Laurie S. Sutton
Laurie S. Sutton is an American writer of comic books and children's books. She worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1980s and has written several books for Capstone Publishers in the 2010s.
Career
Laurie S. Sutton was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. Her father was a project manager for Mobil and the family frequently moved across the country. She began reading comic books at the age of 8 after receiving a large number of them as a Christmas gift. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1975, Sutton worked for Abaris Books and the Comics Code Authority. Sutton has stated that "when I was a reviewer at the Comics Code from 1978 to 1979, I never considered my job to be one of censorship...As a matter of fact, being a comic book fan, I was very open-minded and lenient with artists, writers and editors who brushed up against the letter of the regulations." She began writing for DC Comics in 1980 and worked on the "Adam Strange" backup feature in Green Lantern as well as stories for Secrets of Haunted House, Star Trek, and The Unexpected. Frank Miller credits Sutton with introducing him to Japanese comics which influenced his work on Ronin. She worked as an editor for DC and oversaw "The Great Darkness Saga" storyline in the Legion of Super-Heroes. After leaving DC, Sutton worked for Marvel Comics' Epic Comics line and for Donning Publishing from 1985 to 1987. She returned to comics in the mid-1990s and wrote Star Trek: Voyager stories for Marvel.Sutton has written several children's books for Capstone Publishers featuring various DC Comics characters. She credits DC executive Paul Levitz for helping her get this job. She won the Publishing Innovation Award in the category "Ebook – Flowable: Children" for her book Scooby-Doo!: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast in 2015.