Thomas "Tom" Grummett (born 1959) is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as The New Titans, The Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Power Company, Robin, New Thunderbolts and Heroes.
Career
DC Comics
Tom Grummett began providing finished artwork over George Pérez's layouts on The New Titans #58 (Sept. 1989). He worked with Marv Wolfman and Pérez on the "A Lonely Place of Dying" storyline which introduced Tim Drake as the new Robin. Grummett remained on The New Titans after Pérez's departure and helped Wolfman revitalize the title. He began a long association with the Superman franchise when he drew Action Comics #665 (May 1991) and then helped writer Louise Simonson and artist Jon Bogdanove launch a new title, Superman: The Man of Steel in July 1991. Grummett drew part of The Adventures of Superman #480 (July 1991) and became the main artist on that series with the following issue and then worked on the "Panic in the Sky" crossover in 1992. During his run on The Adventures of Superman, Grummett and writer Jerry Ordway (along with editor Mike Carlin, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern and others) were the architects of "The Death of Superman" storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. It was during that storyline, that Grummett and writer Karl Kesel, created the new Superboy in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993). Grummett drew parts for DC Comics' other major event of the early 1990s, "Batman: Knightfall", contributing parts of "Knightquest" and "KnightsEnd". Grummett launched an ongoing Robin series in November 1993 with writer Chuck Dixon and a Superboy series three months later with writer Karl Kesel. In Summer 1995, writer Roger Stern and Grummett created a new quarterly series, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow. He was one of the many artists who contributed to the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane. Other work for DC included collaborating with Chuck Dixon on a Secret Six one-shot (Dec. 1997) as part of the Tangent Comics imprint and co-creating the Power Company series with writer Kurt Busiek in 2002.
Gorilla Comics
In 2000, Grummett and his former Superboy collaborator Karl Kesel created Section Zero as part of the Gorilla Comics imprint at Image Comics. Gorilla Comics was intended to be a creator owned company financed by a comics related website, eHero.com. The website proved to be a financial failure, leaving the creators to personally finance their own books. Along with the other Gorilla Comics creators, Kesel and Grummett attempted to continue the series they started, but these efforts proved to be unsuccessful. In January 2012, Kesel announced that he and Grummett would be relaunching Section Zero as a webcomic on the Mad Genius Comics website. The previously published stories are being posted on the site and new material will be added as it is completed.
Marvel Comics
At Marvel Comics, he completed a run as penciller on Thunderbolts, with writer Fabian Nicieza and inker Gary Erskine in 2007 and in 2009 he co-created the X-Men Forever series with Chris Claremont.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
DC Comics
- 9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember Volume 2 (2002)
- Action Comics #665, 667, 727-737, Annual #3 (1991, 1996â€"1997)
- The Adventures of Superman #480-482, 484-506, 550-566 (1991â€"1993, 1997â€"1999)
- Animal Man #9, 14 (1989)
- Aquaman (vol. 6) #14 (2004)
- Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat #1 (1996)
- Batman: Dark Knight Gallery #1 (1996)
- Guy Gardner: Warrior #44 (1996)
- JLA #61 (2002)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #94
- The New Titans #58-59, 61-67, 71-79, 82-93, 97-100, Annual #5-6 (1989â€"1993)
- Power Company #1-18 (2002â€"2003)
- Robin (vol. 4) #0-5, 7-10, 14-16 (1993â€"1995)
- Secret Origins (vol. 2) #39, 44, Annual #3 (1989)
- Secret Six (vol. 2) #1
- Showcase '95 #11 (1995)
- Showcase '96 #8 (1996)
- Superboy (vol. 3) #0-8, 11-25, 30, 50-53, 57-79, 100, 1000000 (1994â€"1996, 1998â€"2000)
- Superboy/Robin: World's Finest Three #1-2 (1996)
- Superman vol. 2, #57, 133, 200 (1991-2004)
- Superman for the Animals #1 (2000)
- Superman Forever #1 (1998)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1-6 (1995-1996)
- Superman: The Wedding Album #1 (1996)
- Teen Titans (vol. 3) #7-8, 13-15, 20
- Titans Sell-Out Special #1
- Who's Who In The DC Universe #1-5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16
- Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #32
- Worlds Collide #1 (1994)
Image Comics
- George Pérez's Crimson Plague #1 (Section Zero preview) (2000)
- Section Zero #1-3 (2000)
Marvel Comics
- Avengers/Thunderbolts #3-6
- Challengers of the Fantastic #1
- Exiles #100
- Fantastic Four #525, 526
- Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #50
- Generation X #9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16
- Iron Man (vol. 3) #21
- Mystic Arcana Black Knight #1
- New Exiles #1-4, 7-10, 13, Annual #1
- New Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #1-8, 10-14, 17, 18
- Open Space (vol. 1) #1-2
- She-Hulk (vol. 2) #3
- Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #134-137
- The Amazing Spider-Man #400
- Thor Annual 2001
- Thunderbolts Presents Zemo Born Better #1-4
- Thunderbolts #100-109
- Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #322, 490, Annual '93
- X-Men Forever 2 (vol. 1) #1-3, 6
- X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #1-5, 11-15, 18, 24
- X-Men Unlimited #8
References
External links
- Tom Grummett at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Tom Grummett at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
