Jordie Bellaire
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Colourist
Notable works
Injection, Pretty Deadly, The Massive
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Jordie Bellaire is an American comic book writer and colorist who lives in Florida and works for DC, Marvel, Valiant, and Image comic book publishers. She has colored Pretty Deadly, The Manhattan Projects, Moon Knight, The Vision, Magneto, Nowhere Men, Hawkeye, Batman, among other titles.[1][2]

Bellaire is credited with starting the "Comics are for everybody" initiative to make the comic book community more inclusive and compassionate.[3]

Bellaire along with Declan Shalvey created the poster for the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "One of Us".[4]


Colorist Appreciation Day

Following a Tumblr post by Bellaire in early 2013, fans declared January 24 to be "Colorist Appreciation Day", in order to celebrate how much the color adds to the artwork of any given comic. In her post, an open letter titled "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more", directed at an unnamed fan convention, she talks about how important the colorist is but how little recognition they get, saying "Colorists are the unknown amazing backup singer that makes every track awesome".[5]

Eisner Awards

In 2014, Bellaire was nominated for an Eisner award for best cover artist for her collaboration on The Wake with Sean Murphy. In addition, she also received a nomination for Best Coloring award for her work on various titles,[6] which she won.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Comic Book Previews of Books by Jordie Bellaire". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  2. ^ Bailey, Benjamin (30 January 2013). "Nowhere Men #3 Review". IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ "CBR SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Jordie Bellaire Colors Her World". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  4. ^ Towers, Andrea (March 12, 2015). "Coulson and Cal take center stage in new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. art -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (24 January 2014). "Why comic fans have declare it's "Colorist Appreciation Day"". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  7. ^ Cavna, Michael (27 July 2014). "COMIC-CON 14: Here are your Eisner Award winners". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.


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