Thomas F. Sutton (April 15, 1937 – May 1, 2002)[1] was an American comic book artist who sometimes used the pseudonyms Sean Todd and Dementia.

He is best known for his contributions to Marvel Comics and Warren Publishing's line of black-and-white horror-comics magazines, particularly as the first story-artist of the popular character Vampirella.

Tom Sutton was born and raised in North Adams, Massachusetts, where father Harry was a plumbing, heating and air conditioning shopkeeper, and a machinist and gunsmith for General Electric and others.

[3] He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from high school in 1955,[4] and worked on art projects while stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, near Laramie, Wyoming.

[5] On his return to civilian life in 1959, Sutton lived and worked in San Francisco, where, he said, "There were some publications ... that I sold or gave artwork to.

Bill – Sutton was unclear on this in a 2001 interview – and studied there for two-and-a-half years while freelancing in commercial art for the likes of small ad agencies.

[7] Later Sutton lived in Newburyport with his third wife, Charlotte, who ran a Montessori school for little people in the first floor of their Victorian house.

He also illustrated the five-page anthological Western story "The Wild Ones", written by Sol Brodsky, in Marvel's Kid Colt, Outlaw #137 (Sept. 1967).

'[3]Sutton soon developed a trademark frantic, cartoony style that, when juxtaposed on dramatic narratives, gave his work a vibrant, quirky dynamism.

[10] Later, with writer Archie Goodwin, Sutton helped transition Vampi from cheeky horror hostess to serious dramatic character in the 21-page story "Who Serves the Cause of Chaos?"

With writer Steve Englehart, penciler Sutton introduced the new furrily transformed X-Men character the Beast,[13] who starred in a superhero feature in Amazing Adventures #11–15 (March–Sept.

[3][10] A series in the 1970s black-and-white comics magazine Planet of the Apes, a licensed spin-off of the movie series, done with writer Doug Moench, was "recognized by many as Sutton's best", said comics historian and columnist Tom Spurgeon: Together, they created the 'Future Chronicles' stories for Marvel's Planet of the Apes magazine.

He moonlighted for Warren competitor Skywald Publications, drawing the Frankenstein-novel sequel "Frankenstein, Book II" (serialized in Psycho magazine #3–6, May, 1971 – May 1972)—using the pseudonym "Sean Todd" (writer-penciler Sutton and inkers Dan Adkins, Jack Abel and Sutton himself), to avoid the wrath of publisher James Warren.

A separate story in Psycho #4, written by Sutton and drawn by him and Syd Shores, was credited as "Larry Todd" (writer) and "David Cook" (art).

[10] Living in Mystic, Connecticut, at some point,[15] Sutton in the mid-1970s to early 1980s wrote and drew horror stories for the Derby, Connecticut-based Charlton Comics, including for such titles as Ghost Manor, Midnight Tales, Monster Hunters and The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, also painting covers for some of these titles.

"[18] Sutton was one of the artists on Batman #400 (Oct. 1986)[19] and he penciled virtually all 56 issues of DC's licensed series Star Trek (1984–1988),[10] a period in which, he said, "I know I was becoming an alcoholic.

[21]Late in life, Sutton did commercial art for New England advertising agencies, and under his "Dementia" pseudonym, which he adopted in 1994, he drew for Fantagraphics Books' Eros Comix line of adult comics.

[3] A limited-edition portfolio of six H. P. Lovecraft-inspired fantasy prints, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, was produced in 1978 and reprinted in the 2002 book Graphic Classics: H. P.