Born: 1940 November 22 in Jackson, Missouri, United States
Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.
Name:
Roy Thomas
Type: Common Alternative Name
Disambiguation: writer, editor
Other Names:
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R. T.
Type: None
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Roy T.
Type: Pen Name
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R. Thomas
Type: Common Alternative Name
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Roy William Thomas Jr.
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Roy William Jr.
Family name: Thomas
Schools:
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Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau]
?
to
1961
Notes: BS in Education, majored in history and social science
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California State University
2004
?
to
2005
Notes: Humanities
Degrees:
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B.A., Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau]
in 1961
Notes: education, majored in history and social science
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M.A., California State University
in 2005
Notes: Humanities
Signatures:
- as Roy
[generic]
- Kid Colt
[generic]
- R. T.
[generic]
- Roy
[generic]
- Roy
- Roy Thomas
[generic]
Awards:
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1969:
Alley Awards -
Best Writer
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1971:
Shazam Award -
Best Writer (Dramatic Division)
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1973:
Goethe Awards -
Favorite Pro Editor
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1973:
Goethe Awards -
Favorite Pro Writer
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1974:
Inkpot Award -
[no name]
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1974:
Angoulême International Comics Festival -
Best Foreign Author
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1974:
Shazam Award -
Superior Achievement by an Individual
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1975:
Comic Fan Art Awards -
Favorite Pro Writer
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1976:
Eagle Awards -
Favourite Comic Book Writer
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1980:
Eagle Awards -
Roll of Honour
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1996:
Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) -
Author That We Loved
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2011:
Eisner Award -
Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
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2015:
Peng! - Der Münchner Comicpreis -
Beste Sekundärliteratur
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2022:
Harvey Award -
Harvey Kurtzman Award Hall of Fame
Awards for Stories:
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1973:
Shazam Award -
Best Individual Story (Dramatic)
The Song of Red Sonja (Conan) comic story, 20p
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1973:
Goethe Awards -
Favorite Comic-Book Story
The Black Hound of Vengeance! (Conan) comic story, 20p
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1979:
British Fantasy Awards -
Comic
The Scarlet Citadel (Conan) comic story, 46p
Art Influences:
Roy Thomas (b. 1940) stated influences by:
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Homer
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William Butler Yeats
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William Shakespeare
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Otto Binder (b. 1911)
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Gardner Fox (b. 1911)
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Ernest Hemingway (b. 1899)
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Robert E. Howard (b. 1906)
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Gil Kane (b. 1926)
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Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
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Stan Lee (b. 1922)
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Joe Simon (b. 1913)
Influences by Roy Thomas (b. 1940) were stated by:
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J. M. DeMatteis (b. 1953)
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Tony Isabella (b. 1951)
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L. B. Kellogg (b. 1956)
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Rich Margopoulos (b. 1949)
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Lou Mougin (b. 1954)
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Ramon Schenk (b. 1977)
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Peter Scianna (b. 1957)
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Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
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Ashley Tillman (b. 1960)
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Stan Timmons (b. 1956)
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Murray Ward (b. 1951)
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Phil White (b. 1948)
Memberships:
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CAPA-alpha
Type: member
Non Comics Works:
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Publication Title: The Legion Companion
(book) - Role: writer
- Year: 2003
Employer Name : TwoMorrows Publishing
Notes: interview for Glen Cadigan's book
Relations:
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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.
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Spouse - Dann Thomas (b. 1952)
Notes: Married in May 1981.
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Spouse - Jean Thomas (b. ????)
Notes: Former husband and wife. Married from July 1968 to mid-1975s