RIP Former Cracked Editor-in-chief Mort Todd

Farewell To A US Comics Staple

Last week, the sad news reached us that former Cracked editor-in-chief and former Marvel Music editor Mort Todd just died at the age of 63…

Here’s a few tributes from his friends and colleagues in the industry

Firstly, his friend and fellow veteran comics writer Paul Kupperberg

Indie comics writer and artist Dean Haspiel had this to say

Robert V Conte said this about his passing

UK comics historian and former editor of Escape Magazine Paul Gravett had this to say

Here’s a partial potted biography courtesy of Wikipedia

From 1983 to 1996, he illustrated all nine original volumes of Back from the Grave (Crypt Records), a compilation series of obscure proto-punk rock from the 1960s.

In 1985, Todd became editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine. There he signed artist Don Martin after a 32-year career at Mad Magazine.

In 1994, Todd launched a line of music comics called Marvel Music at Marvel Comics, working with such artists as Kiss, Rob Zombie, The Rolling Stones, KRS-One, and the estates of Elvis Presley and Bob Marley. Some of the talent working on these books included Neil Gaiman, Kyle Baker, Dan Barry, Severin, Colan and Morrow.

In 2005, Todd rejoined Cracked magazine, this time as a contributing editor, but left after several months.^[8]

Todd wrote and illustrated for the new Tales from the Crypt comic series, and completed new comic books featuring “Lucy Hell, Devilgirl”, “The Secret Society”, and the French/English language “Mr. Krime”, the last written by Martyrs of Pop’s Jean-Emmanuel Dubois. With his longtime collaborator Cliff Mott, Todd created and directed three animated cartoons for Playboy.

Everyone at Tripwire sends their condolences to his friends and family.