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Anthony J Lombardi Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 January 2005 Location: United States Posts: 9410
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Happy birthday to Gene Colan. A marvelous talent and more importantly a marvelous human being.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 01 September 2014 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | 2
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September 1, 1926- June 23, 2011. He would've been 88 today. Happy Birthday.
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Jason Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 08 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2473
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Posted: 01 September 2014 at 2:04pm | IP Logged | 3
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A shame that he didn't live to see the Falcon become a well-known character. And, of course, the Guardians of the Galaxy (admittedly, not his Guardians).
Happy birthday, master of light and shadow.
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Larry Gil Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 09 November 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 761
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Posted: 01 September 2014 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | 4
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I was just reading my Tomb of Dracula Omnibus. He was perfect for this title.Also loved his Daredevil.
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Aaron Smith Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 06 September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 10461
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Posted: 01 September 2014 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | 5
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Without his work, I might not have become a comics fan, a Batman fan, a vampire fan, or a horror writer. I'll always be glad I once got to have a conversation with him and tell him how much his work meant to me.
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4830
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Posted: 01 September 2014 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | 6
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While he did a fine Iron Man, Captain Mar-Vell, Sub-Mariner, Avengers, Brother Voodoo or Doctor Strange he's still THE Daredevil and Dracula artist to me!
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Brian Peck Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1709
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 2:28am | IP Logged | 7
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Met Gentleman Gene a few times at SDCC and attended special event at the Cartoon Art Museum where they had an exhibit of his art and he received the Sparky Award. A great talent, I miss seeing new art by Gene.
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Eric Jansen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 October 2013 Location: United States Posts: 2293
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 3:49am | IP Logged | 8
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HOWARD THE DUCK is one of my favorite comics and no matter how much I love Steve Gerber, I don't think there's any way that book would have worked without Colan's "flowing realism"!
If only he had also drawn Gerber's SON OF SATAN and OMEGA THE UNKNOWN! They might have really gone somewhere, instead of being two "odd cancelled 70's comics."
Glad he made it to BATMAN over at DC, but I would have liked to see his version of SUPERMAN in more than just that short PHANTOM ZONE mini.
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014 Location: United States Posts: 5482
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 5:15am | IP Logged | 9
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The "flow " of Colan's line worked so well with Dracula. Happy Birthday " Gentelman Gene "
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Koroush Ghazi Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 October 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 1652
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 6:07am | IP Logged | 10
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For some reason, whenever I think of Gene Colan, this great image from Captain America springs to mind:
Edited by Koroush Ghazi on 02 September 2014 at 6:13am
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Brad Hague Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1713
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 10:06am | IP Logged | 11
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As a youth, I tended to put Gene Colan in the same art pool as Joe Kubert. However, I preferred Gene because of his interesting angles and shading, almost as if he did not need a colorist to make the art pop.
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Rick Senger Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 9646
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Posted: 02 September 2014 at 10:30am | IP Logged | 12
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Big Gene the Dean fan. Definitely the definitive DD and Dracula artist for me, too. A lot of inkers had trouble with his work but as soon as you see his gorgeous pencils, you quickly realize what a towering talent this guy was.
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