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Gene Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel. He is best known for his work on 1964 Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula. Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. He passed away in 2011. Gene Colan’s mark making is exceptional. The strokes of the pencil and hatching are used to communicate form and structure to the figures and elements in his drawings. Solid black would immensely flatten the images, but the quick

Industrial process Vs. Artisan process of creating comic books is the industrial process is created collaboratively (assembly line) – divided among writers, artist, inker, letterer, colorer and editor. While the Artisan process is typically independent. One cartoonist does the majority of the creative work. When one thinks of comics, who are the first names that come to mind? Many will tell you, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, etc. They are indeed huge names in comics, but are they auteurs? Auteur

darker series and paints in a very Detective/Noir-esque tone. The brighter colors are added when scenes are more emotional, to pull us out of the darkness and remind us that it's time to breathe. Such as the panel examples below: Both the penciler/inker and colorist have a beautiful and firm understanding how colors can trigger action and tranquility. I'm also impressed by the fighting scenes, they were

Marvel being the progressive company that they were, they wanted to get a black person to help work on Luke Cage, Hero For Hire. They didn't have any African-Americans working in the Marvel Bull Pen at the time so they went looking outside for someone. Billy Graham had been doing work for Warren Publishing on some of their titles like Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella. One of his earliest comics projects was illustrating writer Don Glut's "Death Boat!" in Vampirella #1 (Sept. 1969), one of Warren Publishing's

Schlesinger's Pacific Title and Art company, she ran errands for the staff at around the age of 12. On July 13, 1936, she became a painter at Leon Schlesinger Productions, home of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, starting out at $12.75 a week, then later an inker. After leaving Schlesinger, she worked at Graphic Films (a small Hollywood animation house which

Average people that have little to no idea how animation is done still (hopefully) understand that it takes creativity, unique ideas, and most of all passion to do your job successfully. So it is my guess that one would be very surprised to find out that even in the animation industry, men are more desired for jobs than women. How can animation be dominated by a single gender? Men and women have great ideas, both can tell wonderful stories, and both can pull from their personal experiences and incorporate

Disney is a well-known mass media company that was created in the early 1920’s. There are a variety of genres, characters, morals and quotes that Disney has created in almost 95 years! They make movies, tv shows, books and joy to not only children but adults too. The Walt Disney Company was originated in Los Angeles, California, United States of America in October 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney. Walt Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, Walt was one

Eventually, teachers, in the public school system, will find themselves in the crosshairs in the debate over a student’s expression of religious beliefs within the classroom. What should a teacher do if a student decides to submit an essay on Jesus as their hero accompanied by a drawing of the Last Supper? Should the teacher accept the student’s submission? If so, will the assignment be displayed on the classroom wall? By investigations the students’ religious rights under the First Amendment

The Battle Over the Religious Homework Eventually, teachers, in the public school system, will find themselves in the crosshairs in the debate over a student’s expression of religious beliefs within the classroom. What should a teacher do if a student decides to submit an essay on Jesus as their hero accompanied by a drawing of the Last Supper? Should the teacher accept the student’s submission? If so, will the assignment be displayed on the classroom wall? By investigations the students’ religious

animation. The studio made a deal with two local theaters to run their movies, but even after this arrangement, the cartoons did not take off. Laugh-O-Gram Studios ultimately failed, and in 1923 the studio was so burdened with debt that Walt had no choice but to shut down the studio and declare bankruptcy. Walt Disney was not a quitter. Following the bankruptcy of Laugh-O-Gram, he, his brother, and Ub Iwerks packed up and moved to Hollywood in 1923 with $750 to their names. The three began working