A Conversation with Gene Colan Comicology.TV
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Uploaded by comicologytv on Aug 14, 2008
UPDATE!
6/24/2011
Rest in peace, Gentleman Gene.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Comic book artist Gene Colan, whose career spanned seven decades and chronicled the adventures of heroes like Daredevil, Batman and Howard the Duck, has died in the Bronx at age 84.
Longtime friend Clifford Meth says the artist died late Thursday in hospice from complications of liver disease and a broken hip.
Colan drew hundreds of stories for publishers such as DC and Marvel, and helped co-create the Falcon, one of the industry's first African-American characters to appear in mainstream comic books.
His art was a staple of the Silver Age era of comics, and his 70-issue run on "The Tomb of Dracula" in the 1970s remains critically lauded for returning horror to the pages of comics.
About Gene Colan:
One of mainstream comics' most significant artists, Gene Colan was born in New York in 1926 and studied at the Art Students League of New York under illustrator Frank Riley and surrealistic Japanese painter Kuniashi. After a stint in the army, Colan's official career in comics began in 1944 at Fiction House and Timely. He has worked over the last 60 + years at almost every major publisher, including EC, Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Bongo and Archie. His most memorable work includes unsurpassed runs on Daredevil, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Dr. Strange, Tomb of Dracula and Howard the Duck, not to mention inspired depictions of Conan, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Beginning in the 1980s, Gene took on more varied and unusual work, including Nathaniel Dusk, Ragamuffins, The Spider (a graphic novel), Stewart the Rat, and Michael Chabon's The Escapist. Colan has taught at both the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has enjoyed showings at the Southern Vermont Museum of Art, the Bess Cutler Gallery in New York City and Manchester's Elm Street Arts Gallery where he lectured on Comics, Cinema, and Continuity Art.
Colan is the recipient of a Shazam Award, two Eagle awards and in 2005 was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
His style is immediately recognizable for its dramatic & sweeping cinematic form, mastery of light and shadow, expression and characterization, and unusual eye-catching layouts. Colan is also responsible for the innovative use of "finished pencils" as artwork. He's the only mainstream comic book artist today whose work is usually published directly from his pencil illustrations.
www.genecolan.com
Hosted by Jeff Peters (American Splendor, Late Show with David Letterman)
Comicology.TV 2008 Week 33, August 10-16
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Gene Colan never got the acclaim he deserved! I wrote an appreciation of his work shortly after he died. To read it do a Google search for ''squidoo gene colan''
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R.I.P. Gene non ti dimenticheremo mai!!!
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great great great. love his pencilling
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Gene looks like a cool dude!!
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Colan is a genius in his field. Love 'em!!
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Great artist
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Awesome comic artist. I spent my '08 Christmas vacation reading Essential Tomb of Dracula Volume 1. Very good stuff.
thank you for providing this interview!
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My Master of Art, great hero and greatest inspiration!
-Mark Staff Brandl
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Dear Dean, Wishing I could be in S.F. today to see the exhibit. Too bad DD won't be ale to see it.
Great interview.
Well wishes
-E
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Very nice interview with a true legend in the industry. I agree with Gene; you are a good interviewer Jeff. You show great respect for Gene.
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What a great guy. And a legend. My favourite Colan work is on Howard the Duck - fantastic characterisation.
oscarshapely 3 years ago
Oscar-
I'm only sorry we didn't have more time with Gene, but he was off to a panel and signing.Next time we'll cover more of his work.A really great guy.
-Jeff
comicologytv 3 years ago