Hello again friends! We’re here with another installment of Colorist on Color. This time we are joined by Tamra Bonvillain. She is a colorist living in the Southern US. Tamra has won multiple awards for coloring, from the Comicbook.com Golden Issue Awards in 2017 and 2018 to the Aurora award in 2017. She’s an accomplished…
Colorist on Color: Rico Renzi
This week’s installment of Colorists on Coloring we interview Rico Renzi. You’ll recognize his iconic work from Marvel’s Squirrel-Girl & Spider-Gwen. Rico has a very innovative mind and a sweet heart. You can support him by picking up his work from No Longer Mint, attending Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC or giving him a digital…
Colorist on Color: Matt Wilson
We had a chance to talk to longtime colorist Matt Wilson. You can follow Matt on Twitter and buy his shirts and prints on Big Cartel.
Colorist on Color: Interview with Megan Wilson
Hello, and welcome to another interview! This time I had the pleasure to chat with Megan Wilson. You know her work from Hellcat, Then Emily Was Gone, and lots of covers with Nick Pitarra. She’s a real kick in the boot. You can follow her on Twitter @MeganEngiNerd or peep her great Instagram.
Colorist on Coloring: What Is a Flatter?
Hey there, have you been wondering just what the heck a flatter does? Well I am going to give you another long serious professional dissection of what a flatter does and why it is important. To further prove that I am a very boring person obsessed with minutia. [You’re very interesting actually — Ed.] A…
Colorist on Color: Interview with Jeremy Colwell
I am happy to share this interview with Jeremy Colwell as our first of many colourist conversations! Jeremy is a colorist for DC, IDW, Image and Dark Horse. In this interview we discuss a little about color, a little about his history and a lot about his love of his family. Since this was our…
Colorist on Color: The Introduction
Introducing the first of hopefully many articles on color. Our new columnist Marissa Louise is a colorist, but here she’s a color commentator. Why? She’ll tell you.
Fourth Year of Informal ColoristAppreciationDay
In January 2013, Eisner-winning comic book creator and primarily colorist Jordie Bellaire wrote a Tumblr post titled “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore” decrying an unnamed convention–as well as the wider comic book industry–that refused to give colorists their due. “Colorists…are the unknown amazing backup singer who makes every…
Colorists on Color: Interview with Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kelly Fitzpatrick has done work for quite an extensive list of books in the three years she has been coloring. She is currently known for her work on Snowfall, Peter Panzerfaust, and Bitch Planet. You can find her work here, and follow her on twitter here.
ComicCon@Home Day Four: Power Rangers & Colorism in Comics
We’re over and done with Day Four of ComicCon@Home. Is anyone else also loving the convenience and accessibility of the pre-recorded panels? For Saturday we checked out Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious, HBO’s Lovecraft Country, and Personal Stories in Graphic Novels. Louis, Kate, and Cori also enjoyed the panels listed below, which explored the state…
The Savage Beard of She Dwarf Is a Colorful Adventure
Believing herself to be the last dwarf in existence, She Dwarf is determined to find the lost dwarven city of Dammerung. Many obstacles will interrupt this arduous journey, but She Dwarf is inspired by thoughts of her late mother’s heroism. Gaining both allies and enemies along the way, will finding Dammerung bring the answers she…
4 Colorism, or, White Paper/Brown Pixels
Welcome back to this two part series on comics, color printing technology, and dark skin! We’re still here, trying to figure out brown. Luckily, things get a little less ashy from here on out. In the last section, we thought about technological biases against brown skin, which have cropped up and persisted in film technology and—I’ve…
