Tom Fleming (artist)

Tom Fleming
Born	1966 Mount Kisco, NY
Education	Syracuse University
Occupation	Artist

Thomas "Tom" Fleming (born June 11, 1966) is an artist who has worked on comic books, the fantasy/science fiction genre, and gaming. Fleming has been recognized with multiple awards throughout his career including four nominations for the Chesley Award. In 2012, a federal court awarded him damages due by HomeGoods, which sold unauthorized reproductions of two of his paintings.

Born and raised in Putnam Valley, NY, Fleming knew he wanted to be an artist at a young age. Fleming's high school art teacher Jay Palefsky played a crucial role in Fleming's early development as an artist, introducing him to more advanced and unconventional artistic concepts. He is a graduate of Syracuse University. There, he earned a BFA and graduated at the top of his class in 1988.

Fleming's professional career began with freelance work from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine upon graduation doing black & White illustrations.

In 1991 Fleming landed a full-time position at WWE (known at the time as the WWF) as a costume designer, logo designer, prop creator, and Illustrator. Fleming's artwork for WWE appeared on Wrestlemania T-shirts, VHS covers, and other merchandise items. Fleming made his first impact on pop culture by creating and designing characters for the WWE including Papa Shango, Crush, Adam Bomb, 1-2-3 Kid, and Hall of Famer Razor Ramon. Fleming also designed and created the scepter for the first pay-per-view "King of the Ring" event in 1993.

Fleming returned to freelance in the mid-1990s and has painted trading cards, comic book covers, paperback covers, magazine covers, and posters for companies such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, World of Warcraft, Magic the Gathering, White Wolf Publishing, Cracked magazine, and others.

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