Early Career
Greg Theakston became involved in the Detroit area fandom community and helped organize the Detroit Triple Fan Fair from 1970 to 1978, credited as one of the first conventions in the United States dedicated to comic books, eventually owning it after working on a dozen shows. He contributed to Detroit's Fantasy Fans and Comic-collector's Group on their fanzine The Fan Informer (1968–71), as well as his own publication, The Aardvark Annual (1968), and Titan, He inked samples of Jim Starlin's early pencils which helped Starlin gain his first work for Marvel Comics.
After graduating from Redford High School in 1971, Theakston worked with artist Jim Steranko at his Supergraphics publishing company in Reading, Pennsylvania. He moved with partner Carl Lundgren to upstate New York in 1972, where he began illustrating for men's magazines, including Gent, Dude and Nugget.
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