Adrienne Roy (June 28, 1953[2] – December 14, 2010) was a comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics. She was largely responsible for coloring the Batman line (Batman and Detective Comics) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
| Adrienne Roy | |
|---|---|
 Roy circa 2009 | |
| Born | June 28, 1953[1] |
| Died | December 14, 2010 (aged 57) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Colourist |
Notable works | Batman Detective Comics |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Tollin 1976–19? (divorce) |
Biography
editRoy attended an art school in Wayne, New Jersey, where she studied painting techniques. Her first contact with comics was through collecting Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula, The Sub-Mariner and Conan the Barbarian. Roy's first work as a comics colorist was assisting her then husband Anthony Tollin, who worked for DC Comics at the time. But it was long-time colorist Jack Adler who would give her the first job at DC: the cover of DC Special Series #8 (featuring the Batman, Deadman and Sgt. Rock team-up). Adler and Sol Harrison (who was also a colorist) were considered by Roy herself as her mentors and both trained her on coloring during her first years at DC.[3]
Roy was also responsible for the coloring on many other titles during that time period: The New Teen Titans, The Warlord, Weird War Tales and Madame Xanadu. Nevertheless, she is predominantly known for her work on the Batman books: Batman, Detective Comics, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Batman: Gotham Knights, and Robin.[4]
When computerized colors arrived to comics, the assignments to classic colorists substantially decreased. By 2000 Roy was largely out of work, despite training herself on the computer. Roy spent her last days battling cancer[3] and died in Austin, Texas, at age 57 on December 14, 2010.[5][6]
Bibliography
editRoy's comics work (interior art) include:
References
edit- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JBJN-1QS : accessed March 2, 2013), Adrienne Roy, December 14, 2010.
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Greenberger, Robert (September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Adrienne Roy". Back Issue! (51). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 42–44.
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (December 17, 2010). "RIP: Adrienne Roy". The Beat. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ Tollin, Anthony "DC Colorist Adrienne Roy: 1953-2010" Archived September 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine at CBGXtra.com December 17, 2010 Retrieved December 18, 2010
- ^ Ching, Albert "RIP: Colorist Adrienne Roy" Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Newsarama December 17, 2010 Retrieved December 18, 2010
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