Roy Thomas (b. 1940)

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Name:

Roy Thomas Type: Common Alternative Name

Other Names:

1. R. T. Type: None
   
2. Roy T. Type: Pen Name
   
3. R. Thomas Type: Common Alternative Name
   
4. Roy William Thomas Jr. Type: Name at Birth
   Given name: Roy William Jr. Family name: Thomas

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Schools:

1. Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau] ? to 1961

   Notes: BS in Education, majored in history and social science

2. California State University 2004 ? to 2005

   Notes: Humanities

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Degrees:

1. B.A., Southeast Missouri State University [Cape Girardeau] in 1961

   Notes: education, majored in history and social science

2. M.A., California State University in 2005

   Notes: Humanities

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Signatures:

1. as Roy [generic]
2. Kid Colt [generic]
3. R. T. [generic]
4. Roy [generic]
5. Roy [generic]
6. Roy Thomas [generic]

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Art Influences:

Roy Thomas (b. 1940) stated influences by:

1. Homer
2. William Butler Yeats
3. William Shakespeare
4. Otto Binder (b. 1911)
5. Gardner Fox (b. 1911)
6. Ernest Hemingway (b. 1899)
7. Robert E. Howard (b. 1906)
8. Gil Kane (b. 1926)
9. Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
10. Stan Lee (b. 1922)
11. Joe Simon (b. 1913)

Influences by Roy Thomas (b. 1940) were stated by:

1. J. M. DeMatteis (b. 1953)
2. Tony Isabella (b. 1951)
3. L. B. Kellogg (b. 1956)
4. Rich Margopoulos (b. 1949)
5. Lou Mougin (b. 1954)
6. Ramon Schenk (b. 1977)
7. Peter Scianna (b. 1957)
8. Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
9. Ashley Tillman (b. 1960)
10. Stan Timmons (b. 1956)
11. Phil White (b. 1948)

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Memberships:

1. CAPA-alpha Type: member

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Non Comics Works:

1. Publication Title: The Legion Companion (book) - Role: writer - Year: 2003
   Employer Name : TwoMorrows Publishing
   Notes: interview for Glen Cadigan's book

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Relations:

1. 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.
2. Spouse - Dann Thomas (b. 1952)
   Notes: Married in May 1981.
3. Spouse - Jean Thomas (b. ????)
   Notes: Former husband and wife. Married from July 1968 to mid-1975s