Loston Wallace (born 1970) is an American

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artist and comics-

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illustrator.

Biography

Wallace attended

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from 1994-1996. In 1996, Wallace married Carolyn Waterson, who had also attended the Kubert School. Wallace began his freelance art career in 1996, providing interior illustration for

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s such as

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's ''

Deadlands ''Deadlands'' is a genre-mixing alternate history role-playing game which combines the Western and horror genres, with some steampunk elements. The original game was written by Shane Lacy Hensley and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group i ...

'' RPG and

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's ''

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'' and '' Mechwarrior'' games. He worked as a freelance illustrator for roleplaying games for five years, working on games like ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspir ...

'', West End's ''

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'' and ''

Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, that began in 1981 with the film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark''. In 1984, a prequel, '' Th ...

'', and

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''Old West''. In 1998, Wallace began freelancing for

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' licensing department, illustrating Batman Animated and Superman Animated children's books, based on the television animated series. In 2001 Loston penciled '' Klyde & Meriem'', a 40-page ''

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'' one-shot comic for Basement Comics that was written by James Robert Smith and inked by Kim DeMulder. In 2002, Wallace was invited by

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to guest pencil a Sunday strip for

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Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

''. This strip followed the last

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''Flash Gordon'' strip. Loston then penciled several stories in the '' Elvira, Mistress of the Dark'' comic book series, working on stories written by

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and Janet Hetherington. Loston's pencils matched up with veteran comic inkers like

Bob Wiacek Bob Wiacek (born January 7, 1953) is an American comic book artist and writer, working primarily as an inker. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on ''Star Wars'', Paul Smith and John Romita Jr. on ''The Uncanny X-Men'', Ju ...

and Bob McLeod. Wallace continued to produce licensing artwork with DC Comics, working on such books as ''Batman: Deep Freeze'', ''Superman: Stop the Presses!'', and contributing artwork to the Catwoman retrospective, ''Catwoman: The Life & Times of a Feline Fatale''. In 2005 he illustrated the storybook ''Superman Returns: Thank You, Superman!'', an official ''

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'' movie tie-in book produced by DC Comics and Meredith Books. He also contributed pencils to two ''Krypto the Super Dog'' books based on the popular

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television series. Meredith Books hired Wallace to illustrate the official ''Spider-Man 3 Sound Book'' in 2006, which was a tie-in storybook/toy product based on the ''

Spider-Man 3 ''Spider-Man 3'' is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by Raimi, his older brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent. It is the final installment in Raimi's ...

'' feature film. Andrew Park provided colors on this particular project. In 2007 Wallace illustrated a Step Into Reading book for DC Comics and

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called ''DC Super Friends: Flying High'' (to be released in 2008). Wallace again teamed up with colorist Andrew Park to illustrate another storybook for DC Comics and Meredith books called ''Batman: Race Against Crime''. This book was published alongside the release of the highly anticipated ''

The Dark Knight ''The Dark Knight'' is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero, Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and the second insta ...

'' film. Currently, Wallace is illustrating a comic called '' Lorna, Relic Wrangler'', a one-shot comic book written by Micah Harris that is to be published by

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. Wallace has been a featured guest at the

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, and

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gaming and comics conventions.

Bibliography

Licensing work

;

** ''

Super Friends ''Super Friends'' is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of ...

: Flying High'' (Step Into Reading) * Meredith Books ** ''Batman: Race Against Crime'' (children's storybook) ** ''Superman Returns: Thank You, Superman!'' (official movie tie-in book) * Landoll children's story & activity books ** ''Batman: Deep Freeze'' ** ''Batman: Guardian Of Justice'' ** ''Batman: Crime Solver'' ** ''Batman: The Dark Knight'' ** ''Superman: Stop The Presses!'' ** ''Superman: On The Loose'' ** ''Superman 400-Page Special'' ** ''DC Ultimate Color/Activity Book'' *

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** ''Catwoman: Life and Times of a Feline Fatale'' (character retrospective book) *

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children's story & activity books ** ''Krypto the Super Dog: Test Pilot Puppy'' ** ''Krypto the Super Dog: Dog Star on Patrol'' ;

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* Meredith Books ** ''Spider-Man 3 Sound Book'' (official movie tie-in book)

Comic books

* '' Klyde & Meriem'' (one-shot, Basement Comics) * '' Elvira, Mistress of the Dark'' (

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) * '' Lorna, Relic Wrangler'' (

)

Comic strips

* ''

'' Sunday newspaper comic strip (King Features, 2002)

Role-playing games

; Eden Studios * ALL FLESH MUST BE EATEN: FIST FULL O' ZOMBIES (supplement) ; FASA Corporation * Battletech ** EXPLORER CORPS (supplement) ** FREE WORLDS LEAGUE (supplement) ** SHATTERED SPHERE (supplement) ** THE DRAGON ROARS (supplement) ** FIELD MANUAL: LYRAN ALLIANCE (supplement) ** FIELD MANUAL: COMSTAR (supplement) ** FIELD MANUAL: FEDERATED SUNS (supplement) ** FIELD MANUAL: CAPALLAN CONFEDERATION (supplement) * CRUCIBLE: PRINCIPATE FACTIONS BOOK (supplement) * Mechwarrior ** RPG (3rd Edition) (rule book) (supplement) ** GUIDE TO SOLARIS (supplement) ** NORTHWIND HIGHLANDERS (supplement) * SHADOWRUN: RIGGER 2 SOURCEBOOK (supplement) ; Iron Crown Entertainment * ROLEMASTER: CHANGLING COMPANION (supplement) ; Pinnacle Entertainment * Deadlands ** THE WEIRD WEST RPG (rule book) ** THE WEIRD WEST RPG (2nd edition) (rulebook) ** MARSHAL'S SCREENS (Gamemaster's screens & adventure book) ** THE QUICK & THE DEAD (supplement) ** DIMESTORE NOVEL: PERDITION'S DAUGHTER (adventure book) ** BOOK O' THE DEAD (supplement) ** SMITH & ROBARDS (supplement) ** HUCKSTERS & HEXES (supplement) ** RASCALS, VARMITS & CRITTERS (supplement) ** GHOST DANCERS (supplement) ** FIRE & BRIMSTONE (supplement) ** FIST FULL O' GHOSTROCK (supplement) ** LAWDOGS (supplement) ** THE GREAT MAZE BOX SET ** RIVER O' BLOOD BOX SET ** CITY O' GLOOM (supplement) ** TWISTED TALES (supplement) ** THE GREAT RAIL WARS (miniature strategy game) ** THE POKER DECK (novelty) ** LOST ANGELS (supplement) ** HELL ON EARTH RPG (rule book) ** HELL ON EARTH RADIATIONS SCREENS (Gamemaster's screens & adventure book) ** HELL ON EARTH WASTED WEST (supplement) ** HELL ON EARTH ROAD TO HELL (supplement) ** HELL ON EARTH HELL & HIGH WATER (supplement) ** HELL ON EARTH BRAINBURNERS (supplement) ; West End Games * INDIANA JONES & THE SKY PIRATES (supplement) * STAR WARS: INSTANT ADVENTURES (supplement)

Illustrations

* '' Weird New Jersey'' magazine * '' Weird US''

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book series: **''Weird New Jersey'' **''Weird U.S.'' ** '' Weird Texas'' ** '' Weird Florida'' ** '' Weird Maryland'' * Illustration of the

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in an episode of the

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's '' Weird U.S.'' television show.

References

*
Loston Wallace
at the Pen & Paper RPG Database

External links

*

* ttp://www.art4comics.com/loston.htm Art4Comics gallery of Wallace's preliminary art.
Comics Continuum review of ''Klyde & Meriem''

Mention in Kim DeMulder ''Daredevil'' interview on ManWithoutFear.com

Interviews

Legions of Gotham interview

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080829183544/http://news.toonzone.net/btan/btan65-p02.php ToonZone interview {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Loston 1970 births American comics artists Living people People from Clintwood, Virginia People from Durham, North Carolina Role-playing game artists The Kubert School alumni