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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-17 19:17:00

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char: captain america/bucky barnes, char: captain america/steve rogers, char: nick fury, creator: ed brubaker, creator: gene colan, publisher: marvel comics

Colan Rides Again

Four scans from Captain America #601, Gene Colan's one-issue return to drawing (so, another candidate for "the last full comic illustrated by Gene Colan").

This was written about three years ago, I believe; I recall hearing some mention of it around then, though as an annual. The framing device is set circa Civil War #3-4, as Bucky (in his post-Winter Soldier, pre-Cap garb) talks with Nick Fury about one of their past adventures in a little town in Belgium, following Patton's raising the siege of Bastogne. Brubaker said he consulted with Colan as to what he was interested in drawing, and ended up with a mix of his Cap stuff and Tomb of Dracula. A vampire's on the loose, killin' folks, and Steve and Bucky are on the case. When the Wehrmacht originally rolled on through, one of the officers was a vampire, but he was long gone, leaving only his legacy behind. It seems they've uncovered the person behind it, one of the famous ladies participating in a USO show, but Cap is suspicious (since it's not clear how the departed vampire-Nazi could have been involved, and it seems unlikely they'd be unrelated).

Colan's one of the greats, but this reveal image lost a lot of its impact for me because I was focussed pretty much entirely on trying to figure out the perspective on that huge hand.

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icon_uk
2009-07-19 12:10 pm UTC (link)

(so, another candidate for "the last full comic illustrated by Gene Colan")

I think this one might be more "last" than most. This, from Gene's Yahoo Group posting of yesterday

"I loved drawing to Ed's script! Loved
drawing War. I've been blessed. Tom Brevoort was like a mother bear
watching over every detail of this production. Same with Ed. They
weren't about to let anything interfere with my art. Dean White who
did a masterful job coloring had to submit each page one by one for
all of our approval. And he couldn't have been more of a team player,
fabulous attitude and brilliant work.
I began my career in 1946 with Marvel. It was Stan who hired me.
Beany cap blowing in the wind from the window behind his desk. And
now my work is done. My career ends with Marvel, with a new
generation of editors and creators, but the same comraderie and
excellence as when it all began. :)"

Ending your professional career on a note like this after SIXTY THREE YEARS? The man deserves a medal for that alone!

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