| Thomas Yeates | |
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 Thomas Yeates at the 2008 New York Comic Con | |
| Born | January 19, 1955 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Conan Prince Valiant Tarzan Zorro |
| Awards | Inkpot Award 2012 |
| http://www.thomasyeates.com/ | |
Thomas Yeates (born January 19, 1955) [1] 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.
Thomas Yeates was part of the first graduating class from The Kubert School. [2] [3] His first published comics work was "Preacher" a five-page backup feature in Sgt. Rock #312 (Jan. 1978). [4] He provided spot illustrations for a Batman prose story in Detective Comics #500 (March 1981) written by Walter B. Gibson, longtime writer of The Shadow . [5] [6] Yeates and Jack C. Harris briefly revived Claw the Unconquered as a backup feature in The Warlord #48-49. [7] "Dragonsword" was a backup feature by Paul Levitz and Yeates which appeared in The Warlord #51-54 (Nov. 1981–Feb. 1982). [8] [9] In 1982, Yeates and writer Martin Pasko revived Swamp Thing in a new series titled Saga of the Swamp Thing . [10] Timespirits was created by Stephen Perry and Yeates for the Epic Comics line. [11] He drew the Universe X: Beasts and Universe X: Cap one-shots for Marvel in 2001. [4] [12] On April 1, 2012, Yeates began drawing the Prince Valiant comic strip, replacing Gary Gianni. [13] Yeates collaborated with Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier on the Groo vs. Conan crossover for Dark Horse Comics in 2014. [14]
Yeates received an Inkpot Award in 2012. [15]
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{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Dragon Sword, a new sword-and sorcery series created and scripted by Paul Levitz and pencilled and inked by Tom Yeates will debut as the back feature in Warlord #51, on sale in August [1981].
In the series, Aragonés draws Groo, and Tom Yeates draws Conan.
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