Laurie S. Sutton

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Laurie S. Sutton
Born (1953-03-19) March 19, 1953 (age 70)
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Editor
Notable works
"Adam Strange"
Scooby-Doo!: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast
Awards Publishing Innovation Award 2015

Laurie S. Sutton (born March 19, 1953) [1] is an American writer of comic books and children's books. She worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1980s and has written several books for Capstone Publishers in the 2010s.

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Career

Laurie S. Sutton was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. Her father was a project manager for Mobil and the family frequently moved across the country. She began reading comic books at the age of 8 after receiving a large number of them as a Christmas gift. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1975, [2] Sutton worked for Abaris Books and the Comics Code Authority. [3] Sutton has stated that "when I was a reviewer at the Comics Code from 1978 to 1979, I never considered my job to be one of censorship...As a matter of fact, being a comic book fan, I was very open-minded and lenient with artists, writers and editors who brushed up against the letter of the regulations." [4] She began writing for DC Comics in 1980 and worked on the "Adam Strange" backup feature in Green Lantern as well as stories for Secrets of Haunted House , Star Trek , and The Unexpected . [5] Frank Miller credits Sutton with introducing him to Japanese comics which influenced his work on Ronin . [6] She worked as an editor for DC (1981–1982) and oversaw "The Great Darkness Saga" storyline in the Legion of Super-Heroes . [7] After leaving DC, Sutton worked for Marvel Comics' Epic Comics line (1983–1985) and for Donning Publishing from 1985 to 1987. [3] She returned to comics in the mid-1990s and wrote Star Trek: Voyager stories for Marvel. [5]

Sutton has written several children's books for Capstone Publishers featuring various DC Comics characters. She credits DC executive Paul Levitz for helping her get this job. [8] She won the Publishing Innovation Award in the category "Ebook – Flowable: Children" for her book Scooby-Doo!: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast in 2015. [9]

Bibliography

Comic books

DC Comics

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

Warren Publications

Children's books

Capstone Publishers

  • Batman & Robin Adventures: Clayface's Slime Spree 88 pages, March 2016, ISBN   978-1496525406
  • Batman Classic: Going Ape 32 pages, April 2012, ISBN   978-0061885228
  • Batman: The Joker's Dozen 112 pages, February 2015, ISBN   978-1434297112
  • The Dark Knight: Batman vs. the Penguin 88 pages, August 2013, ISBN   978-1434248251
  • Far Out Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Vampires 40 pages, August 2016, ISBN   978-1496537850
  • Scooby-Doo: The Curse of Atlantis 112 pages, August 2015, ISBN   978-1496504791
  • Scooby-Doo: The Fright at Zombie Farm 112 pages, February 2015, ISBN   978-1434297150
  • Scooby-Doo: The Ghost of the Bermuda Triangle 112 pages, August 2014, ISBN   978-1434291295
  • Scooby-Doo: The House on Spooky Street 112 pages, August 2015, ISBN   978-1434297167
  • Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Aztec Tomb 112 pages, August 2014, ISBN   978-1434291288
  • Scooby-Doo: The Secret of the Flying Saucer 112 pages, August 2015, ISBN   978-1496504807
  • Scooby-Doo: The Secret of the Sea Creature 112 pages, February 2014, ISBN   978-1434279255
  • Scooby-Doo: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast 112 pages, February 2014, ISBN   978-1434279262
  • Superman: The Planet Collector 88 pages, August 2014, ISBN   978-1434291370
  • Superman: The Real Man of Steel 88 pages, August 2014, ISBN   978-1434291387
  • Wonder Woman: Sword of the Dragon 56 pages, February 2014, ISBN   978-1434227607

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  6. Irving, Christopher (December 1, 2010). "Frank Miller Part 1: Dames, Dark Knights, Devils, and Heroes". NYCGraphicNovelists.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011. 'Then, through a girlfriend Laurie Sutton, I discovered the Japanese comics,' Frank reveals. 'That all gave birth to Ronin.'
  7. Laurie Sutton (editor) at the Grand Comics Database
  8. Kelly, Rob (March 28, 2011). "Aquaman Shrine Interview with Laurie S. Sutton – 2011". The Aquaman Shrine. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Neptune smiled upon this humble Pisces and guided my long-time friend Paul Levitz to introduce me to Ben Harper in DC's Licensed Publishing department. Ben is in charge of the Capstone/Stone Arch Super Heroes books for DC. He invited me to pitch some story ideas for one of the Wonder Woman books. There were a couple of ideas he liked, and he sent those on to the Stone Arch editor, Donnie Lemke.
  9. "Winners of the 2015 Digital Book Awards Announced at Gala Hosted by Ira Wolfman". Digital Book World. January 14, 2015. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
Preceded byThe Warlord editor
1981–1982
Succeeded by
Ross Andru
Preceded by Arak, Son of Thunder editor
1982
Succeeded by
Dick Giordano
Preceded by Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 editor
1982
Succeeded by
Preceded by
n/a
Epic Illustrated associate editor
1983–1985
Succeeded by
Margaret Clark
Preceded by
n/a
Alien Legion associate editor
1984–1985
Succeeded by