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| Born | February 9, 1956 Gauley Bridge, West Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Writer |
| Notable works | Grimjack Scout Jonah Hex |
Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia) is an American writer, artist and musician best known for his stories and Wild West-style comic book art. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. GrimJack is the main character of a Comic book published by First Comics. Jonah Hex is a Fictional character, a Western Comic book Anti-hero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative
He is best known for his work on Scout and the reinvention of Jonah Hex, with Joe R. Lansdale. Jonah Hex is a Fictional character, a Western Comic book Anti-hero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga Joe R Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts Truman is currently writing Conan. Conan, the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E Howard, is the protagonist of two major comic series published by Dark Horse Comics
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Biography
After graduating from Gauley Bridge High School in 1974, Timothy Truman attended the Columbus College of Art and Design while also attending West Virginia University. West Virginia University is a Coeducational public Research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. From 1979 to 1981 he attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey and graduated on the Dean's List. The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year Technical school that teaches
After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked in the fantasy role-playing game industry for a few years providing illustrations for various companies including working for TSR, Inc. as a staff illustrator. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. TSR Inc was an American game publishing company most famous for publishing the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game.
He currently lives in Lancaster, PA and is an instructor at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Lancaster is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the County seat of Lancaster County. The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCAD is a professional Art college located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA.
Comics
Truman's first major series was the title GrimJack for independent comics company First Comics with writer John Ostrander. GrimJack is the main character of a Comic book published by First Comics. First Comics was an American Comic-book publisher History First Comics launched in 1983 with a line-up of creators including Frank Brunner John Ostrander (born April 20, 1949) is an American Writer of Comic books Originally an actor in a Chicago Theatre GrimJack first appeared in Starslayer #10 in November 1983 before moving to his own series after issue #18 in 1984 that lasted for 81 issues. Starslayer was an American Comic book series created by Mike Grell. Along with being a fan favorite and often imitated character, GrimJack almost single-handedly defined the "grim and gritty" action comic character archetype.
Truman has been continuously creative for more than twenty years, displaying his pulp sensitivities in his writing:
In 1985, he created Scout followed by Scout: War Shaman, a futuristic western.
In 1986 Truman relaunched the Hillman characters Airboy and The Heap for Eclipse Comics. Hillman was a famous British Automobile Marque, manufactured by the Rootes Group. Airboy is a fictional Aviator Hero of an American Comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the Eclipse Comics was an American Comic book Publisher, one of several influential independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s
At Eclipse, he developed the Prowler, a Shadow type character. " Prowler " is the first track from the eponymous debut album of British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object And he adapted The Spider into comics for them. The Spider was the violent relentless Hero of a Pulp magazine series produced by Popular Publications from 1933 to 1943
In 1991, at DC Comics he created Hawkworld, a reinvention of Hawkman, possibly his best work. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Hawkworld was a Comic book mini-series from DC Comics that explored the origins of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman For other meanings of the term see Hawkman (disambiguation Hawkman is a Superhero in the DC Comics universe.
With author Joe R. Lansdale he reinterpreted Jonah Hex as a horror western. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Joe R Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts Jonah Hex is a Fictional character, a Western Comic book Anti-hero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga In it, their creation of villain Edgar Autumn elicited a complaint from musician Edgar Winter. Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s
He was chosen by Dark Horse Comics to illustrate a newly completed Tarzan novel and wrote a story arc for the comic book. Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to
He wrote Turok: Dinosaur Hunter for Valiant Comics. Turok is a fictional American comic book character initially in comics from Western Publishing published through licensee Dell Comics.
For the defunct SF imprint of DC, Helix he created The Black Lamb. Helix was a short-lived Science fiction and Science fantasy Imprint of DC Comics, launched in 1996 and discontinued in 1998 The Black Lamb is a six-issue Comic book Limited series that takes place in a Science fantasy setting
He worked on a typical pulp adventure Guns of the Dragon, featuring Enemy Ace and Bat Lash. Enemy Ace is the name of DC Comics property about the adventures of a skilled but troubled German Flying ace in the World Wars Bat Lash is a fictional Western character in the DC Universe.
He wrote Star Wars. This is a list of Comic books set in the fictional Star Wars universe
At Dark Horse Comics, he took over the writing of Conan from Kurt Busiek in 2006 and after that series ended he started Conan The Cimmerian. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics Conan, the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E Howard, is the protagonist of two major comic series published by Dark Horse Comics Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a Comic book Writer. Events January January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons Conan, the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E Howard, is the protagonist of two major comic series published by Dark Horse Comics [1]
Music
A longtime fan and musician, Truman has also been able to integrate his love of music into his love of comics and illustration. While working for Eclipse comics, Truman included a Flexi disc recording inside Scout #19 that provided a soundtrack to one of the scenes in the comic. The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet or sonosheet) is a phonograph record made of a thin Vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus 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 Carlos Santana for Rock-It Comics, Truman found out that the Carlos was a longtime fan of his comic, Scout whose main character, Emanuel Santanna, is the namesake of the famous guitarist. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Naming the characters after favorite musicians is a common convention that Truman has used throughout the Scout series.
Truman has also had a long relationship with the band the Grateful Dead creating artwork for CD covers, tour posters, limited-edition T-Shirts and a color comics page in each issue of the Grateful Dead Almanac. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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.
Timothy is often confused with the music composer Tim Truman who wrote the theme to Melrose Place among other important contributions to the music industry in movies and television. Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956 in Gauley Bridge West Virginia) is an American Writer, Artist and Musician Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999 created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced
Awards and nominations
Hawkworld - DC Comics - Spanish Haxtur Award ("Premios Haxtur") for "Best Long Story" 1991
Notes
- ^ Tim Truman on Conan the Cimmerian, Newsarama, May 21, 2008
References
- Timothy Truman at the Comic Book DB
- Timothy Truman at lambiek. Hawkworld was a Comic book mini-series from DC Comics that explored the origins of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman The Haxtur Award ( Premios Haxtur) is a Spanish award for Comics published in Spain. Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book Lambiek is a Comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker. net
- Timothy Truman biography
External links
Interviews
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