Timothy Truman

Timothy Truman

Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956 in Gauley Bridge , West Virginia ) is an American comic book author , illustrator and musician.

Life and work

After attending Gauley Bridge High School , Truman began studying at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio and West Virginia University in 1974 . From 1979 to 1981 he also attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey . In 1981 he went to New York City where he initially illustrated role-playing cards.

For the independent publisher First Comics , Truman and John Ostrander created the series "GrimJack", the first story of which was published in November 1983 in the comic book Starslayer # 10. After "GrimJack" was published up to and including # 18 in Starslayer , the series was continued in its own eponymous series, which reached 81 issues. Another independent work was the 1985 "Comic Scout", a futuristic western that was later followed by "Scout: War Shaman".

While he was working on comics about Tarzan, Star Wars and Conan for the publisher Dark Horse Comics , he created the “Prowler” series for the publisher Eclipse and revitalized the classic “Airboy and the Heap”. He created "Turok: Dinosaur Hunter" for Valiant Comics .

For the publisher DC Comics , however, Truman worked from 1991 on the science fiction series "Hawkman" - which he reinterpreted as "Hawkworld" - as well as on the western series " Jonah Hex " , which crosses into the horror genre . Then there was the miniseries “Guns of the Dragon” in which he brought the western hero “ Bat Lash ” and the German fighter pilot “ Enemy Ace ” together for a joint adventure.

Truman is currently working on the series "Conan" as the successor to Kurt Busiek and is a lecturer at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design .

Truman, who has his own recording studio in his Lancaster home, is an avid music lover and has released at least two CDs to date. However, he made far more important contributions to the music industry than his direct musical works through his long-standing collaboration with the band Grateful Dead for whom Truman designed the designs for CD covers, tour posters and T-shirts for decades.