Tula Lotay


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 No. 5, and in American Vampire: Anthology No. 1. She has also contributed to Red Sonja.
She illustrated issue No. 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 director of the Thought Bubble Festival 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 San Diego Comic-Con's Eisner Awards. Upon receiving the award, Lotay said:
In 2023, Lotay won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic for her work on Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder with writer Scott Snyder.
In 2024, Lotay won the Eisner Award for Best New Series for her work with Becky Cloonan on Somna: A Bed Time Story published by DSTLRY.
In 2025, Lotay won the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist.

Interior art

DC Comics/Vertigo Comics

All Star Batman No. 7 American Vampire: Anthology No. 1 Bodies #1–8
  • ''The Witching Hour: One Shot''

Dynamite Entertainment

Legends of Red Sonja #3

Image Comics

Elephantmen #45 Supreme: Blue Rose #1–7 Thought Bubble Anthology #1: The Hound Thought Bubble Anthology #2: A Significant Portraiture The Wicked + The Divine No. 13 Zero No. 18

Marvel Comics

Scarlet Witch: Volume 2 No. 8

Comixology Originals

Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder #1-5

Cover art

Archie Comics

Archie: Volume 2 #17C Betty & Veronica #1O Josie and the Pussycats #2C Jughead: Volume 3 #12C

Boom! Studios

Curb Stomp #1A Fiction #1C Grass Kings #4B Joyride #1B Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #3E

Dark Horse Comics

Briggs Land #1–6 Briggs Land #3B NYCC Exclusive Rebels #1–10 Tomb Raider:Volume 3 #7–12 Night of the Ghoul #1B Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder #1–3

Darryl Makes Comics

DMC #1.5 Thought Bubble 2nd Print Variant

DC Comics/Vertigo

All Star Batman #7A, #7C Black Canary: Volume 4 #1B Everafter: From the pages of Fables #1–10 Hellblazer #11 – 12A Shade the Changing Girl #1BSlash and Burn #1–6 The Wildstorm #1B

Dynamite Entertainment

Blackcross #1B, #2A-6A Regular Covers Blackcross #1M, #2E-6E Virgin Art Covers Dejah Thoris #1C James Bond: Moneypenny #1A Miss Fury #1A-5A Regular Covers Miss Fury #1E-2E Virgin Art Covers Red Sonja: Volume 3 #1C Swords of Sorrow #1F, 2A-6A Regular Covers Swords of Sorrow #1Q, 2D-6D Virgin Art Covers Vampirella: Volume 4 #1C

Great Beast

Blood Blokes #3 Rear Cover

IDW Publishing

Archangel #1–5 Jem and the Holograms #7C

Image Comics

Codename Baboushka: Conclave of Death #1BElephantmen #29 Flip Cover, #54 Intersect #3BSouthern Cross #1C Ghost Variant Supreme: Blue Rose #1–7 Supreme: Blue Rose #1 Travelling Man Exclusive Supreme: Blue Rose #1 SDCC Exclusive Wayward #14B The Wicked +The Divine #13B Zero #18A

Independent

North Bend #1B - Kickstarter ProjectGirl With No Name
  • ''Legion M''

Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man: Volume 4 #9E Women of Power Variant Black Widow: Volume 7 #1C Captain America: Sam Wilson #12B Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6B Gamora #1E Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 4 #16C Star Wars: Han Solo #2C Vision: Volume 3 #2C

Titan Books

Penny Dreadful #4A Vikings #1E Fried Pie Variant World War Tank Girl #2C

Valiant Comics

4001 A.D. #1B-4B Bloodshot Reborn #10E, #11D, #12D, #13C Divinity II #2D, #4D Faith: Volume 2 #2F

Art books

Dirge Pequod Salome Sequoia Hiraeth Largo Blossom Blossom X De Profundis Shadow Self Fuchsia
  • ''Eurydice''