Tom Veitch

Tom Veitch is an American writer, best known for his contributions to the Dark Horse line of Star Wars comicbook titles, notably "Dark Empire" and "Tales of the Jedi". For DC Comics Veitch wrote "Animal Man",Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Animal Man | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 27 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015] along with two Elseworlds series featuring Kamandi and an elder Superman.

Tom Veitch was a major contributor to the underground comix movement of the late sixties and early seventies. His collaborations with Underground Comix artist Greg Irons in the early 1970s (the creative team known as "GI/TV") included such titles as "Legion of Charlies" and contributions to many other underground comix including "Skull Comix" and "Slow Death Funnies".

Creator-owned comics by Veitch include: "The Light and Darkness War" with artist Cam Kennedy (from Marvel Comics). Other creator-owned comics series written by Veitch are "The Nazz" with artist Bryan Talbot; "Clash" with artist Adam Kubert; and "My Name Is Chaos" with artist John Ridgway (all published by DC).

Tom Veitch's published experimental novels include: "The Luis Armed Story" (Full Court Press, 1978); "Eat This!" (Angel Hair Books, 1974); and "Antlers in the Treetops" (sic), written with poet Ron Padgett (Coach House Press, 1970). A collection of his poetry, with an afterword by Allen Ginsberg, titled "Death College and Other Poems" was published in 1976 by Bill Berkson's Big Sky Books.

Tom is the brother of comics writer/artist Rick Veitch.

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