Tommy Lee Edwards Explained

Nationality:	American
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Website:	http://www.tommyleeedwards.com/

Tommy Lee Edwards is an American illustrator. Edwards's varied portfolio includes works created in the realm of comics, video games, books, advertising, film, and animation.

Career

As well as comic-related work he has also worked on film projects, providing the style guides for films like Batman Begins, Superman Returns and Men in Black II as well as providing movie posters, illustrations for role-playing games and other promotional or licensing work.

Edwards's other projects include Marvel 1985,^[1] with writer Mark Millar,^[2] which Millar has said "is about the real world, the world we live in right now, dealing with the villains of the Marvel Universe finding us."^[3] He has also provided the art for Turf with Jonathan Ross.^[4] Edwards co-wrote a comic book series and made a short film for the multi-platform project Vandroid, published by Dark Horse Comics in 2014.^[5]

Bibliography

Comics

• Eightball
• Batman
• Disavowed
• Hellboy
• The Invisibles
• Daredevil
• The Matrix
• Star Trek
• Gemini Blood (with Christopher Hinz, Helix, 1996–1997)
• ZombieWorld

Winter's Dregs (with Bob Fingerman, 4-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, 1998, collected in tpb ZombieWorld: Winter's Dregs, 2005)

• The Question (with Rick Veitch, 6-issue mini-series, DC, 2005)
• Bullet Points (with J. Michael Straczynski, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel, 2006–2007)
• Marvel 1985 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, May 2008)
• Turf (with Jonathan Ross, limited series, Image Comics, 2010–2011)
• Vandroid with Noah Smith and Dan McDaid, 2014
• Mother Panic #1–12 with Jody Houser, 2017^[6]
• Mother Panic: Gotham A.D #1–6 with Jody Houser, 2018^[7]

Film-related

• The Book of Eli - Concept Artist
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Style-Guide and children's books
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Style Guide
• Star Wars - RPG Core Rule Book, children's books, style guide, and Essential Guide books
• Batman Begins - Licensing Style-guide
• Dinotopia - Movie Promo and Style Guide
• Superman Returns - Style Guide
• Men in Black II - Style Guide

External links

• • • • Grau, Raul. Tommy Edwards poses the question, Comixfan Forums (September 26, 2004).
• Interview with Artist Tommy Lee Edwards, EUCantina.net
• Tommy Lee Edwards: Saga Artist, Star Wars: expanded Universe (January 2, 2003)
• The Question About Tommy Lee Edwards, Scoop (August 28, 2004)
• Parker, Charley. Tommy Lee Edwards, lines and colors (March 10, 2007)
• Wickliffe, Andrew. Talking "TheBLVD Sketchbook" with Tommy Lee Edwards, Comic Book Resources (June 16, 2006)

Notes and References

1. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15923 '80s ICON: Edwards talks "Marvel 1985"
2. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=12730 World Without Heroes: Millar Talks "Marvel 1985"
3. http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/120430437258967.htm Mark Millar Takes Marvel Back To 1985
4. Web site: Dave . Richards . Tommy Lee Edwards & Jonathan Ross Defend Their "Turf" . . September 1, 2009 . May 10, 2010 .
5. Web site: Rich . Johnston . Rich Johnston . Vandroid By Tommy Lee Edwards' Noah Smith And Dan McDaid, Resurrected For Dark Horse In February . . November 15, 2013 .
6. Web site: McMillan. Graeme. 9 November 2016. 'Mother Panic': Behind Gotham City's New Comic Book Vigilante. 21 December 2017. The Hollywood Reporter.
7. Web site: DC's Young Animal Imprint Is Getting a Cosmic Reshuffle Next Year. 2022-02-10. Gizmodo. 14 December 2017 . en-us.