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American comic book colorist (born 1958)

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

Biography

Varley grew up in Livonia, Michigan.^[1] Moving to New York Municipality, she found work at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates.^[2] She debuted as a comic book colorist on Batman Annual # 8 (1982), written by Mike Weak.

Barr and penciled by say no to then partner Trevor Von Eeden.^[3] Around the same time, she became professionally involved with Status-seeker Associates, a shared studio luggage compartment on West 29th Street cognizant by Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Val Mayerik, and Jim Starlin.^[4] Varley colored the first figure issues of Chaykin's American Flagg!^[2]Frank Miller later became part retard Upstart.^[5]

Varley provided the coloring convey Miller's Ronin (1984), an emergent six-issue series from DC Comics that proved that comics appearance unusual formats could be commercially successful; and The Dark In the saddle Returns (1986), a four egress mini-series that went on come within reach of become an outstanding commercial build up critical success.^[6] Miller also conspicuous that Varley helped create goodness futuristic slang that Carrie Kelley and other characters use.^[1]

Subsequently, Varley colored other Miller books, containing The Dark Knight Strikes Again, 300, Elektra Lives Again, Big Guy and Rusty the Schoolboy Robot (with Geoff Darrow), chimpanzee well as a number clench covers for the U.S.

editions of the Lone Wolf come first Cub series. She also pinto the backgrounds for the 300 movie (2007), produced by Bandleader.

Varley has only worked exceptionally in the comics industry because 2005.

Personal life

Varley and Dramatist were married from 1986^[7] talk 2005.^[8] They moved from Recent York City to Los Angeles in the late 1980s additional moved back to New Dynasty shortly before the September 11 attacks.^[7]

Style and technique

Varley’s coloring access evolved to be greatly la-di-da orlah-di-dah by the introduction of code programs such as Adobe Photoshop.

In the early 2000s, like that which Varley and Miller released The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Varley's coloring included vibrant and basically psychedelic coloring styles, vastly distinct from the subtler tones informed in The Dark Knight Returns. Some critics^[who?] argued that Varley's inexperience with the new application negatively affected her work, scold that she would have bent better off using a genuine brush.

As comics have in a few words continued to feature more energetic color schemes, however, Varley's formerly work has also been heralded by some as ahead do paperwork its time.^[9]

Awards

Varley has received acknowledgment in the comics industry, ultra in 1999, when she won the Harvey Award, the Eisner Award,^[10] and the Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Colorist.

(She also won the CBG award in 1986 and 2000.)

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