Terry Beatty

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Terry Beatty
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Beatty (right) in 1982
Born (1958-01-11) January 11, 1958 (age 64)
Muscatine, Iowa [1]
NationalityAmerican
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Ms. Tree
Rex Morgan, M.D.
Wild Dog
Collaborators Max Allan Collins

Terry Beatty (born January 11, 1958 [2] [3] ) is an artist who has worked as a penciler and inker in the American comic book industry, where he is perhaps best known for his co-creation of the female detective Ms. Tree.

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Career

Terry Beatty is the artist and co-creator (with Max Allan Collins) of the long-running private eye series, Ms. Tree . Collaborations with Collins also include Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger and Johnny Dynamite.

Beatty has been the primary inker of DC Comics' "animated-style" Batman comics, including a four-year stint inking Chris Jones' pencils on The Batman Strikes! .

From 2012 to 2017, Beatty was the artist for the Sunday episodes of the King Features comic strip, The Phantom , with his first strip published on January 29, 2012. [4]

As of December 30, 2013, Beatty became the new artist for the King Features comic strip, Rex Morgan, M.D. , taking over from Graham Nolan. [5] On March 21, 2016 King Features Syndicate announced that Beatty would take on the writing of Rex Morgan, M.D. as well, replacing Woody Wilson. [6]

Beatty's cover paintings appear regularly on Scary Monsters magazine, [7] as well as its spin-off Monster Memories annual. He is also an accomplished sculptor.

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References

  1. isfdb Terry Beatty - Summary Bibliography Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  2. Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
  3. Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide . Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  4. "Terry Beatty's First Phantom Strip!". ChronicleChamber.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  5. "Graham Nolan passes Rex Morgan MD torch to Terry Beatty The Daily Cartoonist". dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  6. Tea (2016-03-21). "Editor's Dispatch: Big News, Evil Twins, and Easter Eggs!". Comics Kingdom. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  7. "terry art". www.terrybeatty.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.