Friday, June 24, 2011

Gene Colan (1926-2011)

News came across the wires earlier today of the passing of comic book artist Gene Colan at 84 after an illness.

If you're a long-time comics fan, you've probably read at least one book that Colan worked on. His resume includes a long list of classic characters. From Sub-Mariner and Daredevil to Howard the Duck & Dracula at Marvel to Batman & the Spectre at DC and finally, a stint drawing Archie and his friends at Archie Comics. If that isn't a Hall of Fame caliber resume, I don't know what is.

Colan drew a great deal of praise from peers and fans alike for his run on Marvel's Tomb of Dracula during the 70's, and reunited with writer Marv Wolfman to create The Night Force for DC in 1982. His dark, atmospheric layouts and pencils fit the mood of those books like a pair of gloves.

Rest in peace, Gene. You'll be missed.

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