by Rick Coste | Jan 7, 2021 | Bronze Age, Colorist, Editors, Modern Age, Writers
Louise Simonson How many people can say they’ve edited, written, and even colored comics? Louise Simonson can. Since starting her career as an editor for Creepy and Vampirella in the 1970s, Simonson brought her talents to Marvel Comics to edit Uncanny X-Men, Star...
by Rick Coste | Dec 27, 2020 | Colorist, Illustrators, Modern Age
Colleen Coover With art by Colleen Coover, digital/Webcomic, Bandette has won the Eisner Award in 2016 & 2017. Co-created with her husband, writer Paul Tobin, Bandette has garnered Coover considerable attention. Her career didn’t start there, however. Coover...
by Rick Coste | Dec 24, 2020 | Colorist, Illustrators, Modern Age
Joyce Chin During her career as an artist and colorist, Joyce Chin has worked with all the primary comic book publishers industry. Starting with DC’s Guy Gardner Warrior series, Chin’s list of credits is endless....
by Rick Coste | Dec 21, 2020 | Colorist, Illustrators, Modern Age, Writers
Laura Allred Writer, artist, colorist… Laura Allred can do it all. She is arguably best known for her work as a colorist on some of the most popular titles in the Marvel and DC universes. In 2012 Allred was recognized with the “Best Coloring” Eisner...
by Rick Coste | Dec 21, 2020 | Bronze Age, Colorist
Tatjana Wood Once pencil and inks are complete, there is a crucial step to bring the story to life – colors. This falls to the colorist, an often unheralded artist whose artistry and skill we see without noticing. Check out this piece from Alan Moore’s run...
by Rick Coste | Dec 21, 2020 | Bronze Age, Colorist, Golden Age, Illustrators, Silver Age
Marie Severin EC Comics was a powerhouse back in the 1940s-50s. Much of its catalog after 1950 consisted of dark stories of horror and science fiction. Its last title was published in 1956 due to increasing pressure from the Comic Code Authority and a growing...