Laura Allred is an American

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literar ...

who is best known for her work as a

colorist In comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art. For most of the 20th century this was done using brushes and dyes which were then used as guides to produce the printing plates. Since the late 20th century it is ...

with her husband, the writer/artist

Mike Allred Michael Dalton "Mike" Allred (born 1962) is an American Comics artist, comic book artist and writer. He is most well known for his Alternative comics, independent comics creation Madman (Mike Allred character), Madman and for co-creating and dra ...

Awards

* 1995: Won "Favorite Colorist" Wizard Fan Award * 1998: Nominated for "Best Colorist"

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

, for '' Red Rocket 7'' * 2000: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for ''Madman Comics'' and ''Happydale: Devils in the Desert'' * 2005: Special AML Award with Mike Allred for ''The Golden Plates'' * 2012: Won "Best Coloring" Eisner Award, for '' iZombie'' (

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DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

) and ''Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special'' (

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

) * 2016: Won "Best Colorist"

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be a successor to the Kirby Awards, which were ...

, for ''Silver Surfer'' * 2017: Finalist for an AML Award with Mike Allred and Lee Allred ''Batman '66'' and ''Legion of Super Heroes'' #1 * 2019: Finalist for an AML Award with Mike Allred, Lee Allred, and Rich Tommaso for ''Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive'' * 2021: Won "Best Coloring" Eisner Award, for '' Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams'' (Insight Comics) and ''X-Ray Robot'' (

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, manga and Artist's book, art book publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon, by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, O ...

)

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* * American female comics artists Comics colorists DC Comics people Living people Marvel Comics people Year of birth missing (living people) Eisner Award winners for Best Coloring {{US-comics-creator-stub