Tula Lotay is the pen name of Lisa Wood, an English comic book artist. She is known for illustrating Supreme: Blue Rose, written by Warren Ellis for Image Comics, and for founding the Thought Bubble Festival, the UK's largest comics convention. She was also an artist for Si Spencer's eight-part series Bodies, published by Vertigo.
Biography
Lotay grew up in Batley, West Yorkshire. She was adopted when she was a young child and had dyslexia. She attended Dewsbury College and the University of Bradford.
In 2007, while an employee of the local comics and board game retailer Travelling Man, she founded the annual Thought Bubble Festival to promote comic books to the general public, especially children with reading difficulties. Before becoming a comics artist, she was on the British Comic Awards Committee but resigned in 2013 to pursue a full-time art career.
Her first work was the cover art for Elephantmen #5 (2012), and in American Vampire: Anthology #1 (2013). She has also contributed to Red Sonja.
She illustrated issue #13 of The Wicked + The Divine, which was published in 2015 and nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book.
Lotay and her Supreme collaborator Warren Ellis announced in 2015 that they were working on a new comic, Heartless. As of early 2018, Heartless has yet to be released, but work was in progress.
In early 2022, Lotay stepped down as manager of the Thought Bubble Festival in order to concentrate on her art career and family.
Awards
In 2019, in recognition for her work in creating the Thought Bubble Festival, Lotay was awarded the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at the San Diego Comic-Con Eisner Awards. Upon receiving the award, Lotay said:
Bibliography
Interior art
DC Comics/Vertigo Comics
All Star Batman #7 (2017) American Vampire: Anthology #1 (2013) Bodies #1-8 (2014) The Witching Hour: One Shot (2013)
Dynamite Entertainment
Legends of Red Sonja #3 (2014)
Image Comics
Elephantmen #45 (2012) Supreme: Blue Rose #1-7 (2014) Thought Bubble Anthology #1: The Hound (2011) Thought Bubble Anthology #2: A Significant Portraiture (2012) The Wicked + The Divine #13 (2015) Zero #18 (2015)
Marvel Comics
Scarlet Witch: Volume 2 #8 (2016)
Comixology Originals
Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder #1-Present (2022- )
Cover art
Archie Comics
Archie: Volume 2 #17C (2017) Betty & Veronica #1O (2016) Josie and the Pussycats #2C (2016) Jughead: Volume 3 #12C
Boom! Studios
Curb Stomp #1A (2015) Fiction #1C (2015) Grass Kings #4B (2017) Joyride #1B (2016) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #3E (2016)
Dark Horse Comics
Briggs Land #1-6 (2016) Briggs Land #3B NYCC Exclusive (2016) Rebels #1-10 (2015 -2016) Tomb Raider:Volume 3 #7-12 (2016-2017) Night of the Ghoul #1B (2022)
Darryl Makes Comics
DMC #1.5 Thought Bubble 2nd Print Variant (2015)
DC Comics/Vertigo
All Star Batman #7A, #7C (2017) Black Canary: Volume 4 #1B (2015) Everafter: From the pages of Fables #1-10 (2016–17) Hellblazer #11 - 12A (2017) Shade the Changing Girl #1B Slash and Burn #1-6 (2015 -2016) The Wildstorm #1B (2017)
Dynamite Entertainment
Blackcross #1B, #2A-6A Regular Covers (2015) Blackcross #1M, #2E-6E Virgin Art Covers (2015) Dejah Thoris #1C (2016) James Bond: Moneypenny #1A (2017) Miss Fury #1A-5A Regular Covers (2016) Miss Fury #1E-2E Virgin Art Covers (2016) Red Sonja: Volume 3 #1C (2016) Swords of Sorrow #1F, 2A-6A Regular Covers (2015) Swords of Sorrow #1Q, 2D-6D Virgin Art Covers (2015) Vampirella: Volume 4 #1C (2016)
Great Beast
Blood Blokes #3 Rear Cover (2013)
IDW Publishing
Archangel #1-5 (2016-2017) Jem and the Holograms #7C (2015)
Image Comics
Codename Baboushka: Conclave of Death #1B
Elephantmen #29 Flip Cover (2010), #54 (2013) Intersect #3B Southern Cross #1C Ghost Variant (2016) Supreme: Blue Rose #1-7 (2014) Supreme: Blue Rose #1 Travelling Man Exclusive (2014) Supreme: Blue Rose #1 SDCC Exclusive (2014) Wayward #14B (2016) The Wicked +The Divine #13B (2015) Zero #18A (2015)
Independent
North Bend #1B "Kickstarter Project" (2016) Girl With No Name (2019) Legion M
Marvel Comics
The Amazing Spider-Man: Volume 4 #9E Women of Power Variant (2016) Black Widow: Volume 7 #1C (2016) Captain America: Sam Wilson #12B (2016) Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6B (2016) Gamora #1E (2016) Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 4 #16C (2017) Star Wars: Han Solo #2C (2016) Vision: Volume 3 #2C (2015)