Just filling in...

I helped out on two books coming out next week. I did 10 pages of Wolverine #304 (preview here). There were a couple of different artists in this this issue and I colored pages by three of them. In this first one that guy is eating an actual wolverine. I'm guessing he doesn't like the hero Wolverine very much...

 I also helped out on Winter Soldier #4. In Wolverine I was just asked to color the pages, and not try and match another colorists style. But in Winter Soldier I wanted to try and at least get close to Bettie Brietweiser's style. I'm still missing some of the more sophisticated and subtle details that she uses, but hopefully my pages aren't an eyesore when reading the book. :) Here's a preview of some earlier pages colored by Bettie, and below is the first scene I colored in the book...

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Wolverine #16

Wolverine#16 is out this today (9/28) and here are some pages from the book...

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Wolverine #15

Wolverine #15 is the first of a 2 issue arch drawn by Groan Sudzuka. Below you can check out a page, and then continue the sequence in the preview that CBR has up!

I had an awesome time coloring Goran's art (both issues are done), and can't wait to work with him again. Also, a fact not widely known (even to Goran until I told him), is that I colored a good chunk of his Y the Last Man art when I worked for Zylonol Studios. I liked working on it then, and I like working on it now. :)

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Wolverine #14

One more before I hit the road (or skies in this case) for Baltimore. Wolverine #14 comes out next week and there is a preview up here.

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Wolverine #13

Newsarama has an early look at Wolverine #13 (click here). Below are 2 of the 4 pages they have previewed...

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Wolverine #12

Marvel has posted three early preview pages for Wolverine #12, you can check that out here. And here's 2 of those pages featuring Gray Hulk and brown suited Wolverine in a flashback...

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Wolverine #11, and a bit more about process...

I need to do some catching up around here, and I thought it would be nice to post more about my process. So, instead of just posting "This book is out" for Wolverine #11, I figured I would point out the reasons behind some of my color choices.

Don't worry, your minds are in no danger of being blown.

The current story arc for Wolverine has our favorite mutant tracking down the group who sent his soul to hell, The Red Right Hand. Each issue is divided into two time periods: the present and a series of flash backs. In the present Wolverine fights his way through 5 thugs (fighting one at a time/one per issue) that serve as The Red Right Hand's body guards.

While Wolverine is fighting in the present, each flashback section of the book focuses on a different member of The Red Right Hand and an event in their lives where Wolverine caused them pain and suffering.

After reading the script the first color decision I made was that it needed to be very obvious when the story was in the present and when it shifted to flashbacks. I decided that I would make all the flashbacks the same limited palette, and make all the present day a contrasting palette. Within the flashbacks the story shifts from place to place, and even from time period to time period while exploring the character's life. Typically I would pick a different palette for each of these scene changes so that the reader would know that the story has shifted scenes. But I decided that it was more important to keep all of the flashbacks colored with the same palette so that they are instantly recognizable as flashbacks.

So, here's two pages from issue #10. In the first page we're seeing Wolverine in the present (holding a severed foot, eww). These palettes are mostly cool colors.

The very next page is a flashback scene, which has a warm palette. There's no question we've shifted scenes from page to page.

The next two pages are from issue #11 and as you can see I've continued the same palettes from issue #10. Even though the flashback is focusing on a different character I wanted all the flashbacks in this arc to be connected since each one is a memory about Wolverine. That's my way of saying that each of these peoples view of Wolverine is "tinted" the same way. Again, the first page is in the present, with the last panel switching to a flashback, and then a whole page of flashback.

These certainly aren't revolutionary ideas concerning comics coloring. In fact, they're pretty simple concepts. But this illustrates one of the many decisions that a colorist can make to help enhance the storytelling in a comic.

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Back on Wolverine...

After 5 issues with a different art team Renato Guedes is back drawing Wolverine starting with issue #10, and I'll be back on as colorist. Here's an advanced preview, and below are some other pages from the issue...

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Wolverine #4

SNIKT!

CBR preview here, pages below!...

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1K (and Woverine #4) (edited)

Yesterday I colored my 1000th page this year. My page count is at 1011, with one month left in the year.

And just so this isn't a text only post, here's a page from Wolverine #4 that comes out December 15th... 

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Wolverine #3

There's a Jason Aaron interview about Wolverine over on CBR, and they posted a few pages from issue #3. Click the link to read, or just look below to see the preview art...

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Wolverine #2

Here's some pages from Wolverine #2, which comes out this Wednesday (October 6th)...

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SNIKT!!!

Aw yeah, I just popped out the claws! And then used them to claw-paint some Wolverine pages. I'll be coloring a new Wolveine book this September written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Renato Guedes. CBR has an advanced preview up that can tell you all about the story and other fascinating details.


Here are the pages from the preview...

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