Tony Salmons
Tony Salmons (born January 1, 1957) is an American alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist and character designer. His influences are many and varied, including Naked New York and Naked Dallas, John Cassavetes, Mort Drucker, Gene Colan, John Ford, Steven Spielberg, Sam Fuller, Wally Wood, Larry Hama, Bruce Timm, Paul Pope, Jim Steranko, Jorge Luis Borges, Thomas Pynchon, and Jack Kirby.
| Tony Salmons | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Comic Book Artist, Storyboard Artist con artist |
Notable works | Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice Batman: Gotham Knights Captain America: Red, White & Blue Dakota North Savage Sword of Conan Marvel Fanfare G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Batman: The Animated Series |
Life and Work
After many long road trips with his parents passed reading a stack of dog-eared comics, a lifelong love of the medium was born. Setting aside his mother's mission that he become a priest, and after abandoning a promising career chopping cotton, Salmons went to New York City in 1976 to pursue work in comics. In 1984, his career began in earnest when Larry Hama, an editor at Marvel Comics at the time, showed an interest and took Salmons under his wing to help him develop his storytelling and character development. Work on Savage Sword of Conan and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero followed soon thereafter. Other notable works include his five issue run on Dakota North for Marvel Comics in 1986-1987, and the four issue mini-series Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice for DC/Vertigo Comics in 1995. In 2000, Salmons produced artwork for the short story "Greetings From Gotham City" that was later featured in the hardcover collection, Batman: Black & White, Vol. 2. Inspired by his fondness for Jack Kirby's art in Tales to Astonish from Marvel Comics, Salmons produced a short tale for the anthology, Captain America: Red, White and Blue (2002, Marvel).
Recently, Salmons announced the pending publication of a new, original comic book mini-series, The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, due in 2008-when and if it comes out is anybodys guess.
Born in Rolla, Missouri, Salmons grew up in Casa Grande, Arizona, with stops in New York City and San Francisco. Salmons now lives and works in Los Angeles and has two daughters, Phoebe (http://www.livejournal.com/users/callianthus) and Hannah. [edit]
Bibliography
Television
- Batman: The Animated Series, Season 1, 1992, Warner Bros.
- Æon Flux, 1995, MTV.
Books
- Amazing High Adventure #1, 1984, Marvel.
- Batman: Gotham Knights #4, 2000, DC.
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #85, 1996, DC.
- Captain America: Red, White & Blue, hardcover, 2002, Marvel.
- Conan Saga #76, 1984, Marvel.
- 2000 AD, Crisis #40, 1990, Fleetway.
- Dakota North #1-5, 1986-87, Marvel.
- Dark Horse Presents #6-7, 9-10, 1986, Dark Horse.
- Doctor Strange #64, 1984, Marvel.
- Doomed #2, 2006, IDW.
- Dragon's Teeth #1, 1983, Clegg.
- First Six-Pack #2, First.
- The Foot Soldiers #2, 1997, Image.
- 411 #1, 2003, Marvel.
- Gangland #4, 1998, DC/Vertigo.
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #69, 87-88, 91, 1988-89, Marvel.
- G.I. Joe Yearbook #4, 1988, Marvel.
- Heartthrobs #2, 1998, DC/Vertigo.
- Heroes Against Hunger #1, 1986, DC.
- Jon Sable Freelance #54-55, 1987-88, First.
- Justice #5, 1987, Marvel.
- The Mark #1, 1987, Dark Horse.
- Marvel Comics Presents #9, 1988, Marvel.
- Marvel Fanfare #17, 19, 27, 1984-86, Marvel.
- Marvel Vision #16, 28, 1997-98, Marvel.
- Nightmask #1, 1986, Marvel.
- Penthouse Comix #22-23, 1997, Penthouse.
- Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #3, 1995, Penthouse.
- Peter Porker #8, 1986, Marvel.
- Savage Sword of Conan #107, 109, 113, 118, 165, 1984-85, 1989, Marvel.
- Savage Tales #3, 1985, Marvel.
- Star Wars #91, 1985, Marvel.
- Taboo #9, 1995, Kitchen Sink.
- Timeslip Collection #1, 1998, Marvel.
- Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice #1-4, 1995, DC/Vertigo.
- Web of Spider-Man Annual #1, 1985, Marvel.