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american american 26 september 1951 y tom veitch
 tom veitch
tom veitch

tom veitch -lrb- born september 26 , 1951 -rrb- is an american writer .
creator-owned comics by veitch include `` the light and darkness war '' with artist cam kennedy , published by marvel comics and titan books , and `` the nazz '' with artist bryan talbot , `` clash '' with artist adam kubert , and `` my name is chaos '' with artist john ridgway , each published by dc comics .
he is known for initiating the dark horse comics line of star wars comic books , with `` dark empire '' and `` tales of the jedi '' .
for dc comics veitch wrote 18 issues of `` animal man '' , along with two elseworlds series featuring kamandi and an .
he is the brother of comics writer/artist rick veitch .
veitch was a contributor to the underground comix movement of the early 1970s .
his collaborations with underground comix artist greg irons -lrb- the creative team known as `` gi/tv '' -rrb- included such titles as `` legion of charlies '' , `` deviant slice '' and contributions to many other underground comix , including `` skull comix '' and `` slow death funnies '' .
veitch 's novels include : `` the luis armed story '' -lrb- full court press , 1978 -rrb- ; `` eat this ! ''
-lrb- angel hair books , 1974 -rrb- ; and `` antlers in the treetops '' , written with poet ron padgett -lrb- coach house press , 1970 -rrb- .
his poetry collection `` death college and other poems '' , with an afterword by allen ginsberg , was published in 1976 by bill berkson 's big sky books .
