Roy Thomas (b. 1940)

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • Roy Thomas
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Roy Family name: Thomas
  • Disambiguation: writer, editor

Other Names:

  1. R. T.
  2. Roy T. Type: Pen Name
  3. R. Thomas Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: R. Family name: Thomas
  4. Roy William Thomas Jr. Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Roy William Jr. Family name: Thomas
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Signatures:

  1. as Roy [generic]
  2. Kid Colt [generic]
  3. R. T. [generic]
  4. Roy [generic]
  5. Roy
  6. Roy Thomas [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1969: Alley Awards - Best Writer
  2. 1971: Shazam Award - Best Writer (Dramatic Division)
  3. 1973: Goethe Awards - Favorite Pro Editor
  4. 1973: Goethe Awards - Favorite Pro Writer
  5. 1974: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  6. 1974: Angoulême International Comics Festival - Best Foreign Author
  7. 1974: Shazam Award - Superior Achievement by an Individual
  8. 1975: Comic Fan Art Awards - Favorite Pro Writer
  9. 1976: Eagle Awards - Favourite Comic Book Writer
  10. 1980: Eagle Awards - Roll of Honour
  11. 1996: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Author That We Loved
  12. 2011: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
  13. 2015: Peng! - Der Münchner Comicpreis - Beste Sekundärliteratur
  14. 2022: Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman Award Hall of Fame

Awards for Stories:

  1. 1973: Goethe Awards - Favorite Comic-Book Story
    The Black Hound of Vengeance! (Conan) comic story, 20p
  2. 1973: Shazam Award - Best Individual Story (Dramatic)
    The Song of Red Sonja (Conan) comic story, 20p
  3. 1979: British Fantasy Awards - Comic
    The Scarlet Citadel (Conan) comic story, 46p

Relations:

  1. Ghosted for - Stan Lee (b. 1922)
    Notes: Roy Thomas began ghostwriting for Stan Lee the Amazing Spider-Man comic strip from around 2000 to 2019 when the comic strip entered into reprints.
  2. Spouse - Dann Thomas (b. 1952)
    Notes: Married in May 1981.
  3. Spouse - Jean Thomas (b. ????)
    Notes: Former husband and wife. Married from July 1968 to mid-1975s

Schools:

  1. Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau] ? to 1961

    Notes: BS in Education, majored in history and social science

  2. California State University 2004 ? to 2005

    Notes: Humanities

Degrees:

  1. B.A., Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau] in 1961

    Notes: education, majored in history and social science

  2. M.A., California State University in 2005

    Notes: Humanities

Art Influences:

Roy Thomas (b. 1940) stated influences by:
  1. Otto Binder (b. 1911)
  2. Gardner Fox (b. 1911)
  3. Ernest Hemingway (b. 1899)
  4. Robert E. Howard (b. 1906)
  5. Gil Kane (b. 1926)
  6. Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
  7. Stan Lee (b. 1922)
  8. William Shakespeare (b. 1564)
  9. Joe Simon (b. 1913)
  10. W. B. Yeats (b. 1865)
  11. Όμηρος
Influences by Roy Thomas (b. 1940) were stated by:
  1. J. M. DeMatteis (b. 1953)
  2. Tony Isabella (b. 1951)
  3. L. B. Kellogg (b. 1956)
  4. Rich Margopoulos (b. 1949)
  5. Lou Mougin (b. 1954)
  6. Ramon Schenk (b. 1977)
  7. Peter Scianna (b. 1957)
  8. Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
  9. Ashley Tillman (b. 1960)
  10. Stan Timmons (b. 1956)
  11. Murray Ward (b. 1951)
  12. Phil White (b. 1948)

Memberships:

  1. CAPA-alpha Type: member

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: The Legion Companion (book) - Role: writer - Year: 2003
    Employer Name : TwoMorrows Publishing
    Notes: interview for Glen Cadigan's book

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