Scott Kolins
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| Scott Kolins | |
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| Born | 1968 Seville, Spain |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Colourist |
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Notable works
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Star Wars: The Essential Guide 9-11 (comics) #2 The Freak Show of The Thing 2002 The Flash 2001-2003 |
| Awards | 2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards 'Favorite Breakout Talent' |
Scott Kolins is an American illustrator, writer and creator for multiple different superhero and science fiction comic books. His main credits are as a penciler but he is an established inker as well as colorist and has some credits as a writer.
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Early life
Kolins' interest in drawing and comics began when he was around 10 years old as an avid comic book reader in the late 1970s.[citation needed] He studied at The Joe Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey[1] for two years, beginning in 1991.[dead link][2]
Kolins other influences include Barry Windsor-Smith, Michael Golden, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, and Frank Miller. "These five are the core artists who teach me something almost every day when I look at their work and 'listen' to their 'storytelling voices'. They each have a pronounced style of conveying a story. Something about how they do it works for me and informs me on how I want to do it." The day Jack Kirby died he took his (namesake) dog for a walk because, "It felt like something huge had ended."[3] Other artists Kolins names as influences include Frank Frazetta, Bill Watterson, Alphonse Mucha, Patrick Nagel, Bev Doolittle, J.W. Waterhouse and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.[dead link][4]
Career
In the 1980s, he worked under Dennis Jensen, and then under Kim DeMulder and Bart Sears. After studying at the Kubert school, Kolins got a job with Valiant Comics. He was then hired as a Romita Raider (in house art corrections under John Romita Sr.) at Marvel Comics.[2] Kolins announced his move from Marvel in 2007 and that he had been talking to Geoff Johns about a future project.[5][6]
Style and approach
Most of Kolins' credits are as penciller, following the modern tradition of "tight penciling". Since his work on The Flash, he has a tendency to do fewer shadows and varying of the weight and width of lines—-the impact is also partly to shift some of the content of the page from the responsibilities of penciller to that or inker or colorist (fewer lines and definition by line and more by color contrasts). This tends to make the art very "clean." To help fill out the page more Kolins developed a compensating quality of adding extra detail to the background. The whole pattern of emphasis has been the subject of discussion.[7]
In addition to his penciling and inking work, Kolins studied comic book coloring.[8] Each comic book has its own particular qualities and Kolins seeks some nuanced approach in his art to each comic book. He has drawn over two dozen different titles and develops some variation organically with the demands of the story and the history of the character or freedom from that history sometimes.[9]
Scott Kolins was a 2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards 'Favorite Breakout Talent' for his work on The Flash and rave reviews from fans.[dead link][10]
Characters created
Kolins is also credited with the creation (or co-creation) of several comic book characters, including Peek-a-Boo, Iron Maniac Gear, Tar Pit and others.
Selected bibliography
Kolins has illustrated numerous comic books for Marvel from 1992 to 2008, including Excalibur, Hawkeye, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Thing, The Avengers, She-Hulk, Wolverine, the Fantastic Four, and others. He has also illustrated many DC comics from 1993 to 2010. Works included Green Lantern, Superboy, Legion of Superheroes, The Flash,Wonder Woman, Superman/Batman.
References
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- Scott Kolins blog
- Scott Kolins at the Comic Book DB
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Interview with Scott Kolins. NovaPrimePage.[dead link]
- ↑ "Scott Kolins Takes Heroes Beyond At Marvel" article from COMICON
- ↑ "Earth’s Mightiest Penciler, Scott Kolins". COMICON.[dead link]
- ↑ "A New Initiative: Scott Kolins Leaves Marvel Comics". Comics Bulletin. August 21, 2007[dead link]
- ↑ "BALTIMORE COMIC-CON 07: SCOTT KOLINS SIGNS EXCLUSIVE WITH DC". Newsarama. September 8, 2007[dead link]
- ↑ "Thoughts On Scott Kolins' Art...". Newsarama.[dead link]
- ↑ "Scott Kolins: Artist of Thunder" article from Comics Bulletin
- ↑ Singh, Arune (September 22, 2006). "Scott Kolins gets ready to soar with 'Omega Flight'". September 22, 2006. Comic Book Resources
- ↑ "Kirkman's Five Reasons to Pre-Order Marvel Team-Up". Newsarama.[dead link]
