the Highway" (in #17, 1987) ** "She's A Hum-Dum-Dinger From Dingersville" (only writer, with John K. Snyder III, in #17, 1987) ** "Blues Hit Big Town" (in #18, 1987) ** "If I Don't Be There By Morning" (only writer, with Flint Henry, in #18–19, 1987) ** "Houserockers" (in #19, 1987) ** "Black Cat Bone" (in #20, 1987) ** "Poison in my Coffee" (only writer, with Bill Jaaska, in #20, 1987) ** "I'm on Fire" (in #21, 1987) ** "I Cross My Heart" (only writer, with Flint Henry, in #21, 1987) ** "The Wolf is at Your Door!" (only writer, with Ben Dunn, in #22, 1987) ** "Sittin' on Top of the World" (in #23–24, 1987) ** "Pie in the Sky A Prologue" (only writer, with Flint Henry, in #23, 1987) *'' Alien Encounters'' #4, "Invasion!", #11, "Old Soldiers Fade Away" (w/a, December 1985–February 1987) *''
Airboy Airboy is a fictional Golden Age of comic books, Golden Age aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II, before ending his initial run in 1953. The hero was the costumed identi ...
'' (July–December 1986) (w) **''Airboy Archives Volume 1'' (tpb, 308 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "On Wings of Death: Phoenix" (also artist, with
Chuck Dixon Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life D ...
, in #1, 1986) *** "The Wolf and the Phoenix" (also artist, with Chuck Dixon, in #2, 1986) *** "Misery Loves Company" (with Chuck Dixon and
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, in #3, 1986) *** "Assault On Villa Miserio" (with Chuck Dixon and Stan Woch, in #4, 1986) *** "I Am Birdie" (with Ben Dunn, in #11, 1986) *'' The Prowler'' (limited series) (July 1987–October 1987) (w) **''Leo Kragg: Prowler'' (tpb, 180 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Blood and Magic" (with John K. Snyder III, in #1, 1987) *** "Blood and Evil" (with John K. Snyder III, in #2, 1987) *** "The Official Account" (with Michael Price and Graham Nolan, in #2–3, 1987) *** "Blood and Darkness" (with John K. Snyder III, in #3, 1987) *** "Blood and Sacrifice" (with John K. Snyder III, in #4, 1987) *** "Emulation of Life" (with Michael Price and Graham Nolan, in #4, 1987) *''Revenge of the Prowler'' (limited series) (February 1988–May 1988) (w) **''Leo Kragg: Prowler'' (tpb, 180 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Slow Burn" (with John K. Snyder III, in #1, 1988) *** "Search and Destroy" (with John K. Snyder III, in #2, 1988) *** "If I Should Die... Before I Wake" (with John K. Snyder III, in #3–4, 1988) *''Airboy Meets the Prowler'', one-shot, "Confidential Inquirer" (w, with Chuck Dixon, Michael Price, John K. Snyder III and Graham Nolan, December 1987) collected in ''Airboy Archives Volume 3'' (tpb, 308 pages, 2015, ) *'' Dragon Chiang'' (w/a, graphic novel, tpb, 1991, 44 pages, ) *'' Allan W. Eckert's Tecumseh!'' (w/a, graphic novel, October 1992, tpb, 68 pages, )


First Comics

*''
Grimjack Grimjack is the main character of a comic book originally published by the American company First Comics, and later by IDW Publishing. John Ostrander and Timothy Truman are credited as co-creators of the character, although Ostrander had been dev ...
'' (August 1984–July 1986) (a) **''Grimjack Omnibus: Volumen 1'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "A Shade of Truth" (with John Ostrander, in #1, 1984) *** "Blood Sport" (with John Ostrander, in #2, 1984) *** "Blood Relations" (with John Ostrander, in #3, 1984) *** "Legacy" (with John Ostrander, in #4, 1984) *** "Dead End" (with John Ostrander, in #5, 1984) *** "Family and Friends" (only writer, with
Joe Staton Joe Staton ( born January 19, 1948) is an American comics artist and writer. He co-created the Bronze Age Huntress (Helena Wayne), as well as the third Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Kilowog and the Omega Men for DC Comics. He was the artist o ...
, in #5, 1984) *** "Shadow Cops" (with John Ostrander, in #6, 1985) *** "Shadows of Doubt" (with John Ostrander, in #7, 1985) *** "Exit Poll" (with John Ostrander, in #8, 1985) *** "My Sins Remembered" (with John Ostrander, in #9, 1985) *** "Hard-Timers" (with John Ostrander, in #10, 1985) *** "Long Gone Dead" (with John Ostrander, in #11, 1985) *** "Charnel House" (with John Ostrander, in #12, 1985) *** "Suspect" (with John Ostrander, in #13, 1985) **''Grimjack Omnibus: Volumen 2'' (tpb, 368 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Decaying Orbit" (with John Ostrander, in #14, 1985) *** "The Bargain" (only writer, with
John Totleben John Thomas Totleben (born February 16, 1958) is an American illustrator working mostly in comic books. Biography After studying art at Tech Memorial in Erie, Totleben attended The Kubert School for one year. He then spent several years working ...
, in #14, 1984) *** "This Wheel's On Fire" (with John Ostrander, in #15, 1985) *** "Wolfpac" (with John Ostrander, in #16–17, 1985) *** "Trade Wars: Inferno" (with John Ostrander, in #18, 1986) *** "Trade Wars: Maelstrom" (with John Ostrander and
Steve Erwin Stephen Erwin (January 16, 1960 – October 25, 2023) was an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of ''Checkmate'' and ''Gunfire'' for DC Comics. Biography Steve Erwin was born on January 16, 1960. He studied commercial art at ...
, in #19, 1986) *** "Mortal Gods" (with John Ostrander, in #24, 1986) *** "You Say it's Your Birthday" (with John Ostrander, in #24, 1986) *'' Time Beavers'' (First Comics Graphic Novel, May 1985) *''
Starslayer ''Starslayer: The Log of the Jolly Roger'' was an American comic book series created by Mike Grell. Publication history Grell originally created ''Starslayer'' for DC Comics, but plans to publish it were halted after the mass cancellation of title ...
'' (#14-19 - full interior art, #20-25 - page layouts only, March 1984 to February 1985)


IDW Publishing

*''GrimJack: Killer Instinct'' (a, six-issue limited series with John Ostrander, January–June 2005, collected in ''GrimJack: Killer Instinct'', tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ) *''GrimJack: The Manx Cat'' (a, six-issue limited series with John Ostrander, August 2009–January 2010, collected in ''Grimjack: The Manx Cat'', tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ) *'' Hawken'' (w/a, six-issue limited series with Benjamin Truman, November 2011–September 2012, collected in ''A Man Named Hawken'', tpb, 104 pages, 2012, )


Innovation Publishing

*'' Newstralia'' #1–2 (w/a, with Stephen Sullivan,
Kevin VanHook Kevin VanHook (born June 24, 1965) is an American comic book writer, comic book artist, visual effects supervisor, and filmmaker. Career In comics, VanHook is best known creating the character Bloodshot for Valiant Comics. He also wrote the ...
, July–October 1989)


Marvel Comics

*'' Ka-Zar: The Guns of the Savage Land'' (w, graphic novel, with Chuck Dixon and
Gary Kwapisz Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;United States *Gary (Tampa), Florida *Gary, Ind ...
, tpb, 64 pages, June 1990, ) *''
Marvel Comics Presents ''Marvel Comics Presents'' is an American comic book anthology title that was published in three series by Marvel Comics: from 1988 to 1995; 2007 to 2008; and in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' #93–98, "Wild Frontier" (w, with Todd Foxx, November 1991–January 1992) *''Skaar (character), Skaar: Son of Hulk Presents: Savage World of Sakaar'', one-shot (a, with Greg Pak, Carlo Pagulayan, Timothy Green II and Gabriel Hardman, September 2008) collected in ''Skaar: Son of Hulk vol. 1'' (tpb, 200 pages, 2009, ) *''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor Annual'' vol. 4 #1, "King Thor" (a, with Jason Aaron, February 2015) collected in ''Volume 2: Who Holds the Hammer?'' (hc, 136 pages, 2015, )


Epic Comics

*''Wild Cards#Comics, Wild Cards'' #3, "Welcome to the Club" (a, with among other artists, September 1990)


Topps Comics

*''Lone Ranger#Comic books, The Lone Ranger and Tonto'' (a, four-issue limited series, with Joe R. Lansdale, August–November 1994, collected in ''The Lone Ranger and Tonto'', tpb, 1995, )


Valiant Comics

*''Turok#Valiant Comics, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter'' (October 1993–August 1996) (w) ** "Shades of Yesterday" (with Rags Morales, in #4–6, 1993) ** "New River" (also artist, in #7–9, 1994) ** "Captain Red" (also artist, with Bill Dunn (artist), Bill Dunn and Howard Simpson (artist), Howard Simpson, in #13–15, 1994) ** "Nest of Snakes" (with Rags Morales, in #20, 1995) ** "Mystery Hole" (with Howard Simpson, in #21, 1995) ** "Rampage on New River" (with Cory Adams, in #22, 1995) ** "Mystery Wheel" (with Mike Grell, in #23, 1995) ** "The Prodigal" (with Rags Morales, in #24–27, 1995) ** "Radio Men of Lost Land!" (with Paul Gulacy, in #31–33, 1995) ** "Tree Of Life, Land of Shadows" (with Aaron Lopresti, in #36, 1995) ** "Island of Nazi Women" (with Rags Morales, in #37–38, 1996) ** "Outlaws of Lost Land" (with Paul Gulacy, in #39–40, 1996) ** "Bred Up in Darkness" (with Jackson Guice, in #45–46, 1996) ** "Runaway" (with Rags Morales, #47, 1996)


TSR

* ''Starspawn of Volturnus'', cover, 1982


Awards

* ''
Hawkworld ''Hawkworld'' is a comic book series published by American company DC Comics from 1989 to 1993. The initial storyline was published as a three-issue mini-series and then, based on the high sales and interest level generated by this lim ...
'' – DC Comics – Spanish Haxtur Award ("Premios Haxtur") for "Best Long Story" 1991


References


External links

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Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview (December 2005)
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