About Tom Savage
Tom Savage is the CEO and Creative Director for MartianInk.
He is an international multi-award-winning illustrator and graphic designer.
Tom is an independent self-proclaimed visual entertainment producer. He has created comic books, webcomic strips, movie posters, board games and more.
In his spare time he is an avid golfer and musician.
He is a devoted husband to his wife Elizabeth and father to their daughter Lilly.
They reside in the Metro Detroit area with their dog Toby and cats Ash, Raimi, and Domino.
His notable work includes the graphic novel series The Anathema, the card game Grimoire Quest, and his beloved web-comic strip and children's literature series Ash & Raimi.
Tom cites Gary Larson's The Far Side and Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes as his earliest influences in illustration and cartooning.
In the spring of 2010, Tom began another one of his dreams with the help of his friends, fellow students, and colleagues, by beginning principal photography for Dead Woods. A full length “slasher” and dark comedy feature film. Dead Woods was written in only two days and began casting and filming nearly one week later. Despite the rushed kick-off, the film has received mostly positive feedback for its homage to the forgotten genre of classic low-budget slasher films of the 70s and 80s. Since then, he has directed several short films and other animations.
Tom’s work in the horror and science fiction industry has also contributed to many licensed properties, such as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and many others, including Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Crow, Mars Attacks, The Thing, David Bowie in the Man Who Fell To Earth, The Avengers (UK), and more.
Tom is also known for his unique work on several horror film one sheet posters, including a series of independent horror films like, The Family —and its sequel—The Family Returns, A Blood Story, Cannibals, Disciples, Little Creeps, Monsters on Main Street, Don’t Wait Til’ Dawn, the award-winning Flesh of the Unforgiven, and more.
In April 2015, he released the first issue of his limited sci-fi horror series The Anathema. The Anathema has received extremely positive reviews and is praised for its originality and fresh style. The series will continue as a trilogy of books being released in serial chapters as comic books over the next 10 years or until completion.
In 2017, Tom created over 300 illustrations for his original card game Grimoire Quest. The game was completely designed and produced solely by him alone and funded via a Kickstarter campaign. Today, the game is highly regarded and continues to grow in popularity. The success has led to the production of a new board game titled One of Us due to be released in Summer 2027.
During the spring of 2019, Tom began publishing an original webcomic called Ash & Raimi as well as a companion children's book series, The Adventures of Ash & Raimi. Since then, two children's books and a volume of over 200 comics have been released, as well as several animated short films.
Tom continues to work as a full-time graphic designer, and a part-time adjunct professor at Macomb Community College.