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Lynn Varley

American comic book colorist (born )

Lynn Varley is an American comic bookcolorist, notable for her collaborations with her then-husband, comic book writer/artist Frank Miller.

Biography

Varley grew up in Livonia, Michigan.[1] Moving to New York City, she found work at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates.[2] She debuted as a comic book colorist on Batman Annual # 8 (), written by Mike W.

Barr and penciled by her then partner Trevor Von Eeden.[3] Around the same time, she became professionally involved with Upstart Associates, a shared studio space on West 29th Street formed by Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Val Mayerik, and Jim Starlin.[4] Varley colored the first two issues of Chaykin's American Flagg![2]Frank Miller later became part of Upstart.[5]

Varley provided the coloring for Miller's Ronin (), an experimental six-issue series from DC Comics that proved that comics in unusual formats could be commercially successful; and The Dark Knight Returns (), a four issue mini-series that went on to become an outstanding commercial and critical success.[6] Miller also noted that Varley helped create the futuristic slang that Carrie Kelley and other characters use.[1]

Subsequently, Varley colored other Miller books, including The Dark Knight Strikes Again, , Elektra Lives Again, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (with Geoff Darrow), as well as a number of covers for the U.S.

editions of the Lone Wolf and Cub series.

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    • She also colored the backgrounds for the movie (), produced by Miller.

    Varley has only worked sporadically in the comics industry since

    Personal life

    Varley and Miller were married from [7] to [8] They moved from New York City to Los Angeles in the late s and moved back to New York shortly before the September 11 attacks.[7]

    Style and technique

    Varley’s coloring technique evolved to be greatly influenced by the introduction of software programs such as Adobe Photoshop.

    In the early s, when Varley and Miller released The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Varley's coloring included vibrant and nearly psychedelic coloring styles, vastly different from the subtler tones used in The Dark Knight Returns. Some critics[who?] argued that Varley's inexperience with the new technology negatively affected her work, and that she would have been better off using a real brush.

    As comics have subsequently continued to feature more vibrant color schemes, however, Varley's earlier work has also been heralded by some as ahead of its time.[9]

    Awards

    Varley has received recognition in the comics industry, particularly in , when she won the Harvey Award, the Eisner Award,[10] and the Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Colorist.

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    • (She also won the CBG award in and )

    Notes

    1. ^ ab"Comic book artist and writer Frank Miller,"Fresh Air (November 14, ): "Frank Miller: 'The whole thing actually comes by way of Lynn Varley and her brothers. . . . It was a way that they spoke in their neighborhood in Livonia, Michigan.

      It's simply a reverse way of speaking in patterns.'"

    2. ^ abBayer, Josh. "'ALL Of Making Comics Is Pleasurable To Me': An Interview with Trevor Von Eeden,"The Comics Journal (JUL 08, ).
    3. ^Ramon Gil (14 August ).

      Lynn varley painter interviews with monster Most of the time, each page juggles multiple threads of plot and idea at once. I wonder if I would have learned so much about comics if The Dark Knight Returns were trying to be something other than a comic. More importantly for my purposes, it deals with these ideas at the most fractal formal levels, where everything from color to framing to the choice of which Batman characters to use makes the themes and story richer. So next time you flip through a comic book, take a moment to appreciate the vibrant colors.

      "Trevor Von Eeden speaks out on 40 years in the industry". Comics Creator News.

    4. ^Nolen-Weathington, Eric (). Modern Masters, Volume 8: Walter Simonson. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p.&#; ISBN&#;. Retrieved January 29,
    5. ^Howard Chaykin: Conversations (Univ.

      Press of Mississippi, ), pp.

      Lynn varley painter interviews with monster trucks The President in blue juxtaposed with a blue-haired Kent. Or how the world sees them. American comic book colorist born Gray, lastly, is the color of ambiguity.

      –

    6. ^Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (). "s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.

      Lynn varley painter interviews with monster legends Frank Miller. Notes [ edit ]. Forgot your password? The repetition also adds structure to the story.

      Dorling Kindersley. p.&#; ISBN&#;. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

    7. ^ abHowe, Sean. "CULTURE: After His Public Downfall, *Sin City'*s Frank Miller Is Back (And Not Sorry),"Wired (August 20, ).
    8. ^"Icon: Frank MillerArchived at the Wayback Machine", , by Johnny Davis, 27 April , originally published in the February issue of British GQ, p.

      Lynn varley painter interviews with monster machines I wondered if this was a photo of an actual comic that somehow got perspective corrected, but the head is over different type in both, so it must have been released at some point, maybe for solicitations? It will derive from other work. Top banner: px wide x 90 px high Site Wrapper — spec available on request. But even among the many Miller-Varley collaborations, nowhere do color and theme seem so tightly linked as in The Dark Knight Returns.

      2Archived at the Wayback Machine

    9. ^Rich Johnston (9 August ). "Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again, Published Without Lynn Varley's Colours". . Retrieved
    10. ^ Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Winners at the Comic Book Award Alamanc

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