Thomas Yeates (born January 19, 1955)
Early life
Thomas Yeates was born in Sacramento, California and began drawing at a young age.
He attended Utah State University for two years.
[Cooke, p. 54–55]
Career
Yeates was part of the first graduating class from The Kubert School.
His first published comics work was "Preacher" a five-page backup feature in
Sgt. Rock #312 (Jan. 1978).
He provided spot illustrations for a
Batman prose story in
Detective Comics #500 (March 1981) written by Walter B. Gibson, longtime writer of
The Shadow.
Yeates and Jack C. Harris briefly revived Claw the Unconquered as a backup feature in
The Warlord #48–49.
[Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 195] "Dragonsword" was a backup feature by
Paul Levitz and Yeates which appeared in
The Warlord #51–54 (Nov. 1981–Feb. 1982).
In 1982, Yeates and writer
Martin Pasko revived
Swamp Thing in a new series titled
Saga of the Swamp Thing.
[Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 197: "Swamp Thing returned to the pages of a new ongoing series, written by Martin Pasko and drawn by artist Tom Yeates."] Timespirits was created by Stephen Perry and Yeates for the
Epic Comics line.
In 1987, he drew a comics adaptation of
Captain EO for
Eclipse Comics, with
stereoscopy effects by
Ray Zone.
In 1989,
Amazing Heroes named the comic the third best 3D comic of all time, praising Yeates' artwork.
asked him to draw
The Sandman but Yeates declined the offer.
[Cooke, p. 64]
Yeates drew the Universe X: Beasts and Universe X: Captain America one-shots for Marvel in 2001.
Yeates collaborated with Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier on the Groo vs. Conan crossover for Dark Horse Comics in 2014.
Awards
Yeates received an
Inkpot Award in 2012.
Bibliography
Comico
Dark Horse Comics
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Conan #1, 3–7, 9–11, 13–14 (2004–2005)
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Dark Horse Presents #143 (1999)
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Dark Horse Presents vol. 2 #8–10 (2012)
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#1 (1995)
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Return of Tarzan #1–3 (1997)
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Groo vs. Conan #1–4 (2014)
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Monkeyman and O'Brien July's Greatest Comics #1 (1996)
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Tarzan #1–6, 17–20 (1996–1998)
DC Comics
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Arak, Son of Thunder #27–30 (1983–1984)
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Detective Comics #500 (Batman) (1981)
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Elvira's House of Mystery #7 (1986)
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Ghosts #67,89 (1978-1980)
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House of Mystery #294, 301, 315 (1981–1983)
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Jonah Hex #53–55 (1981)
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Mystery in Space #114, 117 (1980–1981)
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Saga of the Swamp Thing #1–8, 10–13 (1982–1983)
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Sgt. Rock #312, 331, 340, 346 (1978–1980)
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Superman #422 (1986)
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Swamp Thing #64, 86–89, 112–113, Annual #3 (1987–1991)
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Unknown Soldier #244–246 (1980)
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Vertigo Comics Visions – Tomahawk #1 (1998)
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The Warlord #48–49 (Claw the Unconquered); #51–54 (Dragonsword) (1981–1982)
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Weird War Tales #103 (1981)
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#26 (1987)
Eclipse Comics
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Airboy #1–2, 25 (1986–1987)
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Alien Encounters #8 (1986)
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Alien Worlds vol. 2 #1 (1988)
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Aztec Ace #10, 14 (1985)
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Brought to Light #1 (1988)
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Captain EO #1 (adaptation) (1987)
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Licence to Kill #1 (adaptation) (1989)
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Luger #1–3 (1986–1987)
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The DNAgents #10 (1986)
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Orbit #3 (1990)
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Real War Stories #1 (1987)
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Scout #7, 9 (1986)
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Scout Handbook #1 (1987)
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Scout: War Shaman #10–11 (1989)
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Total Eclipse #2, 4 (1988–1989)
HM Communications, Inc.
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Heavy Metal #v4#7, #v5#5, #v7#10 (1980–1984)
Image Comics
Malibu Comics
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Tarzan: The Beckoning #1–7 (1992–1993)
Marvel Comics
Pacific Comics
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Alien Worlds #3, 5 (1983)
Topps Comics
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Dracula Versus Zorro #1–2 (1993)
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