Gray Lyda

Gray Lyda

Gray Lyda, December 2009
Born Grady Luther Lyda III
(1954-07-17)July 17, 1954
Dayton, Ohio
Died December 14, 2015(2015-12-14) (aged 61)
Corona, California
Nationality American
Area(s) Comic book artist and writer, Illustrator, Graphic designer
Notable works
 Tempus Fugitives, The Graphic Novel

Grady (Gray) Lyda (born July 17, 1954) is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his time travel series, Tempus Fugit, in Star*Reach magazine.[1]

Biography

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Grady Lyda's family moved to San Diego while he was still an infant. They later moved to Newport Beach, California, where Grady attended Newport Harbor High School. His first professional illustration was published in the April 1975 issue of Galaxy Magazine, and his first comic book story, Out of Space - Out of Time,[2] appeared in Star*Reach issue # 6 (October 1976). This was followed by his Tempus Fugit[3] series in Star*Reach issues 11, 13, 14, and 15.

During and after the publication of these stories, Lyda continued as a freelance artist for various companies. From 1978 to 1981, he worked for Hi-Point Enterprises/Spirit Accessories, a fashion accessory wholesaler in Hollywood, producing advertising, illustrations, catalogs and logos. The president of this company, Jerry Hasson, went on to create the Magic Pizza Family Entertainment Center on Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, California, a novelty restaurant with a fantasy/magic-themed environment. From 1982 to 1984, Lyda served as principal artist for Magic Pizza during the development and construction of the restaurant, designing its business identity as well as advertisements, brochures, business cards, logos, interior signage and posters.

Lyda also became a technical illustrator and graphic designer in the Defense/Aerospace industry. In 1978, he joined Mercury Consolidated, Inc., a busy job shop in Tustin, California, where he became an Art Department Supervisor and was granted a Secret Clearance in 1979. There, he made pick-ups and bids for out-sourced graphic-design jobs from prime contractors such as McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, Hughes Aircraft, Rockwell International, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In 1993, Lyda was hired by the Rockwell International Autonetics Electronic Systems Division in Anaheim where he worked in the Central Graphics Department generating manuals, proposals, ads, posters, schematics, vugraphs, slides, and government proposals. He was laid-off prior to the company's acquisition by Boeing in 1996.

He went on to work in the Creative Services Department of semiconductor manufacturer Conexant Systems Inc., formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems. Later, he was employed by Conexant's spin-off, Jazz Semiconductor (now TowerJazz), a wafer foundry in Newport Beach. Beginning in July 2009, he has also worked as a Cast Member at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Notes

  1. ↑ Star*Reach Issues that featured stories written and illustrated by Gray Lyda, Grand Comics Database
  2. ↑ The STAR Boundary, an enhanced online version of Out of Space - Out of Time
  3. ↑ Star*Reach issues that featured Tempus Fugit episodes
  4. ↑ Out of Space - Out of Time, Grand Comics Database
  5. ↑ Tempus Fugit - Chapter 1, Grand Comics Database
  6. ↑ Fugit - Chapter 2, Grand Comics Database
  7. ↑ Tempus Fugit - Chapter 3, Part One, Grand Comics Database
  8. ↑ Tempus Fugit - Chapter 3, Part Two, Grand Comics Database
  9. ↑ Tempus Fugit - Chapter 4, Grand Comics Database

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