Larry Todd

Larry S. Todd (April 6, 1948 – September 28, 2024) was an American illustrator and cartoonist, best known for Dr. Atomic and his other work in underground comix, often with a science fiction bent.

Biography Born in Buffalo, Todd studied art at Syracuse University where he crossed paths with Vaughn Bodé; the two became friends and collaborators. Todd created comics for Galaxy Science Fiction, as well as doing some writing for the science fiction magazine If.

Other work Todd's first solo title was Tales of the Armorkins, published by Company & Sons in 1971. In 1972, Todd and Charles Dallas created Paranoia (also published by Company & Sons). Todd and a collective of other cartoonists self-published Compost Comics and Enigma! in 1973.

Some time in the early 1970s, along with Willy Murphy and Gary King, Todd began hanging around the Air Pirates collective and contributing to their projects.

Todd contributed gag cartoons to the men's magazine Coq in 1977. Spurred on by Mark Bodé, more than 35 of Todd's colleagues contributed to a benefit comic book. Published by Rip Off Press, the introduction was by Harlan Ellison; contributors included Bodé, Spain Rodriguez, Justin Green, Trina Robbins, S. Clay Wilson, Jaxon, Richard Corben, Peter Bagge, Dan O'Neill, Sheridan Anderson, Gary Hallgren, Jay Kinney, Paul Mavrides, Sharon Rudahl, William Messner-Loebs, Steve Leialoha, Scott Shaw, Jim Valentino, Michael T. Gilbert, Kevin Eastman, George Metzger, Harry S. Robins, Guy Colwell, William Stout, Kate Worley, Reed Waller, Larry Welz, and R. L. Crabb.

In 2010, Larry Welz reported that Todd was working for Duncan Designs Inc. of Santa Rosa, California, "painting carnival rides: funhouses, mirror mazes & dark rides at Owen Trailers in Riverside, California, where they build such things."

Todd was married with one child. He died on September 28, 2024.