Todd Livingston


Todd Livingston is a filmmaker and author.

Career

Livingston began his career as a comedian in the quintette 'Open Season'. The group toured the U.S. and Canada, headlining clubs and colleges and becoming regulars at L.A's Comedy Store, New York's Comic Strip and Improv. Livingston co-wrote and produced the group's novelty song "The Shakespeare Rap," which became a top 10 hit on the Dr. Demento radio show, and became the group's signature bit.
During the non-touring time, Livingston took gigs acting for network TV and movies, including Unsolved Mysteries and Umberto Lenzi's Hitcher in the Dark.
Livingston co-wrote with Nick Capetanakis, produced along with Capetanakis and Ken Meyer, and directed the supernatural comedy film So, You've Downloaded a Demon at Accidental Films. It was the trio's first feature film. The small indie movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Meyer won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2024 as Executive Producer of "Anora".
Livingston's first graphic novels were published by Image Comics. He also worked on America jr., The Black Forest and The Wicked West, as well as The Living and The Dead, Chopper Zombie and the mini-series The Odd Squad.
File:Robert_Tinnell_lecturing_at_West_Virginia_University.png|150px|thumb|Robert Tinnell lecturing at West Virginia University while on call with Todd Livingston
Starting in 2004, Livingston cowrote multiple projects with Robert Tinnell including The Black Forest and The Black Forest 2.
In 2007, Livingston was the model for Professor X for the Marvel comic book X-MEN Origins: Jean Grey painted photo-realistically by artist Mike Mayhew. Actress Ashley Benson was the model for Jean Grey as a teen. From 2006 to 2010, he served on the advisory Board and nominating committee for the Spike TV Scream Awards.
Since 2017, Livingston has been writing Rocky & Bullwinkle comics published by American Mythology Productions.

Awards

The Black Forest won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for Best Horror Comic of 2004, and in 2005 The Black Forest 2 won the award again.

Publications

  • The Black Forest
  • The Wicked West Volume 1
  • The Black Forest Book 2: The Castle of Shadows
  • The Living and the Dead
  • The Wicked West Volume 2: Abomination & Other Tales
  • The ODD Squad
  • Sheena, Queen of the Jungle: Dark Rising
  • America Jr. Volume 1
  • Chopper Zombie
  • Starring Sonya Devereaux
  • Rocky & Bullwinkle Adventures
  • Rocky & Bullwinkle: As Seen on TV