Walt Simonson
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| Born | Walter Simonson September 2, 1946 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
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Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.
Simonson has won numerous awards for his work and has influenced artists such as Arthur Adams and Todd McFarlane.
He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson (née Alexander, née Jones), with whom he collaborated on X-Factor from 1988 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.
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Early life
Walter Simonson was born September 2, 1946 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and lived there for two and a half years. When his father, who worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, received a promotion at work that required him to relocate to Washington, D.C., Simonson, his younger brother and his parents moved to Maryland, where Simonson's parents still lived as of 1989.[1] Simonson first read comics as a child, through the subscriptions to Walt Disney's Comics and Stories that his brother had. By the age of ten he was an avid fan of the work of Carl Barks,[2] Little Lulu, Little Iodine, and Alex Toth's work on The Land Unknown.[1] He also enjoyed drawing from a very young age.[2]Although Simonson was embarrassed to be seen by girls buying comics while in high school, he discovered Russ Manning's work on Magnus Robot Fighter right before he started college, and submitted a drawing that was printed in issue #10 in May, 1965, in the publication's fan page, "Robot Gallery." This was his first published work in comics.[1]
Simonson studied geology at Amherst College, with the intent of becoming an expert on dinosaurs.[2] In 1964 or 1965, Simonson discovered Marvel Comics, in particular that company's version of Thor, a title he read for four years.[1][2] From this he realized that drawing comics was more fun, and more feasible as a career than working outdoors in hot weather as a geologist or paleontologist, despite harboring a love for the latter that continued the rest of his life.[2][3][4] Simonson came to be heavily influenced by the artists who worked for Marvel, such as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Gil Kane and Jim Holdaway, as well as European artists such as Moebius, Jean-Claude Mézières, Antonio Hernandez Palacios and Sergio Toppi.[2]
After graduating from Amherst with a degree in Geology,[2] Simonson took a year off, and then enrolled as an art major at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was the 50-page black and white book The Star Slammers, which took him two years to write, pencil, letter and ink himself, and was published a sort of ashcan promotional comic book for the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C. (DisCon II). Simonson would later revisit Star Slammers throughout his career, publishing it through various publishers over the decades.[1][2]
Career
1970s
In August 1972, Simonson traveled to New York with his Star Slammers portfolio, and met with Gerry Boudreau, a friend who worked for DC Comics, where, as Simonson recalls, many young artists had begun working in the 1970s, in contrast to Marvel, which Simonson perceived as more stagnant. Boudreau arranged a meeting between Simonson and editor Archie Goodwin. After meeting with Goodwin, Simonson went to DC's coffee room, where he saw Howard Chaykin, Michael Kaluta, Berni Wrightson and Alan Weiss sitting together. Simonson struck up a conversation with the artists, who looked at his portfolio. Kaluta showed Simonson's work to Assistant Production Manager Jack Adler, who in turn showed it to DC Publisher Carmine Infantino, who after being shown the portfolio, summoned Simonson into his office. After speaking to Simonson for about ten minutes, he had Goodwin and his fellow editors Julius Schwartz and Joe Orlando give Simonson work. Simonson walked out of Infantino's office with jobs from each one of them.[1]
Simonson's first professional published comic book work was illustrating writer Len Wein's story "Cyrano's Army", which appeared in DC's Weird War Tales #10,[1][5] which was covered dated January 1973. He also did a number of illustrations for the Harry N. Abrams, Inc. edition of The Hobbit, and at least one unrelated print of a samurai warrior that was purchased by Harvard University's Fogg Museum, and included in its annual undergraduate-use loan program. Simonson's breakthrough illustration job was "Manhunter", a backup feature in DC's Detective Comics written by Goodwin, which cemented Simonson's professional reputation.[1][6][7] In a 2000 interview, Simonson recalled, "What 'Manhunter' did was to establish me professionally. Before 'Manhunter,' I was one more guy doing comics; after 'Manhunter,' people in the field knew who I was. It'd won a bunch of awards the year that it ran, and after that, I really had no trouble finding work."[8] Simonson then drew other DC series such as Metal Men and Hercules Unbound[9] and co-created Doctor Phosphorus with Steve Englehart.[10] Batman #300 (June 1978) featured a story by Simonson and writer David Vern Reed.[11][12] In 1979 Simonson and Goodwin collaborated on an adaptation of the movie Alien, published by Heavy Metal. It was on Alien that Simonson's long working relationship with letterer John Workman began. Workman has lettered most of Simonson's work since.[9]
Starting in January 1977, Simonson was the original artist on The Rampaging Hulk, a black-and-white magazine published by Marvel's Curtis Magazines line.[13] Simonson also had his first run on Thor at this time, working only as the series' artist alongside writer Len Wein.[9] In late 1978,[14] Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Val Mayerik, and Jim Starlin formed Upstart Associates, a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City. The membership of the studio changed over time.[15]
In 1979 Simonson did writing and art on a book for the first time with his run on Marvel's licensed Battlestar Galactica series,[2] penciling 12 sporadic issues from issues #4 to 23 with writer Roger McKenzie. Simonson began co-writing the series with McKenzie with issue #11, co-wrote some issues with Bob Layton and Steven Grant after McKenzie left the title, wrote began writing the book himself with issue #19, staying on until issue #23.[9]
1980s
In 1982, Simonson and writer Chris Claremont produced The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans intercompany crossover between the top-selling Marvel and DC titles.[16][17] Simonson is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Thor which he began writing and drawing with issue #337 (Nov. 1983).[18] Simonson took nearly complete control of Thor, during which he transformed Thor into a frog for three issues and introduced the supporting character Beta Ray Bill, an alien warrior who unexpectedly proved worthy to wield Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.[19][20] He started as writer and artist with issue #337 (Nov. 1983) and continued until #367 (May 1986). Sal Buscema became the artist on the title with #368 but Simonson continued to write the book until issue #382 (Aug. 1987).[9] Buscema described Simonson's stories as "very stimulating. It was a pleasure working on his plots, because they were a lot of fun to illustrate. He had a lot of great ideas, and he took Thor in a totally new direction."[21] In late 1986 he dropped several of his assignments, including Thor, remarking that "I had a very busy season over the past six to eight months, and I'd like to take some time off, to take time maybe to take stock and refuel a bit."[22] Simonson was to have drawn a Daredevil story written by Frank Miller but it was never completed and remains unpublished.[23] Simonson joined his wife Louise on the X-Factor series with issue #10. In #25, the creators gave the character the Angel blue skin and metal wings in a process which would lead to his being renamed as "Archangel". Their run on X-Factor included the story arcs "Mutant Massacre", "Fall of the Mutants," and "Inferno".[9]
In 1983, he returned to Star Slammers with another version of the story that Marvel published in Marvel Graphic Novel No. 6.[2]
Simonson left Upstart Associates in late 1986.[24]
1990s
Simonson became writer of the Fantastic Four with issue #334 (Dec. 1989), and three issues later began penciling and inking as well (#337). For issues #347-349, he collaborated with Arthur Adams, introducing the "New Fantastic Four" consisting of Wolverine, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and the Hulk.[25][26][27] In issue #345 he depicted dinosaurs with feathers, two decades before this idea gained mainstream acceptance among paleontologists. Simonson's decision to depict the dinosaurs in this manner was inspired by Arthur Paul's then-controversial book, Predator Dinosaurs of the World, in which Paul theorized that dinosaurs had feathers. Because this idea was met with skepticism from the scientific community at the time, Simonson decided to compromise by depicting the dinosaurs with a small amount of feathers, rather than covered with them.[28] Simonson left the Fantastic Four with issue #354 (July 1991). His other Marvel credits in the decade included co-plotting/writing the Iron Man 2020 one-shot (June 1994) and writing the Heroes Reborn version of the Avengers.[9]
In 1994 Simonson continued the adventures of the Star Slammers in a limited series as one of the founders of Malibu Comics' short-lived Bravura label.[2]
2000s
In the 2000s, Simonson mostly worked for DC Comics. From 2000 to 2002 he wrote and illustrated Orion.[29] After that series ended, he wrote six issues of Wonder Woman (vol. 2) drawn by Jerry Ordway.[9] In 2002, he contributed an interview to Panel Discussions, a nonfiction book about the developing movement in sequential art and narrative literature, along with Durwin Talon, Will Eisner, Mike Mignola and Mark Schultz.
From 2003 to 2006, he drew the four issue prestige mini-series Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer, written by Elric's creator, Michael Moorcock. This series was collected as a 192 page graphic novel in 2007 by DC. He continued to work for DC in 2006 writing Hawkgirl, with pencillers Howard Chaykin, Joe Bennett, and Renato Arlem.[9]
His other work includes cover artwork for a Bat Lash mini-series and the ongoing series Vigilante,[9] as well as writing a Wildstorm comic book series based on the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.[30][31] The Warcraft series ran 25 issues and was co-written with his wife, Louise Simonson. He wrote the Demon and Catwoman serial in Wednesday Comics in 2009.[32]
2010s
In 2011, Simonson had a cameo role in the live-action Thor film, appearing as one of the guests at a large Asgardian banquet.[33] The sequel, Thor: The Dark World, featured Simonson's character Malekith the Accursed.
Simonson serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity The Hero Initiative.[34]
Other work in the 2010s includes drawing six issues of The Avengers vol. 4 in 2012 and providing the artwork for three issues of The Indestructible Hulk which guest starred Thor. Simonson collaborated with his wife for a short story in Rocketeer Adventures vol. 2 #4 and drew covers for several Rocketeer comics during this period.[9]
In 2012 DC Comics published The Judas Coin,[9] a graphic novel written and drawn by Simonson. The book shows how one silver coin paid to Judas to betray Jesus affects various characters down the centuries including Batman.
Simonson's creator-owned series Ragnarök published by IDW Publishing features a version of Thor unrelated to the Marvel character. The first issue was published in July 2014.[35]
Awards
Simonson's awards include Shazam Awards for Outstanding New Talent in 1973, for Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) in 1973 for "The Himalayan Incident" in Detective Comics #437 (with Archie Goodwin), and the same award in 1974 for "Cathedral Perilous" in Detective Comics #441 (again with Archie Goodwin). Simonson and Goodwin also won the Shazam Award for Best Individual Story (Dramatic) in 1974 for "Götterdämmerung" in Detective Comics #443. All three winning stories were a part of the Manhunter saga.
At the 2010 Harvey Awards, which were held at the Baltimore Comic-Con on August 28, 2010, Simonson received the 2010 Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented to him by his wife, Louise Simonson.[36][37]
A collection of Simonson's Thor comics shot from the original art, published as part of IDW's Artist's Edition series, took one 2012 Eisner Award (Best Archival Collection/Project: Comic Books)[38] and two Harvey Awards (Best Domestic Reprint Project and a Special Award for Excellence in Presentation).[39]
Signature
Simonson's distinctive signature consists of his last name, distorted to resemble a Brontosaurus. Simonson's reason for this was explained in a 2006 interview. "My mom suggested a dinosaur since I was a big dinosaur fan."[40][41]
Technique and materials
Simonson inked his own work with a Hunt 102 Pro-quill pen. He switched to a brush during the mid-to-late 2000s, and despite the disparity between the two tools, Bryan Hitch, an admirer of Simonson's, stated that he could not tell the difference, calling Simonons's brush work "as typically good and powerful as his other work."[42]
Influence
Comics creators who have been influenced by Simonson's work include Arthur Adams[43][44] and Todd McFarlane.[45]
Personal life
Simonson met his future wife Louise Jones in 1973. The couple started dating in August 1974[46] and were married in 1980.[47]
Bibliography
DC
- Batman #300, 312, 321 (1978–80)
- Batman Black and White #2 (1996)
- DC Universe: Legacies #5 (2010)
- Detective Comics (Manhunter stories) #437–443; (Batman) #450, 469–470 (1973–77); #500 (among other artists) (1981)
- Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer, miniseries, #1–4 (2006)
- 1st Issue Special (Doctor Fate) #9 (1975)
- Hawkgirl #50–66 (writer)
- Hercules Unbound #7–12
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World #1–11, 13–20 (covers)
- JSA: Armageddon Inferno #1–4 (artist)
- The Judas Coin (writer/artist, 2012)
- Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Sandman (artist)
- Legends of the World's Finest #1–3 (writer)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #94, 100 (artist)
- Metal Men #45–49 (artist and plot assists)
- Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #1–12 (artist)
- Orion #1–25 (writer/artist)
- Star Spangled War Stories #170, 172, 180 (artist)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #237 (artist)
- Superman #666 (artist)
- Superman Special #1 (writer/artist, 1992)
- Superman: The Last God of Krypton (writer)
- Sword of Sorcery #4–5 (artist)
- The Spirit #8 ("Gemini") (writer, 2010)
- Wednesday Comics (Demon/Catwoman) #1–12 (writer)
- Weird War Tales #10, 72 (artist) (1973–79)
- Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #189–194 (writer)
- World of Warcraft #1–25 (writer with Louise Simonson)
Marvel
- Amazing Spider-Man #222 (cover) (1981)
- Animax, miniseries, #1–2 (1986)
- Avengers #291–299, Annual 17 (writer), 300 (writer/artist) (1988–1989)
- Avengers, vol. 2, (Heroes Reborn) #8–12 (writer) (1997)
- Avengers, vol. 4, (Avengers vs. X-Men) #25-30 (artist) (2012)
- Avengers Prime, miniseries, #1 (2010)
- Balder the Brave #1–4 (writer/covers)
- Battlestar Galactica #11, 13, 15, 17–23 (writer, with Roger McKenzie); #4, 5, 11–17, 19–20, 22–23 (artist)
- Bizarre Adventures #29 (artist)
- Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster (giveaway) #0
- Conan the Barbarian #135 (cover)
- Daredevil #236 (cover, with Bill Sienkiewicz)
- Dazzler #2 (art, pages 11–16)
- Death's Head #9 (cover)
- Doctor Strange #182 (letter, 1969), 45 (inks, page 7, 1981)
- Doctor Who #1 (art, 3 pages), 3 (art, 1 page)
- Eternals, maxi-series, #9–12 (writer)
- Fantastic Four #212 (cover), 334–341, 343–350, 352–354 (writer; also artist on #337–341, 343–346, 350, 352–354) (1989–91)
- FOOM #18 (photo, 1977)
- Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown, miniseries, #1–4 (co-writer, with Louise Simonson)
- Haunt of Horror #2 (art, 1973)
- Haunt of Horror Magazine #1 (art, 1974)
- Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men #1 (art, 4 pages)
- Howard the Duck Magazine #7 (art, 1 page pinup)
- Hulk Magazine #11 (art, 1 page), 20 (art), 23 (cover)
- Incredible Hulk #364-367 (covers)
- Indestructible Hulk #6, 7, & 8 (cover, interiors)
- Iron Man #3, 10 (letter, 1968–69), Annual 8 (cover)
- Iron Man 2020 (writer)
- John Carter, Warlord of Mars #15 (pencils, with Ross Andru)
- Kickers, Inc. #9 (cover, with Mike Mignola)
- Kree-Skrull War Starring the Avengers #1 (cover)
- Marvel Graphic Novel #6 (Star Slammers) (writer/artist)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark movie adaptation #1–3 (writer)
- Rampaging Hulk #1–3
- Savage Sword of Conan #7, 8, 12, 15–17
- Star Wars #56–63, 65 (writer); #16, 49–63, 65–66 (artist)
- Thor #260–271, Annual #7 (artist only); #337–355, 357–382 (writer; also artist on #337–354, 357–367) (1977–86)
- Uncanny X-Men #171
- X-Factor #10–15, 17–39
- What If (Nova) #15
- Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure (writer)
Marvel/DC
- Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans, one-shot, (1982)
Dark Horse
- Robocop vs Terminator #1–4
- Tarzan vs Predator at the Earth's Core #1-4 (writer)
Other publishers
- The Twilight Zone #50: Nature's Way (artist) July 1973 (uncredited, signed) (Gold Key Comics)
- Alien: The Illustrated Story movie adaptation (artist) (Heavy Metal)
- Creepy #102, 107, 112 (artist) (Warren, 1979)
- Jurassic Park movie adaptation #1–4 (writer) (Topps)
- Star*Reach #1 (1974) (Star*Reach)
- The Path #5 (artist) August 2002 (CrossGen)
- Alien - The Illustrated Story (Original Art Edition), (artist) Archie Goodwin (writer), 2012 (Titan Books), ISBN 9781781161302
Books and compilations
DC
- The Art of Walter Simonson collects stories from Detective Comics #450; 1st Issue Special #9; Unknown Soldier #254-256; Star Spangled War Stories #170 and 180; Hercules Unbound #11-12; and Metal Men #45-49, 208 pages, June 1989, ISBN 0930289412
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 (introduction only), 396 pages, August 2007, ISBN 140121357X
- Manhunter: The Special Edition collects stories from Detective Comics #437-443, 104 pages, June 1999, ISBN 1563893746
Marvel
- Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson trade paperbacks
- Volume 1 collects Fantastic Four #334-341, 200 pages, May 2007, ISBN 0785127585
- Volume 2 collects Fantastic Four #342-346, 120 pages, September 2008, ISBN 0785131302
- Volume 3 collects Fantastic Four #347-350 and 352-354, 192 pages, November 2009, ISBN 0785137513
- Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson trade paperbacks
- Volume 1 collects Thor #337-348, 288 pages, May 2001, ISBN 0785107584
- Volume 2 collects Thor #349-355 and 357-359, 240 pages, September 2003, ISBN 0785110461
- Volume 3 collects Thor #360-369, 232 pages, March 2004, ISBN 078511047X
- Volume 4 collects Thor #371-374 and Balder the Brave #1-4, 192 pages, September 2007, ISBN 0785127119
- Volume 5 collects Thor #375-382 208 pages, February 2008, ISBN 0785127372
- Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus collects Thor #337-355, 357-369, 371-382 and Balder the Brave #1-4, 1192 pages, April 2011, ISBN 0785146334
- Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor 2 an anthology with Lee, Kirby, et al., 2013, ISBN 1846535522
- Thor: The Last Viking (Ultimate Marvel Graphic Novel Collection issue 38) collects Thor #337-343
- Thor by Walter Simonson - Volume 1, 2013, collects Thor #337-?, remastered, ISBN 0785184600
IDW
- Walter Simonson's The Mighty Thor: Artist's Edition collects Thor #337-340 and 360-362, 176 pages, July 2011, ISBN 1613770383
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992-94 | Batman: The Animated Series (9 episodes) | Character Rupert Thorne | TV Series, uncredited |
| 2003 | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Character Rupert Thorne | Video, uncredited |
| 2009 | Batman: Black and White (episode "Legend") | Writer and artist | TV series |
| 2011 | Thor | Cameo as Asgardian | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Special thanks, creator of villain Malekith the Accursed |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 May, Peggie (Editor) (June 1989). "People at Work". Direct Currents #18. DC Comics. p. 7
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External links
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- Walter Simonson at the Comic Book DB
- "DC Profiles #2: Walt Simonson" at the Grand Comics Database
- Walter Simonson at the Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Walter Simonson at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Walter Simonson at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Video of Walt Simonson drawing Cyclops on YouTube
- Walter Simonson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Walter Simonson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 24 catalog records
Interviews
- Interview at ComicBoards.com
- Interview at b-independent.com (1998)
- Interview at Fanzing.com (1999)
- Interview at PopMatters.com
| Preceded by | Thor artist 1977–1978 |
Succeeded by John Buscema |
| Preceded by | Star Wars artist 1981–1982 |
Succeeded by Ron Frenz |
| Preceded by | Thor artist 1983–1986 |
Succeeded by Sal Buscema |
| Preceded by | Thor writer 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by Tom DeFalco |
| Preceded by | The Avengers writer 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by Ralph Macchio |
| Preceded by
Steve Englehart
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Fantastic Four writer 1989–1991 |
Succeeded by Tom DeFalco |
| Preceded by | Fantastic Four artist 1990–1991 |
Succeeded by Paul Ryan |
| Preceded by
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The Avengers writer 1997 |
Succeeded by Kurt Busiek |
| Preceded by | Wonder Woman writer 2003 |
Succeeded by Greg Rucka |
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