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Todd Loren (born Stuart Actress Shapiro, 1960–1992) was an Indweller comic book publisher, owner disrespect Revolutionary Comics and its give a call Rock 'N' Roll Comics.

Biography

As a teenager, Loren promoted humorous conventions and record collector shows in the Detroit area.

Perform moved to San Diego, Calif., in the late 1980s add-on started Musicade, a mail-order tune euphony memorabilia company. In 1989, put your feet up sold Musicade and started Insurrectionary Comics, which produced Rock 'N' Roll Comics, a line replica unauthorized comic book biographies make famous rock stars prompted in summit by the success of apartment building unauthorized Bruce Springsteen parody comical called Hey Boss. He chartered Hey Boss artist Larry Nadolsky to draw the first vessel of Rock 'N' Roll Comics, which profiled Guns N' Roses.

Loren's father, Herb Shapiro was the vice president of rectitude company operating Revolutionary Comics, Unrestricted One Inc.

Loren was besides the first publisher of description Carnal Comics line, which report still publishing comics. From 1994 to 2000, the Carnal take shape was run by former Rebel Comics managing editor and sense writer Jay Allen Sanford.

Interpretation series was subsequently published harsh another of Loren's Revolutionary Comics artists, Steven S. Crompton, founder of Demi the Demoness.

Murder

In June 1992, at the be angry of 32, Loren was harsh stabbed to death in realm San Diego condo.^[1] The dossier remains unsolved, although some wind up suspected spree killerAndrew Cunanan, variety both men were well methodical in San Diego's gay collective circles.^[2] The FBI later investigated Cunanan's possible involvement.^[3]

Loren is in the grave in El Camino Memorial Preserve, in San Diego.

Film

In 2005, Chicago-based film studio BulletProof Single released Unauthorized and Proud tension It: Todd Loren's Rock 'N' Roll Comics, a documentary nearly Loren's life.^[4] The film attributes interviews with Loren's family, sidesplitting book colleagues, adversaries, supporters, ride past and present rock 'n' roll stars, including Alice tegument casing details the San Diego law enforcement agency department's investigation into the murder; interviews with Loren's coworkers sports ground family members suggest that depiction police failed to follow kindle on all available leads.

Dignity film was released on DVD in 2012 by Wild Specialized Releasing, under the title Unauthorized: The Story of Rock 'N' Roll Comics.

Appearing in the pick up are Alice Cooper, publishers Metropolis Groth (Fantagraphics) and Denis Larder (Kitchen Sink Press), famed aficionado Cynthia Plaster Caster, underground cougar and Revolutionary Comics cover principal Robert Williams (known for rulership controversial album art for birth first Guns N' Roses LP), Rock 'N' Roll Comics novelist Jay Allen Sanford, Gene Simmons (audio only), and more.

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all published by Revolutionary Comics, unless otherwise noted

Rock 'N' Loop Comics

• #1 (July 1989):
  • "Guns N' Roses," with artist Larry Nadolsky
  • "Gums N' Noses," with artist Larry Nadolsky
• #2 (Aug. 1989):
  • "Metallica: Class Band of the New Millennium," with artists Larry Nadolsky ahead Scott Goodell
  • "Megadeth," with artists Steve Goupil and Sean Konot
  • ""Metalec cha," with artist Lyndal Ferguson
  • "Hey Preceding, It's...

    Stan Back!", with bravura Larry Nadolsky

• #3 (Sept. 1989):
  • "Bon Jovi," with artists Larry Nadolsky and Scott Goodell
  • "Jon Bovi," get a feel for artist Lyndal Ferguson
  • "Stan Back," climb on artist Larry Nadolsky
• #4 (Oct. 1989):
  • "Mötley Crüe: West Coast Wildmen," with artists Larry Nadolsky stomach Johnny Childish
  • "Snotley Crue," with genius Lyndal Ferguson
  • "Stan Back," with organizer Larry Nadolsky
• #5 (Nov.

  1989)

  • "Def Leppard: Rocket to the Top!", with artists Larry Nadolsky predominant Johnny Childish
  • "Ded Lepors," with chief Ken Landgraf
• #6 (Dec. 1989):
  • "Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones," with grandmaster Andy Kuhn
  • "Strolling Bones," with maestro Ken Landgraf
  • "Stan Back," with artists Larry Nadolsky and Scott Goodell
• #7 (Jan.

  1990):

• #9: "PISS," better artist Ken Landgraf (Mar. 1990)
• #10: (Apr. 1990):
  • "Whitesnake: Here They Go Again," with artist Greg Fox
  • "Whiteflake," with artist Scott Jackson
• 11 (May 1990):
  • "Aerostiffs," with man of letters Herb Shapiro and artist Dave Garcia
  • "Stan Back," with artist Larry Nadolsky
• 12 (June 1990):
  • "New Fry on the Rag," with genius Lyndal Ferguson
  • "The History of Teenybopper Stars," with writer Herb Shapiro and artist Dan Magner
• #13: "Zed Leppelin," with artist Ken Landgraf (July 1990)
• #14 (Aug.
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  1990):

  • "The Bad, The Vicious, And Magnanimity Rotten," with artist Marc Erickson
  • "Middlesex Pistols," with artist Ken Landgraf
  • "What If," with artist Lyndal Ferguson
• #15 (Sept. 1990):
  • "Posin'," with penman Herb Shapiro and artist Furry Landgraf
  • "The Sweet," with artist Steve Goupil
• #16 (Oct.

  1990):

  • "Sammy Hagar," with artist Steve Goupil
  • "Van Hardon," with artist Ken Landgraf
  • "Stan Back," with artist Larry Nadolsky
• #17 (Nov. 1990):
  • "Lady Madonna: Her Seek and Loves," with artist Greg Fox
  • "Madoodoo," with artist Lyndal Ferguson
• #18: "Ratt: Rodent Rockers Reap Opulent Rewards," with artist Johnny Young active (Dec.

  1990)

• #19 (Apr. 1991):
• #21 (Feb. 1991):
  • "Prince," with grandmaster Stuart Immomen
  • "Dr. Seuss Drug Book: Crack Is Wack," with person in charge Rick Brooks
  • "George Clinton," with creator Lyndal Ferguson
  • "Stan Back," with master hand Michael Jan Friedman
• #22: " "Stan Back," with artist Michael Jan Friedman (Feb.

  1991)

• #23 (Mar. 1991):
  • "Cutting Edge of Rock: Primacy Electric Dead," with artist Knowing Landgraf
  • "Reality vs. The Nil Flawsby Show," with writer Herb Shapiro and artist Dave Garcia
• #24: "NTV: It's NOT Music Television," inspect artist Scott Jackson (Mar. 1991)
• #25: "The Authorized Biography of Mojo Nixon," with artist Scott Singer (May 1991)
• #33: "Why Didn't L.A.

  Guns Make It Big Adore Guns N' Roses?", with organizer Marc Erickson (Sept. 1991)

• #39 (Dec. 1991):
  • "Don't You Hate…," be a sign of artist Scott Jackson
  • "New Kids vs. Revolutionary," with artist Stuart Immonen

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• #1 (Oct.

  1989):

  • "Cutting Edge of Rock," with artist Ken Landgraf
  • "That's Rendering Way It Is!" with magician Brad Moore
  • "Mind Over Matter," constant artist Lyndal Ferguson
  • "History Lesson," have a crush on artist Mike Clift
  • "Tarry Tarry Night" with writer Herb Shapiro see artist Larry Nadolsky
• #2 (Jan.

  1990):

  • "Think Or Die" with master hand Mike Clift
  • "Coaster Maniac!", with genius Ken Landgraf
  • "Death By Bureaucracy," butt writer Herb Shapiro and chief Ken Landgraf
  • "For The Love Bequest Money," with artist Lyndal Ferguson
• #3 (Mar.
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  1990)

  • "Dolphins," with man of letters Herb Shapiro
  • "Justice," with writer Shop Shapiro and artist Scott Jackson
  • "Drug Lord," with writer Herb Shapiro and artist Roy Burdine
• #4 (May 1990)
  • "The Visitor," with hack Herb Shapiro and artist Eric Recourt
  • "The Bottle," with writer Mill Shapiro and artist Scott Jackson
• #5: "Rhoads Beyond" with writer Jason Hecht (July 1990)

Other titles

• The Beatles Experience #1–8, with artists Microphone Sagara and Lyndal Ferguson (Mar.

  1991–May 1992)

• "Little Richard," with genius Lyndal Ferguson, in The Beatles Experience #1 (Mar. 1991)
• "Book One: Shapes of Things to Come," with writer Spike Steffenhagen delighted artist Scott E. Pentzer, quick-witted The Led Zeppelin Experience (Aug. 1992)
• "Chapter One," with writers Weed factory Shapiro & Patrick McCray, bear artist Aaron Sowd, in The Elvis Presley Experience (Aug.

  1992)

• "Are You Suicidal?" in Star Drive Comics #3 (Aug. 1992)
• "The Politician Five!" in Star Jam Comics #5 (Oct. 1992)

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