Tom Veitch
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Tom Veitch in San Francisco
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| Born | September 26, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Notable works
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Star Wars |
Tom Veitch (born September 26, 1951)[1] is an American writer.
Creator-owned comics by Veitch include The Light and Darkness War with artist Cam Kennedy, published by Marvel Comics and Titan Books, and The Nazz with artist Bryan Talbot, Clash with artist Adam Kubert, and My Name Is Chaos with artist John Ridgway, each published by DC Comics.
He is known for initiating the Dark Horse Comics line of Star Wars comic books, with Dark Empire and Tales of the Jedi. For DC Comics Veitch wrote 18 issues of Animal Man,[2] along with two Elseworlds series featuring Kamandi and an elder Superman. He is the brother of comics writer/artist Rick Veitch.
Veitch was a contributor to the underground comix movement of the early 1970s. His collaborations with underground comix artist Greg Irons (the creative team known as "GI/TV") included such titles as Legion of Charlies, Deviant Slice and contributions to many other underground comix, including Skull Comix and Slow Death Funnies.
Veitch's novels include: The Luis Armed Story (Full Court Press, 1978); Eat This! (Angel Hair Books, 1974); and Antlers in the Treetops, written with poet Ron Padgett (Coach House Press, 1970). His poetry collection Death College and Other Poems, with an afterword by Allen Ginsberg, was published in 1976 by Bill Berkson's Big Sky Books.
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