Lou Stathis in his New York City rooftop apartment, summer 1986. Photo by Jeff Schalles.
Born
(1952-09-29)September 29, 1952
Died
May 4, 1997(1997-05-04) (aged 44)
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Writer, Editor
Awards
International Horror Guild Award, 1997
Kyle Baker's portrait of Lou Stathis at work.Lou Stathis in his office at Heavy Metal magazine, mid 1980's, photo by Jeff Schalles
Louis J. Stathis (September 29, 1952 – May 4, 1997)[1] was an American author, critic and editor, mainly in the areas of fantasy and science fiction. During the last four years of his life he was an editor for DC Comics' Vertigo line,[2] working on such titles as Preacher, Doom Patrol, Industrial Gothic, Peter Kuper's The System, and Dhampire.
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^Anderson, Paul M. (August 1997). "Vertigo Editor Stathis Succumbs to Cancer". Wizard. No. 72. p. 22.
1/VSNS-25S : accessed 19 Mar 2013), Louis J Stathis, 4 May 1997. Anderson, Paul M. (August 1997). "Vertigo Editor Stathis Succumbs to Cancer". Wizard. No. 72...
Lofficier, and Rachel Pollack. McKeever cites editors Archie Goodwin, LouStathis, Karen Berger, and Jim Valentino as being important contributors to his...
illustrated by Ted McKeever. It was published in 1995 by Vertigo, edited by LouStathis. Pencil and Nickel are two inmates of a prison in a dystopian society...
Cass Pollack Creative team Created by Howard Chaykin Written by Howard Chaykin Artist(s) Howard Chaykin Letterer(s) Ken Bruzenak Editor(s) LouStathis...
Marchant Leonard Mogel Grant Morrison Tim Seeley Julie Simmons-Lynch LouStathis Ted White Debra Yanover Writers Brad Balfour Steve Brown Jean-Pierre...
event was defended as "no marketing ploy" by one of the event's editors, LouStathis, who wrote of his dislike of the often "crass manipulation" of crossover...
Marchant Leonard Mogel Grant Morrison Tim Seeley Julie Simmons-Lynch LouStathis Ted White Debra Yanover Writers Brad Balfour Steve Brown Jean-Pierre...
Historian of Business, Dies". New York Times. "Obituary: DC Comics Editor LouStathis is Dead" (Press release). Business Wire. May 7, 1997. Archived from the...
including Tsarfin, Josh Alan Friedman (High Times managing editor, 1983), LouStathis (High Times editor, late 1980s), Ann Nocenti (High Times editor, 2004)...
issues, Vortex Comics, 1985–1990) — first few issues co-written with LouStathis The Savage Sword of Mike (Fandom House, 1988) — guest-stars Ron Post...
invigorating wordplay with a jazzy, stoned ambiance." In Heavy Metal, LouStathis wrote that XTC's oft-applied "too clever for their own good" tag was...
"inelegant"; Mim Udovitch of Rolling Stone dubbed it "ominous, anthemic", with LouStathis of MTV calling it "booming, martial-march techno". According to Brantley...
1994) Konny and Czu, 4 regular issues (Antarctic Press, 1994–1995) (with LouStathis) Those Annoying Post Bros.: Stalking Ralph (Aeon Press, 1995) ISBN 978-1883847265...
Marchant Leonard Mogel Grant Morrison Tim Seeley Julie Simmons-Lynch LouStathis Ted White Debra Yanover Writers Brad Balfour Steve Brown Jean-Pierre...
novels. They're character driven and cunning in a very eccentric way." LouStathis argues that it is Willeford's "complete lack of sentimentality and melodrama...
Marchant Leonard Mogel Grant Morrison Tim Seeley Julie Simmons-Lynch LouStathis Ted White Debra Yanover Writers Brad Balfour Steve Brown Jean-Pierre...
series planned for her but was abandoned with the death of Vertigo Editor LouStathis. Molly would return in the series Books of Magic during war times. Gross'...
editor-in-chief (2006–2014). Peter Heck (c. 1991–1992) Laura Anne Gilman (c. 1991) LouStathis, editor (? – c. 1994) Anne Sowards, editorial assistant/associate editor...
During this period, Azzarello's wife Jill Thompson introduced him to LouStathis, an editor at DC Comics' Vertigo who wanted to move away from the light...
science fiction and publishing personalities, including Norman Spinrad and LouStathis, posed on location for the illustrations in this book, which attempted...
with introductions by authorities in the field such as Thomas M. Disch, LouStathis and Paul Williams. Many of the Gregg editions were bibliographically...
Carol Rosin Charles Sheffield Michael Cassutt Luigi Cozzi Ted White LouStathis Ludek Pesek Jacques Cousteau Gerard K. O'Neill Don Davis Todd Rundgren...
Catriona Sparks (born 1965), Australia, founding editor of Agog! Press LouStathis (1952–1997), editor of Heavy Metal magazine and of DC Comics' Vertigo...
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