Arthur Suydam (born May 18, 1953) is an American

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artist known for his work on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Black Panther, and KISS Zombies. He has done artwork for magazines including '' Heavy Metal'', '' Epic Illustrated'' and '' National Lampoon'', while his comic book work includes ''

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'', '' Conan'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Death Dealer'', and '' Marvel Zombies''.

Early life

Arthur Suydam was born May 18, 1953. His great-uncle, John Suydam, was an artist in the 19th-century

Hudson River School The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, ...

of painting. He began drawing at age four, and while in high school, discovered a collection of workbooks from the Famous Artists Correspondence Course, from which he discovered

Albert Dorne Albert Dorne (February 7, 1906 - December 15, 1965) was an American illustrator and entrepreneur, and was co-founder of correspondence schools for aspiring artists, photographers, and writers. Dorne was co-founder of the Code of Ethics and Fair Pr ...

and

Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...

, who became his early influences. A reader of comics throughout his life, he was also inspired by the art of

Frank Frazetta Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta ; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He is ...

and

Graham Ingels Graham J. Ingels (; June 7, 1915April 4, 1991) was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on ''The Haunt of Fear'' and ''Tales from the Crypt'', horror titles written and edited by Al ...

. Caragonne, George (Ed.; November/December 1994). "Suydam", ''

Penthouse Comix ''Penthouse Comix'' was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International/General Media Communications from spring 1994 through July 1998. Founded and initially edited by George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfel ...

'' #4, pp. 85, 86 and 89.

Career

Suydam's first published work appeared in

Warren Publishing Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren (publisher), James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. Magazines published by Warren include ''After Hours (magazin ...

's ''

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'' magazine. Suydam has contributed work to many publications, '' House of Secrets'', ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets''. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. First serie ...

'', '' Epic Illustrated'' and '' National Lampoon'', as well as international sci-fi and comic anthologies. Suydam's creator-owned projects include ''Mudwogs'' and ''Mudwogs II'', which first appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' magazine, and ''The Adventures of Cholly and Flytrap''. In 1993 Suydam joined the editorial staff of the anthology magazine ''

''. In addition to creating his "Libby in the Lost World" series to the publication, he also served as colorist on other contributors' contributions, and as an adviser to editors

George Caragonne George Caragonne (September 16, 1965 – July 20, 1995) was an American comic book writer and editor, most notable for being co-founder of ''Penthouse Comix'' magazine. He died by suicide on July 20, 1995, by jumping off the 45th floor of the inte ...

and

Bob Guccione Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione ( ; December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American photographer and publisher. He founded the adult magazine '' Penthouse'' in 1965. This was aimed at competing with Hugh Hefner's ''Playboy' ...

in selecting contributors to the magazine. Suydam's other creator-owned work includes ''Arthur Suydam: The Art of the Barbarian'', ''Skin Deep'', ''The Alien Encounters Poster Book'', ''Visions: The Art of Arthur Suydam'', and ''Bedtime Stories for the Incarcerated''. Arthur Suydam's comic book work includes such titles as ''

'', '' Conan'', ''

'', ''

'' and '' Death Dealer''. His cover work includes '' Marvel Zombies'', ''

Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first s ...

'', ''

Hellstorm Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daimon made his live-action debut in the Hulu television series '' Helstrom'', played by To ...

'', ''

Moon Knight Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabb ...

'', ''

Wolverine The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for "gluttony, glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is ...

'', ''

Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness ''Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness'' is a five-issue 2007 comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in association with Dynamite Entertainment, an intercompany crossover in which Ash Williams, hero of the popular ''Evil Dead'' fi ...

'', and '' Raise the Dead''. Suydam created the box art for the game ''

Touch the Dead ''Touch the Dead'' (also known as ''Dead 'n' Furious'') is a rail shooter/survival horror game for the Nintendo DS developed by French company Dream On Studio. The game was originally published by Virgin Play in Europe as one of their first pub ...

'', and provided the cover art to the

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(with

Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his ''Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the '' Di ...

) novel ''Dead Street''. He has also done cover artwork for the

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band the

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, including their 2009 single "

Land of the Dead ''Land of the Dead'' (also known as ''George A. Romero's Land of the Dead'') is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six '' Living Dead'' movies, it is preceded by ''Night of the Li ...

" and 2011 album '' The Devil's Rain''. He has also done several album covers for The Misfits. Suydam's subsequent work includes ''Kiss Zombies'' and ''Red Sonja vs. Mars Attacks'' for Dynamite Publishing.

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. *''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 1st printing – ''

Amazing Fantasy ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'', retitled ''Amazing Fantasy'' in its final issue, is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000 ...

'' #15, by

Steve Ditko Stephen John Ditko Page contains two reproductions from school yearbooks. A 1943 Garfield Junior High School yearbook excerpt lists "Stephen Ditko". A 1945 Johnstown High School yearbook excerpt lists "Stephen J. Ditko" under extracurricular act ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 2nd printing – ''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

'' #1, by

Todd McFarlane Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horro ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 3rd printing – ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...

'' #50, by

John Romita, Sr. John V. Romita (; born January 24, 1930) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and for co-creating characters including the Punisher and Wolverine (character), Wolverine. He was indu ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' #1, 4th printing – ''The Incredible Hulk'' #1, by

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gr ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' #2 – ''Avengers'' #4, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' #3, 1st printing – ''The Incredible Hulk'' #340, by Todd McFarlane *''Marvel Zombies'' #3, 2nd printing – ''Daredevil'' #179, by

Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'' and subsequen ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' #4, 1st printing – ''X-Men'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' #4, 2nd printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #39, by John Romita, Sr. *''Marvel Zombies'' #5, 1st printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #21, by John Romita, Sr. *''Marvel Zombies'' #5, 2nd printing – ''

Silver Surfer The Silver Surfer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character also appears in a number of movies, television, and video game adaptations. The character was created by Jack Kirby and first a ...

'' #1, by John Buscema *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 1st printing – ''Secret Wars'' #1, by

Mike Zeck Michael J. Zeck (born September 6, 1949), is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as ''Captain America'', ''Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars'', '' Master of Kung-Fu'', and ''The Punisher'' as wel ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 2nd printing – ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #316, by Todd McFarlane *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 3rd printing – ''

Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in ''The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover dated Nov. 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first ...

'' #49, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 4th printing – ''Avengers'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 5th printing – ''Mary Jane'' #2, by

Takeshi Miyazawa Takeshi Miyazawa (born April 19, 1978) is a comic book artist who was born in Canada and attended Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in Ontario to study art. His art style incorporates a manga sensibility. Bibliography Incomplete c ...

*''Marvel Zombies'' collection, 6th printing is a homage to ''Iron Man'' #128, by

Bob Layton Bob Layton (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as '' Iron Man'' and ''Hercules'', and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter. Early life Bob Layton ...

*''

Ultimate Fantastic Four ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running ''Fantastic Four'' comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint. The Ultimate ...

'' #30 (variant cover) – ''Fantastic Four'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' #31 (variant cover) – ''Fantastic Four'' #51, by Jack Kirby *''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' #32 (variant cover), is a homage to ''Fantastic Four'' #8, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies: Dead Days'' – ''X-Men'' vol. 2 #1, by

Jim Lee Jim Lee (Korean 이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic-book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. He is currently the Publisher and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics. In recognition of his work, Lee has received a Harvey ...

. *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 1st printing – ''X-Men'' #141, by John Byrne *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 2nd printing – ''X-Men'' #137, by John Byrne *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #1, 3rd printing – ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...

'' #1, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #2 – ''X-Men'' #268, by

*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #3, 1st printing – ''

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vs. the Amazing Spider-Man'', by

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Early li ...

*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #3, 2nd printing – ''The Death of Captain Marvel''

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, by

Jim Starlin James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and ...

*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #4 – ''Captain America'' #100, by

Syd Shores Sydney Shores (1916 – June 3, 1973) was an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America both during the 1940s, in what fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books, and during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Bi ...

*''Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness'' #5 – ''Wolverine'' #1 (1982), by Frank Miller *''Black Panther'' #27 – ''Fantastic Four'' #3, by Jack Kirby *''Black Panther'' #28 – ''Fantastic Four'' #116, by

John Buscema John Buscema (; ; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002)Social Se ...

*''Black Panther'' #29 – ''Avengers'' #87, by John Buscema *''Black Panther'' #30 – ''Fantastic Four'' #4, by Jack Kirby *''Marvel Zombies Poster Book'' is a homage to ''Secret Wars'' #8 by Mike Zeck *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #1 — the variant cover of ''Civil War'' #1, by Michael Turner *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #2 – ''Marvel Comics'' #1, by

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*''Marvel Zombies 2'' #3 – ''Tales of Suspense'' #39 by Don Heck *''Marvel Zombies 2'' #4 – ''Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD'' #4, by

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*''Marvel Zombies 2'' #5 – ''Silver Surfer'' #4, by John Buscema

Other homage covers for Marvel

*''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #1 – '' Savage Tales #1'' comic cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #2 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #3 – '' Dawn of the Dead'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #4 – ''Scarface'' (1983) movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #5 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #6 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #7 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #8 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #9 – ''

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'' movie poster *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #10 – ''

's ''Wolverine'' #1 cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #11 – ''

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cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #12 – Nirvana – ''

Nevermind ''Nevermind'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, ''Neve ...

'' album cover *''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' #13 – '' Silence of the Lambs'' movie cover

Other Marvel covers

*''Amazing Spider-Girl'' #13 'Zombie' Variant *''Avengers/Invaders'' #9 Variant *''Fantastic Four'' #554 'Skrull' Variant *''Ghost Rider'' #08 *''Ghost Rider'' #09 *''Ghost Rider'' #10 *''Ghost Rider'' #11 *''Ghost Rider'' #30 *''Ghost Rider'' #31 *''Ghost Rider'' #32 *''Ghost Rider'' #33 *''Ghost Rider'' #34 *''Ghost Rider'' #35 *''Incredible Hercules'' #121 *''Incredible Hercules'' #122 'Zombie' Variant *''Moon Knight'' #14 (3rd series, 2006) *''Moon Knight'' #15 *''Moon Knight'' #16 *''Moon Knight'' #17 *''Moon Knight'' #18 *''Moon Knight'' #19 *''Moon Knight'' #21 *''Moon Knight'' #22 *''Moon Knight'' #23 *''Moon Knight'' #24 *''Moon Knight'' #25 *''Rawhide Kid'' #4 *''Thor'' #1 Variant *''Thor'' #1 'Zombie' Variant *''Wolverine'' #57 *''Wolverine'' #58 *''Wolverine'' #59 *''Wolverine'' #60 *''Wolverine'' #61 *''Wolverine Origins'' #10 Variant

Notes

References

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