I love POP! Beatles, ABBA, The list is too long. I am from the sixties but have kept up fairly well with the changing scene.
Movies
The Original King Kong is my favorite film of all time. I love Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, George Lucas, George Pal, Tarantino, Rodriguez, Raimi, Del Toro, Cocteau.
Television
Democracy Now!, Mental Engineering, Liberty News, Inn Report, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Heroes, Saturday Night Live, Countdown with Olbermann.
Books
The Book on the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts,
The Twenty One Balloons by William Pene Du Bois (make a great kids film).
Art Books, Film Books, Screenwriting books. History.
Heroes
Mario Savio, Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Frank Frazetta, Ib Melchior, Terry Gilliam, Bert I. Gordon, Roger Corman, Jack Harris, Jim Danforth, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Kaluta, Mike Vosberg, Dave Allen, Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino, Scott Spiegel
When I was five years old I saw the original King Kong and my genetic
structure was altered forever. Ever since I have had the drive to make
movies and pictures and do my best to create some thrills and excitement
through film and art.
A talented Junior High friend now successful comedy writer, Kurt Luchs
taught me some basics of drawing superheroes and turned me on to Frank
Frazetta and my art career began. Thanks Kurt! I am mostly self taught.
I had my heroes (see Heroes below) and I tried to figure out the skills
and education they needed to do what they do and go that path.
My first significant illustration assignment was creating artwork and
maquettes (small sculptures of monsters) for Bill Baetz's The Cry of
Cthulhu. My first Lovecraftian film project. I was never paid for
anything and the film was never made but Bill got some of my art
published in articles about the film in Cinefauntastique and Starlog. I
was on the board, so to speak.
Since then I have been fortunate doing special effects and creating
props for Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, The Army
of Darkness and The Fly Part 2
I was an Illustrator for Chaosium Inc. A company out in Oakland,
California that makes role playing games. I mostly painted and did pen
and ink drawings for The Call of Cthulhu, their game based on the
writings of H. P. Lovecraft.
Now I am acting in films, such as The Dread (with Ellen Sandweiss of
Evil Dead) , The Absence of Light, A Sheer Agenda, Buddy Be Bop Vs. The Living Dead.(Starts filming in June), Morrow Road (starts this summer
and also stars most of the cast of The Evil Dead) and others I am
waiting to hear about my casting on (I hope). A You Tube or Google Video
search on some of those titles will reveal trailers and film clips
I illustrated the covers for American Atheist Magazine for a short
while. I think I did 7 or 8 of them and think that is some of my most
interesting work.
I have also written a published 4 part comic book called: Tom Sullivan's
Books of the Dead: Devilhead. It is a very violent, gory
Lovecraftian story that starts in Iraq, 1983 and follows the predicament
of two authors framed for a mass murder they did not commit and the
hell they go through to clear their names.
Lots of monsters and madness. Just like real life. It is published by
Dead Dog Comics and Issue Number Two is on stands now. My final draft of
my Zombie epic is about done and I will be pitching that out in Los
Angeles this Summer. There is much more to come.
In the meantime I get to meet my fans at horror film conventions across
the land and that is the best reward of all.
Who I'd like to meet: Talented Artists, Filmmakers, Actors, Special Effects Artists, Writers, and Fans!
Tom Here's wishing you the best thanksgiving ever...lots of family,
friends and holiday cheer... may your day be happy..
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Hi Tom, just wanted to let you know that we still have passes for you to our premiere on the 29th. I also wanted to ask when and where you're showing Evil Dead in Lansing.
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