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Gene Colan Obituary in The Guardian
Posted: July 1, 2011
American comic book artist Gene Colan died last Thursday. Colan is a great loss, one of the most truly distinctive and illustrative of comic book artists, he brought mood, class and humanity to whatever he drew. Remember that sequence he added of Captain America wandering the streets that forced Stan the Man to come up with a powerful reflective soliloquy? Or those amazing experimental new-look Doctor Strange issues with Roy Thomas and Tom Palmer? And of course the glorious run on Tomb of Dracula? And those wash stories in the early issues of Creepy and Eerie? He was also a master on short horror, romance and war and western stories of course. Being able to share his vision of the world through his artistry will always stay with me.
And as Clifford Meth writes: “Following earlier discussions with Gene, and this morning with his daughter Nanci, I am setting up the Gene Colan Scholarship at the Joe Kubert School. In lieu of flowers and such, you can contribute to this scholarship in Gene’s memory.”
Lots to celebrate and remember him by - if you’re not familiar with his work, be sure to explore it. My obituary of ‘Gentleman’ Gene has been published this Wednesday in The Guardian.
Read The Blog At The Crossroads here.
