Todd Klein (b. 1951)

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Name:

Todd Klein Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Todd Family name: Klein

Other Names:

1. Lenot Kidd Type: Pen Name
   

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Schools:

1. New York School of Visual Arts ? to ?

2. Kansas City Art Institute [Missouri] ? to ?

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Signatures:

1. 2K [generic]
2. KLEIN [generic]
3. TK [generic]
4. Todd [generic]

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Awards:

1. 1992: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
2. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Letterer
3. 1993: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
4. 1993: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
5. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Letterer
6. 1994: Eisner Award - Best Inker
7. 1994: Squiddy Award - Favorite Letterer
8. 1994: Thompsons - Best Achievement by a Letterer
9. 1995: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
10. 1995: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
11. 1995: Squiddy Award - Comics Letter
12. 1995: Thompsons - Best Achievement by a Letterer
13. 1996: Thompsons - Best Achievement by a Letterer
14. 1997: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
15. 1997: Thompsons - Best Achievement by a Letterer
16. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
17. 1998: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
18. 1999: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
19. 1999: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
20. 1999: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Letterer
21. 2000: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
22. 2000: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Letterer
23. 2000: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Letterer
24. 2001: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
25. 2001: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
26. 2001: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Letterer
27. 2002: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
28. 2002: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Letterer
29. 2002: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Letterer
30. 2002: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Creative Team
31. 2003: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
32. 2003: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
33. 2003: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Letterer
34. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
35. 2005: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
36. 2005: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
37. 2006: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
38. 2007: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
39. 2008: Inkpot Award - [no name]
40. 2008: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
41. 2011: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
42. 2013: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
43. 2017: Eisner Award - Best Letterer/Lettering
44. 2017: Ringo Awards - Best Letterer
45. 2018: Ringo Awards - Best Letterer
46. 2019: Ringo Awards - Best Letterer
47. 2019: Eisner Award - Best Lettering

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Awards for Issues:

1. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #3
2. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #4
3. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #6
4. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #8
5. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #9
6. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #16
7. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
   Sandman (1989 series) #13
8. 1990: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
   The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990 series) #[2] [First Printing]
9. 1991: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - Reprint
   The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990 series) #[2] [First Printing]
10. 1991: World Fantasy Award - Best Short Fiction
    Sandman (1989 series) #19
11. 1992: UK Comic Art Award - Best Original Graphic Novel/One-Shot
    Batman / Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham (1991 series)
12. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
    The Sandman: Season of Mists (1992 series) #[4]
13. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
    The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (1991 series) #[1] [First Printing]
14. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #13
15. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single-Issue Story in a Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #50
16. 1993: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    The Sandman: Season of Mists (1992 series) #[4]
17. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Single Issue
    Sandman (1989 series) #50
18. 1996: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album
    Sandman Midnight Theatre (1995 series)
19. 1996: Squiddy Award - Reprint Collection
    Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (1997 series) [First Printing]
20. 1997: Squiddy Award - Collection / TPB
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
21. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
22. 1998: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Reprint Graphic Album
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
23. 2000: Eisner Award - Best Single Issue
    Tom Strong (1999 series) #1 [Alex Ross Cover]
24. 2003: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Novella
    Fables: The Last Castle (2003 series)
25. 2003: Squiddy Award - Best Reprint Collection
    Fables (2002 series) #2 - Animal Farm [First Printing]
26. 2003: Bram Stoker Awards - Best Illustrated Narrative
    The Sandman: Endless Nights (2003 series)
27. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Anthology
    The Sandman: Endless Nights (2003 series)
28. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (2003 series)
29. 2004: Squiddy Award - Best Original Graphic Novel
    Lovecraft (2004 series)
30. 2005: Quill Award - Graphic Novel
    Marvel 1602 (2004 series)
31. 2006: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - New
    Top 10: The Forty-Niners (2005 series)
32. 2007: Eisner Award - Best Anthology
    Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (2006 series)
33. 2007: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection / Project -- Comic Books
    The Absolute Sandman (2006 series) #1
34. 2010: British Fantasy Awards - Comic/Graphic Novel
    Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (2009 series)
35. 2010: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - Reprint
    Absolute Justice (2009 series)
36. 2010: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Absolute Justice (2009 series)
37. 2016: Hugo Award - Best Graphic Story
    The Sandman: Overture (2017 series)
38. 2023: Eisner Award - Best Adaptation from Another Medium
    Chivalry (2022 series)

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Awards for Stories:

1. 1997: National Comics Awards - Best Individual Story
   Strange Visitor (no feature) comic story, 45p
2. 1997: Eisner Award - Best Short Story
   Heroes (Batman) comic story, 8p
3. 2000: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Short Story
   Sex, Stars & Serpents (Promethea) comic story, 24p
4. 2001: Eisner Award - Best Single Issue
   Sex, Stars & Serpents (Promethea) comic story, 24p
5. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Short Story
   Death and Venice (Sandman) comic story, 24p
6. 2007: Eisner Award - Best Short Story
   A Frog's-Eye View (Fables) comic story, 8p

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Art Influences:

Influences by Todd Klein (b. 1951) were stated by:

1. Susan Dorne (b. 1958)
2. Steven Haynie (b. 1964)
3. Rob Leigh
4. John Workman (b. 1950)