Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer (bornMay 28,1976) is a Mohawk comic book colourist and illustrator based inCanada. He got into the comic industry when he won second prize in aDreamwave contest to redesign a comic character. He underwent training at Dreamwave, but the company declared bankruptcy before he had any work published by them. Soon after he was offered work byFun Publications at theTransformers Collectors' Club and also did freelance interior colouring and covers forIDW Publishing throughout their tenure of theTransformers comic license. Deer also works as a graphic artist and cultural liaison at the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center.

Coloring work

Fun Publications

Makes the things pretties.

• "Dawn of Future's Past"
• "The Razor's Edge"
• "I, Lowtech" preview
• "Cheap Shots" (Deer also penciled the cover)
• "Wings of Honor" (withJosh Perez)
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30 (cover)
• "Generation 2: Redux" (cover)
• The Coming Storm#2-#6
• "The Stunti-Con Job" (withJesse Wittenrich)
• A Flash Forward
• "Invasion" (with Josh Perez and Jesse Wittenrich)
• Beast Wars Shattered Glass

IDW Publishing

• Rage of the Dinobots
• Spotlight: Trailcutter
• Beast Hunters#4 (additional colors)
• "Full of Fire!"
• The Transformers: Windblade (vol. 2)#3 (withYamaishi),#4,#5,#6,#7 (withJohn-Paul Bove)
• The Transformers Holiday Special: "Choose Me"
• "Ghost Stories" (withJosh Perez andJohn-Paul Bove)
• Optimus Prime: First Strike

External links

• Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer's Twitter
• Thomas Deer's deviantART page

Interviews

• January 2009—The Joe Shuster Awards
• July 2021—Ia-Con (withMae Catt,James Roberts, andJack Lawrence)