Dec 05, 2019 full of mindboggling visuals and entrancing storytelling, the work of liam sharp and steve oliff isnt something were likely to soon forget. The anthology features letters from clem robins, steve wands, troy peteri, andworld designs, and tom napolitano. Thats changed with the current the green lantern series by writer grant morrison, artist liam sharp, colorist steve oliff, and letter tom orzechowski, a team of comicbook veterans whose combined talent has elevated the concept to new levels of intrigue. The primary villain in this issue, rakaww, has numerous moments where he visually is reminiscent of the violator from spawn, perhaps a nod to the books legendary letterer, tom orzechowski. After a short detour exploring the blackstars, grant morrison is teaming up once more with artist liam sharp and colorist steve oliff on a brand new season of. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Paired with returning colorist steve oliff, sharp takes the series visuals to a whole new level in season 2, from fiery battles to massive crowd shots that are filled with familiar and new faces. Steve oliff project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He also worked on red thorn, savage dragon, worlds finest, the green lantern, the maxx, iron man, peter davids captain marvel, fantastic four, uncanny xmen, miracleman, akira, avengers forever, spiderwoman, first kingdom and legends of the dark knight oliff was the colorist for savage dragondestroyer duck, which. Full of mindboggling visuals and entrancing storytelling, the work of liam sharp and steve oliff isnt something were likely to soon forget.
The siblings opened their first pacific comics retail store on cass street in p. Steve oliff lives in point arena, california, where he once acted as mayor. Steve oliff is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. Oliff shows off his coloring range here, blending the more painted backgrounds with the brighter characters and details. Colorist steve oliff and his company olyoptics were one of the first to use computers to do color separations. Steve oliff born february 20, 1954 is an american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. Were also searching on the following alternative names and common misspellings to come up with the results on this page. How long have you been working as a comic book colorist. The green lantern corps is a squadron of interstellar police officers, but for many years the corps comics have focused much more on bombastic space opera rather than police procedural stories. Join facebook to connect with steve oliff and others you may know. One universe of light, four worlds of color gualala arts.
In 2016, we began selling color guides for the legendary manga, akira, from famed colorist steve oliff. Steve oliff born february 20, 1954 is an american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry since 1978 biography. He has written two comic books, armature and armature. Hi, im speaking with steve oliff, it is september 21st, 1994. Feb 14, 2020 paired with returning colorist steve oliff, sharp takes the series visuals to a whole new level in season 2, from fiery battles to massive crowd shots that are filled with familiar and new faces.
Color guide artwork is different from black and white original art. This page was created in ink over graphite on bristol board with an image area of 10 x 15. After a short detour exploring the blackstars, grant morrison is teaming up once more with artist liam sharp and colorist steve oliff on a brand new season of the green lantern, and the crew does. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. He is a multiple harvey award winner for best colorist. Oliff was the colorist for savage dragondestroyer duck, which. It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book.
Oliff was chosen as the colorist, and he convinced marvel that it was time to try computer color. His company, olyoptics, was the first to use computers to do color separation. Color loretta krol louise simonson lynn graeme manuel gutierrez marc andreyko marc. Manga are comics or graphic novels created in japan or by creators in the japanese language, conforming to a style developed in japan in the late 19th century. After twenty years in the business, this is my first comic. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least years of age, and have read and agree to the terms of service and privacy. I read all the comic books, cut wood for a living and party all day with a four year old, envy me peasants. The previous volume had a sense of pulp, science fiction adventure, and that continues here, though the art team does lean a bit more into. Steve oliff colourist of the absolute sandman, volume one.
He also worked on red thorn, savage dragon, worlds finest, the green lantern, the maxx, iron man, peter davids captain marvel, fantastic four, uncanny xmen, miracleman, akira, avengers forever, spiderwoman, first kingdom and legends of the dark knight. The man who brought full color to the akira manga at marvel comics so. Career steve oliff first got into comic books when he began attending conventions and speaking with professionals. Steve oliff is a comic book colorist best known for todd mcfarlanes spawn. The comics listed below are all the comics that steve oliff has worked on as colorist that are currently indexed in the unofficial guide to the dc universe. He also worked on red thorn, savage dragon, worlds finest, the green lantern, the maxx, iron man, peter davids captain marvel, fantastic four, uncanny xmen, miracleman, akira, avengers forever, spiderwoman, first kingdom and legends of the dark knight oliff was the colorist for savage. Color guides are the colorist s hand colored artwork on resized copies of the pencil and ink original artwork. Steve oliff writer artist penciller inker colorist. Although glynis wein was the colorist on the published comic book, in 1981, someone had superstar colorist steve oliff handcolor this page in watercolor. He has colored a great number of titles for marvel, eclipse, pacific, dc, dark horse and image, and his company olyoptics was one of the first to experiment with computer coloring. He is a multiple harvey awardwinner for best colorist. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Thats changed with the current the green lantern series by writer grant morrison, artist liam sharp, colorist steve oliff, and letter tom orzechowski, a team of comic book veterans whose. Steve oliff, legends of the dark knight dc, 2112 dark horse, and akira marvel best cover artist.
He was given his first professional job as a colourist. Mar 21, 2019 steve oliff is an american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry since 1978. Steve oliff first got into comic books when he began attending conventions and speaking with professionals. May 07, 2017 steve has been the visiting artist for may, 2017, at the chac gallery in point arena, ca. Steve oliff is a comic book colorist who has worked in the industry since 1978. Best comics of 2020 dc comics edition comics bookcase. Feb 09, 2016 in 1989, veteran colorist steve oliff was personally selected by katsuhiro otomo to color his seminal manga, akira.
Written by neil gaiman, with art by chris bachalo and mark buckingham, and colors by steve oliff. Sharpe sharpe font sophie heath steve behling steve buccellato steve butler steve ditko steve dutro steve gerber steve leialoha steve oliff steve rude steve seagle steve skroce steven grant steven hoveke terry. Chris has worked for marvel, image, dark horse, dynamite and more comic book companies. Steve oliff is an awardwinning american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry since 1978. It is signed by oliff and miller in the bottom margin. Steve oliff born february 20, 1954 is an american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry since 1978.
Colors by the talented steve oliff really sparkles in the early pages containing a lot of buildings and sunsets, i would buy a poster of that title page, its impressive. When most writers take a break between big arcs to let the artist get ahead, they do a slight oneoff story, maybe focus on a supporting character. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Although other companies at the time were experimenting with computers, oliff and his crew were the first to blend the color guide artist with the separator. Pioneers like steve oliff paved the way to a new conception of colors in mainstream comics with his works on akira and spawn production valueswise, image was instrumental in the popularization of digital colors. The lowstress way to find your next colorist job opportunity is on simplyhired. Oliff has written and drawn his own comic books armature and armature. Steve oliff is an american comic book artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry since 1978. All of the stories and even the art are reminiscent of books that were published in the 1940s 1950s. Referencing houseknechts death in a 2012 huffpost editorial defending comics from criticism that the. Steve oliff began his comic book career in the late 1970s, as a colorist for byron preisss publications.
Creature of the night hc, meanwhile, is good to for readers who know and love batman comic books, as it sees superhero veterans kurt busiek and john paul leon putting a gritty and gorgeous real world spin on one of the most beloved characters in all of american fiction. Done to give the akira comic book colorist steve oliff an example on how otomo wanted the look of the book to be colored. Laz muniz, monarch comics, charles edward sellner, comic art house, conquest comics, trent kaniuga, morgan grant buchanan, comic book hall of fame, sac con. Steve oliff may be one of the best color artists in comics history.
Kindly note due to the large range of products and sales, items at time of purchase may not always be immediately in stock but can be stocked from 3 to 10 business days or may be currently on preorder and therefore may be offered at a discounted special price which may differ from our in store price. Steve oliff comic art member gallery results page 3. A cosmic crime lord dooms a planet in this the green. This video documents their working relationship, including otomos trip to point. Comics buyers guide, edited by don and maggie thompson krause. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Katsuhiro otomos akira color manga pages by colorist steve oliff marvelepic comics 1992. Aug 20, 2012 color guide hand colored by katsuhiro otomo himself. Worldrenowned author michael moorcock an alien heat, mother.
Its strange, weird fun with amazingly detailed artwork and moves in a direction that keeps you constantly offbalance. All comic art shown is owned or created by our gallery owners at. In 1994 at the san diego comic con, i put on an exhibition called the color exploratorium showcasing the evolution of color in comic books and color separation, says coastallygrown artist and author, steve oliff, who is also owner of olyoptics, an awardwinning color separation firm in point arena. Chris comic book colors appear in series like ice cream man, x23, james bond, lockjaw and others. Oliff broke into professional comics by attending comic book conventions and meeting people. Cover by dave mckean with an added fifth metallic color. Art katsuhiro otomos akira color manga pages by colorist steve oliff marvelepic comics 1992. We started as a mailorder company, selling to consumers via. The colors by steve oliff are great with obviously green being tinged throughout it has an opportunity to feel bland or monotonous but oliff combats that with a lot of warmer tones like reds and oranges helping to make the green feel like accents despite being the predominant color in many panels. Synopsis oliff discusses how he became a comic book colorist and where the idea of his character armature came from. Steve oliff comic artist the most popular comic art by. Includes a bonus story written by larry hama with art by bret blevins, another written by warren ellis with art by terry shoemaker, and a pinup gallery featuring moebius, joe madureira, george pratt, mike allred, john romita, alex toth, kevin oneill and john van fleet. Preiss gave oliff his first major coloring job on a shadowjack story in the illustrated roger zelazny.
Worldrenowned author michael moorcock an alien heat, mother london teams with walter simonson orion, the mighty thor for the thrilling tale of legendary hero elrics training and transformation from callow youth to prince of melnibone in. A team of avengers from disparate timelines fights to safeguard the future from immortus, the lord of time. Comic book colorists for hire public group facebook. Darkpark and lightworld, and is currently writing the third in his series. Pages in category steve oliff colorist the following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. He has worked as a graphic artist for national art productions such as dc comics and walt disney, and has. In 1989, steve was personally selected by akira creator katsuhiro otomo to color the seminal work. Preiss gave oliff his first major coloring job on a shadowjack story in the illustrated.
Avengers forever trade paperback avengers legends vol. Color guide hand colored by katsuhiro otomo himself. The birth and death of pacific comics san diego reader. He won the eisner award for best colourist in 1992, 1993.
After the publication of akira in 1988, computer coloring became increasingly prevalent in the comics industry. Akira in color with steve oliff anime news network. Oliff was selected by otomo and introduced to him via archie goodwin, who was the editor in chief of marvel comics epic line at the time. Morrison has doubled down on the space cop angle, with each issue focusing on a specific.
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