Gene Colan (born September 1, 1926, the Bronx, New York City, New York) is an American comic book artist who sometimes worked under the name Adam Austin. Best known as one of the signature artists of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil, its cult-hit series Howard the Duck, and Marvel's Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series, he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Housing projects in the infamous South Bronx area. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... NY redirects here. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... This article is about the Marvel Comics superhero. ... This article is about the character. ... , Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... The Eisner Award logo‎ The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ...

Biography

Early life and career

Daredevil #48 (Jan. 1969): Gene Colan (penciler) and George Klein (inker) slip an in-joke into this Times Square scene. Whatever caused the apparent frustration, note the word at Daredevil's left hand.

Gene Colan attended George Washington High School in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, and went on to study at the Art Students League of New York. His major art influences are Syd Shores, Coulton Waugh, and Milton Caniff. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (400x606, 69 KB) Cover, Daredevil #48 - Marvel, January 1969 - Cover Credits: Gene Colan (Pencils) George Klein Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (400x606, 69 KB) Cover, Daredevil #48 - Marvel, January 1969 - Cover Credits: Gene Colan (Pencils) George Klein Source: http://comics. ... George Klein (died 1969) was an American comic book artist and cartoonist whose career stretched to the 1940s Golden Age of comic books. ... Times Square Times Square is the name given to a principal intersection at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... George Washington High School was a secondary school located in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, New York. ... Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The Art Students League of New York is an art school founded in 1875. ... Syd Shores (born 1916, died March 6, 1973) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America in both during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books and the 1960s Silver Age. ... Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (February 28, 1907-May 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist most famous for Terry and the Pirates. ...

Colan served in the Army Air Corps Special Services division in the Philippines during World War II, rising to the rank of corporal and drawing for the Manila Times. After his return in 1944, he began working in comics, illustrating Fiction House's science-fiction adventure series Wings Comics. The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ... The Manila Times is the oldest newspaper in the Philippines that is still published. ... Jumbo Comics #1 (Sept. ... Science Fiction redirects here. ... Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1946, he went to work for Marvel Comics 1940s precursor, (Timely. Editor-in-chief Stan Lee "hired me as a staff penciler," Colan recalled in 2005. "...Stan was able to see something that needed to be nurtured, so he took a chance on me. I started out at about US$60 a week. ... Syd Shores was the art director^[1] Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... Stan The Man Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922[1] New York, New York) is an American writer, editor, Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist, who — with several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko — introduced complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared... Syd Shores (born 1916, died March 6, 1973) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America in both during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books and the 1960s Silver Age. ... The term art director, is an overall title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games. ...

After virtually all the Timely staff was let go two years later during an industry downturn, Colan began freelancing for National Comics, the future DC Comics. A stickler for accuracy, he meticulously researched his countless war stories for DC's All-American Men at War, Captain Storm, and Our Army at War, as well as for Marvel's 1950s forerunner Atlas Comics, on the series Battle, Battle Action Battle Ground, Battlefront, G.I. Tales, Marines in Battle, Navy Combat and Navy Tales. He would rent 16 mm movies of Hopalong Cassidy Westerns in order to trace likenesses for the DC licensed series, which he drew from 1954 to 1957. DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Our Army at War is a war comic book published by DC starting in 1952. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures. ... Hopalong Cassidy #30, April 1949, published by Fawcett Comics. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ...

Silver Age

While freelancing for DC romance comics in the 1960s, Colan did his first superhero work for Marvel under the pseudonym Adam Austin. Taking to the form immediately, he introduced the "Sub-Mariner" feature in Tales to Astonish, and succeeded Don Heck on "Iron Man" in Tales of Suspense. This article refers to the wide variety of writing called romantic. For literature from the European Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, see Romanticism: Art and Literature. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character, featured in Marvel Comics. ... Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Don Heck (January 2, 1929-1995) was a comic book artist best known for co-creating the character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling The Avengers in the 1960s. ... Iron Man (Anthony Edward Stark) is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... - ==References== - *Tales of Suspense #1-99 (Marvel Comics, January 1959 - March 1968) - *Marvel Select: Tales of Suspense #1 (1996) - - - - - - - - - Categories: | | ...

Shortly afterward, under his own name, Colan became one of the premier Silver Age Marvel artists, illustrating a host of such major characters as the Avengers, Captain America, Dr. Strange (both in the late-'60s and the mid-'70s series), and his signature character, Daredevil. Colan's long run on the series Daredevil encompassed all but three issues in an otherwise unbroken, 81-issue string from #20-100 (Sept. 1966 - June 1973), plus the initial Daredevil Annual (1967). He returned to draw ten issues sprinkled from 1974-79, and, as an established legend, an eight-issue run in 1997. Showcase #4 (Oct. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Doctor Strange is a sorcerer, featured in Marvel Comics. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics superhero. ...

Colan also garnered praise in the 1970s for illustrating the complete, 70-issue run of the acclaimed horror title Tomb of Dracula, as well as most issues of writer Steve Gerber's cult-hit, Howard the Duck. Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... , Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. ... Steve Gerber (born 20 September 1947) is an American writer of comic books. ... This article is about the character. ...

Dr. Strange #180 (May 1969): Art by Colan (penciler) and Tom Palmer (inker).

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Dracula and Batman

Back at DC in the 1980s, following a professional falling out^{[citation needed]} with Marvel's then editor-in-chief, Jim Shooter, Colan brought his shadowy, moody textures to Batman, serving as the Dark Knight's primary artist from 1982-1986, penciling Detective Comics #528-538, 540-546 and 555-567, and Batman #340, 343-345, 348-351 and others. He was also the artist of Wonder Woman from #288-305 (Feb. 1982 - July 1983). Helping to create new characters as well, Colan collaborated in the '80s with Tomb of Dracula writer Marv Wolfman on the 14-issue run of Night Force; with Cary Bates on the 12-issue run of Silverblade; and with Greg Potter on the 12-issue run of Jemm, Son of Saturn. As well, he drew the first six issues of Doug Moench's 1987 revival of The Spectre. Cover image of Harbinger #1 from Valiant Comics Jim Shooter (born September 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ... Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... Cary Bates is a comic book and animation writer. ... Jemm is a fictional alien in the DC Comics universe. ... Doug Moench (born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer. ... The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. ...

Colan's style, characterized by fluid figure drawing and extensive use of shadow, was unusual among Silver Age comic artists and became more so as his career progressed. He usually worked as a penciller, with Klaus Janson and Tom Palmer as his most frequent inkers. Colan broke from the mass-market comic book penciller/inker/colorist assembly-line system by creating finished drawings in graphite and watercolor. Notable examples include the DC Comics miniseries Nathaniel Dusk (1984) and Nathaniel Dusk II (1985-86), and the feature "Ragamuffins" in the Eclipse Comics umbrella series Eclipse #3, 5, & 8 (1981-83). All these were written by frequent collaborator Don McGregor. A penciller (or penciler) is one of a number of artists working within the comic industry. ... Klaus Janson is an American comic book artist, working primarily for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Tom Palmer is the name of several notable individuals, including: Tom G. Palmer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute who holds a D.Phil. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... A colorist is an artist who colors comic art reading it for production as a comic book. ... Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789, from the Greek γραφειν: to draw/write, for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential indendent publishers during the 1980s. ... Donald F. McGregor (born June 15, 1945, Rhode Island, United States) is an American comic book writer, and the author of one of the first graphic novels. ...

Independent-comics work includes the miniseries Predator: Hell & Hot Water for Dark Horse Comics; and the Eclipse graphic novel Detectives Inc.: A Terror Of Dying Dreams (1985), written by McGregor and reprinted in sepia tone as an Eclipse miniseries in 1987. He contributed to Archie Comics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, drawing and occasionally writing a number of stories. His work there included penciling the lighthearted science-fiction series Jughead's Time Police #1-6 (July 1990 - May 1991), and the 1990 one-shot To Riverdale and Back Again, an adaptation of the NBC TV movie about the Archie characters 20 years later, airing May 6, 1990; Stan Goldberg and Mike Esposito drew the parts featuring the characters in flashback as teens, while Colan drew adult characters, in a less cartoony style. In the 2000s, Colan returned to vampires by drawing a pair of stories for Dark Horse Comics' Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American comic book publishers, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... Detectives Inc. ... Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... One Shot is a high powered action film that is produced in Sri Lanka with the highest expense. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Stan Goldberg a. ... Mike Esposito, born in 1927, became one of the comic industries top artists, on his own or as a team partnered with Ross Andru. ... Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American comic book publishers, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American cult television series that aired from March 10, 1997 until May 20, 2003. ...

Later life and career

Colan and second-wife^[2] Adrienne moved from New York City to Vermont late in life. At various points he has taught at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology, and had showings at the Bess Cutler Gallery in New York City and at the Elm Street Arts Gallery in Manchester, Vermont. Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 45th  - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²)  - Width 80 miles (130 km)  - Length 160 miles (260 km)  - % water 3. ... The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Manchester, Vermont Manchester is a town located in Bennington County, Vermont. ...

Awards

In addition to his 2005 induction into the comics industry's Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Colan was nominated for the Shazam Award for Best Penciller (Dramatic Division) in 1974. The Eisner Award logo‎ The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ... The Shazam Awards or Academey of Comic Book Arts Awards was given between 1970 and 1975. ...

Critical assessment

Comics historians and critics have written that the shadowy depth of Colan's art makes it particularly well-suited for black-and-white reproduction, as in his stories for the Warren Publishing magazines Eerie and Blazing Combat in the 1960s and Marvel's Dracula Lives!, Hulk, The Savage Sword of Conan, and Savage Tales magazines in the 1970s. This is also evident in the black-and-white, trade paperback collections of his acclaimed '70s horror series Tomb of Dracula. Warren Publishing is a magazine firm founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. ... Look up eerie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Hulk (Matthew King), sometimes referred to as The Incredible Hulk, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... A trade paperback can refer to any book that is bound with a heavy paper cover that is generally cheaper than the hardcover but more expensive than the regular paperback version. ...

Audio

• Around Comics Podcast Interview (December 2006)

• Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview (December 2005)

Footnotes

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References

• Gene Colan official site
• Field, Tom, Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2005) ISBN 1-893905-45-4
• Comic Book Artist #13 (May 2001): Gene Colan interview
• Interview with Gene Colan at SlayerLit
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Atlas Tales
• The Grand Comic-Book Database