Terry Beatty (born January 11, 1958''

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'' #1650; February 2009; Page 107) is an artist who has worked as a penciler and inker in the American

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industry, where he is perhaps best known for his co-creation of the female detective Ms. Tree.

Career

Terry Beatty is the artist and co-creator (with

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) 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

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comic strip, ''

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'', with his first strip published on January 29, 2012. As of December 30, 2013, Beatty became the new artist for the

comic strip, '' Rex Morgan, M.D.'', taking over from

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

References

External links

* http://www.terrybeatty.com * http://www.terrybeatty.blogspot.com/ 1958 births Living people People from Muscatine, Iowa {{US-comics-artist-stub