Tom Veitch, R.I.P.

Sad to note the passing of writer Tom Veitch at age 80 from covid.

(fundraiser organized by his daughter)

Some of his earliest comics were undergrounds from the early 1970s, including some work with Greg Irons, including the bizarre one-shot THE LEGION OF CHARLIES [1971] and the amusing "Last Gasp" short from SLOW DEATH #5 [1973] featuring the creators and their publisher.

With brother Rick Veitch he did a back-up story, "Guts", for SGT. ROCK #356 [1981], and with Stephen Bissette he did the story "Roadkills" in DEATH RATTLE #6 [1986].

With Cam Kennedy he did THE LIGHT AND DARKNESS WAR from Epic in 1988, and the two of them re-united for the first Dark Horse published STAR WARS series, DARK EMPIRE (plus the sequel, DARK EMPIRE II, finally ending with EMPIRE'S END with art by Jim Baikie).

 

He also did a trio of prestige format mini-series at DC in the early 1990s, pre-Vertigo but very much in the vein of the future imprint. MY NAME IS CHAOS with John Ridgway, CLASH with Adam Kubert and THE NAZZ with Bryan Talbot.