Arthur Suydam

Arthur Suydam

Suydam at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience
Born 1953
Nationality American
Area(s) Artist
Notable works
 Marvel Zombies

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Arthur Suydam (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer and musician. He has done artwork for magazines including Heavy Metal, Epic Illustrated and National Lampoon, while his comic book work includes Batman, Conan, Tarzan, Predator, Aliens, Death Dealer, and Marvel Zombies.

Career

Illustration

Suydam has contributed work to many publications, including Heavy Metal, House of Secrets, House of Mystery, Penthouse Comix, Epic Illustrated and National Lampoon, as well as international sci-fi and comic anthologies. His own projects include Arthur Suydam: The Art of the Barbarian, Skin Deep, The Alien Encounters Poster Book, Visions: The Art of Arthur Suydam, Mudwogs, Mudwogs II, Bedtime Stories for the Incarcerated, Libby in the Lost World and The Adventures of Cholly and Flytrap.[1]

Arthur Suydam's comic book work includes such titles as Batman, Conan, Tarzan, Predator, Aliens and Death Dealer. Recently, his work has primarily been on covers, including Marvel Zombies, Ghost Rider, Hellstorm, Moon Knight, Wolverine, Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness, and Raise the Dead.

Suydam also created the box art for the game Touch the Dead, and provided the cover art to the Mickey Spillane (with Max Allan Collins) novel Dead Street. He has also done cover artwork for the horror punk band the Misfits, including their 2009 single "Land of the Dead" and 2011 album The Devil's Rain.

Suydam was the Artist Guest of Honor at Dragon Con.[2][3]

Music

Suydam is also a singer-songwriter of American roots music, who plays in the band, the Gotham Playboys. He has performed with Bill Haley’s Comets and The Platters. He has also composed and recorded the soundtrack to the independent film, The Feud.

Cover work

Marvel Comics homage covers

The cover of each issue of the Marvel Zombies related book is a homage cover of a famous cover from Marvel history, featuring zombie versions of the characters.

Other homage covers for Marvel

Other Marvel covers

Notes

  1. ↑ Manning, Shaun (April 29, 2009). "Arthur Suydam on "Cholly & Flytrap"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Parkin, J.K. (July 14, 2008). "San Diego Bound: Mattel, Capcom, Hiro Mashima and more". Newsarama.
  3. ↑ "Comic creator: Arthur Suydam". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

References

External links

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