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Thomas Kidd was born August 10, 1955, in Tampa, Florida. Kidd described himself as a "scatterbrained" child, but he had a quick talent for drawing and was able to capture nearly anything he saw accurately with paper and pencil. However, when he recognized that cameras were able to create realistic
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images quicker and more accurately than he could, he turned to drawing the creations of his mind. Kidd particularly credits
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