Adrienne Roy (June 28, 1953 – December 14, 2010) was a

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color artist who worked mostly for

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. She was largely responsible for coloring the

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line (''

'' and ''

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'') throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Biography

Roy attended an art school in Wayne, New Jersey, where she studied painting techniques. Her first contact with comics was through collecting

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' '' Tomb of Dracula'', '' The Sub-Mariner'' and ''

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''. Roy's first work as a comics colorist was assisting her then husband Anthony Tollin, who worked for

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

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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. Roy was also responsible for the coloring on many other titles during that time period: '' The New Teen Titans'', ''The

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'', '' 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''. 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 and died in

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, at age 57 on December 14, 2010.Ching, Alber
"RIP: Colorist Adrienne Roy"
Newsarama December 17, 2010 Retrieved December 18, 2010

Bibliography

Roy's comics work (interior art) include: *''

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"Arizona Desert with Cacti"

"Grinding Corn"

"New Jersey Pine Barrens"

References

Nagle, John "A Splash of Color" (https://gyrojohn.medium.com/a-splash-of-color-the-incredible-impact-a-comic-book-colorist-had-on-me-as-a-young-boy-growing-3f27dfcf35cc)

External links

Adrienne Roy
at the Grand Comics Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Adrienne 1953 births 2010 deaths American female comics artists Artists from Austin, Texas