Thomas 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).[1] He worked with Pérez and Marv Wolfman on the "A Lonely Place of Dying" storyline, which introduced
" storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected.
It was during that storyline, that Grummett and writer Karl Kesel, created the new Superboy (Kon-El / Conner Kent) in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993).[6] 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[7] and a Superboy series three months later with Kesel.[8] In Summer 1995, writer Roger Stern and Grummett created a new quarterly series, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow.[9] 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.[10] Other work for DC included collaborating with Chuck Dixon on a Secret Six one-shot (December 1997) as part of the Tangent Comics imprint[11] and co-creating the Power Company series with writer Kurt Busiek in 2002.[12] Grummett drew stories for both The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (January 2023)[13] and The Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (December 2023).[14]
Gorilla Comics
In 2000, Grummett and 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.[15] 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.[16] In January 2012, Kesel announced that he and Grummett relaunch Section Zero as a webcomic on the Mad Genius Comics website.[17][18] The previously published stories were posted on the site and new material was added as it was completed.[19] A Kickstarter campaign in 2017 allowed Kesel and Grummett to finish the story.[20][21]
Tom Grummett at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
References
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2.Matthew K. Manning, Hannah Dolan. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle Dorling Kindersley, 2010^
3.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 249: "Writer Marv Wolfman had revitalized the Titans franchise yet again, with the help of his new creative partner, artist Tom Grummett."^
4.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "DC editorial saw the chance to give their hero a fourth ongoing monthly book, Superman: The Man of Steel was born, with the first issue written by Louise Simonson and with art by Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob McLeod, and Dan Jurgens."^
5.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 253: "In this seven-part adventure...writers Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, and Louise Simonson, with artists Brett Breeding, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, and Bob McLeod assembled many of DC's favorite characters to defend the world."^
6.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "The issue also featured four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the Superman name...A cloned Superboy escaped captivity in a yarn by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett."^
7.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 261: "[Robin] embarked on a solo career, with the help of writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Grummett."^
8.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 265: "Superboy set up camp in picturesque Hawaii in his new ongoing title written by Karl Kesel and with art by Tom Grummett."^
9.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 271: "Superman gained a new quarterly title to ensure his weekly appearance on comic book store racks in...Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1, by writer Roger Stern and penciller Tom Grummett."^
10.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."^
11.Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 281: "The Secret Six found their own monthly one-shot title written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by Tom Grummett."^
12.Alan Cowsill, Alex Irvine, Steve Korte, Matt Manning, Win Wiacek, Sven Wilson. The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe DK Publishing, 2016^
