Lee Sullivan (comics)

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Lee Sullivan
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Penciler, Inker
Notable works
Doctor Who
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Lee Sullivan is a

comic artist
who lives and works in the UK.

Biography

Sullivan trained as a wildlife and

technical illustrator at Barnfield College before working as a graphic illustrator for British Aerospace.[1] As a fan of Doctor Who he was inspired by the launch of Doctor Who Weekly to prepare sample art but as his output was slow at the time, he was put off when David Lloyd told him what the rates were.[1]

He then worked as a freelance illustrator for advertising from 1983 when he met John Higgins who was writing a music magazine comic story, The Bizniz. Sullivan ended up colouring Steve Yeowell's art on the story and later Higgins introduced him to the editors at Marvel UK.[1] He began work there in 1987 providing covers for The Transformers[2] until he got his break in 1988 drawing a Doctor Who story written by John Freeman.[3] and has subsequently been published in a number of titles including: Transformers, ThunderCats, Death's Head, RoboCop, TekWorld, Thunderbirds (from 2000 to 2005)[4] and 2000 AD.

He has worked on various

Abslom Daak appears briefly in the 2014 televised Doctor Who episode Time Heist
.

From 2015 to 2018 he was regular artist on Titan Comics 'Rivers of London' comic - a canonical comic strip extension of the series of novels written by Ben Aaronovitch concerning the supernatural police procedural fantasy adventures featuring full-time policeman and trainee wizard Peter Grant. The comic book series was written by Doctor Who alumni Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel. Since leaving the series, Sullivan has produced graphic novels for Penguin publishing and from 2022 - 2024 was regular artist for Doctor Who Magazine - featuring the first Fourteenth Doctor story (canonical according to showrunner Russell T Davies) and the Fifteenth Doctor's first ever comic strip story.

Sullivan plays the saxophone and toured the UK as part of a Roxy Music tribute band for over a decade before quitting in 2015.

Bibliography

Interior comics work includes:

Covers

Comic cover work includes:

  • The Transformers No. 94, 99, 101, 115, 118, 146, 151, 166, 175, 200 and 207 (Marvel UK, 1987–1989)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c An Interview With Comic Artist Lee Sullivan, SciFi Pulse, 13 October 2008
  2. ^ The Transformers No. 99, February 1987
  3. ^ "Planet of the Dead" Doctor Who Magazine No. 141, October 1988
  4. ^ "INTERVIEW: artist Lee Sullivan on his new Goodies and Baddies prints!". Gerry Anderson. 24 July 2021.

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