Ernie Colón
| Ernie Colón | |
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| Born |
July 13, 1931 Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Letterer |
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Notable works
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Arak, Son of Thunder Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld Casper the Friendly Ghost Richie Rich SpyCat The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation |
Ernie Colón (born July 13, 1931, in Puerto Rico and raised in the US) is an American comics artist known for his wide-ranging career, including working in the fields of children's comics, horror, and nonfiction.
Ernie Colón began his professional career at Harvey Comics as a letterer. He later worked, uncredited, as an artist on titles including Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost. At Harvey, he met Sid Jacobson, who became his editor and frequent creative partner.
His first confirmed, credited work was penciling and inking the two-page story "Kaleidoscope of Fear" in Wham-O Giant Comics #1 (cover-dated April 1967, published by the toy company Wham-O). He drew three issues of Gold Key Comics' Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (#24-26, July 1968 - Jan. 1969), and did much work for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella.
Colón was an editor for DC Comics from 1982 to 1985. He oversaw titles such as Arion, Lord of Atlantis, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman.
Colón's many artistic credits include Grim Ghost for Atlas/Seaboard; the historical fantasy Arak, Son of Thunder (with writer Roy Thomas);Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (with writers Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn) for DC Comics;Airboy for Eclipse Comics; Magnus: Robot Fighter for Valiant Comics; and Damage Control and Doom 2099 for Marvel Comics. Also for Marvel, Colón wrote, drew, colored and lettered the 1988 science-fiction graphic novel Ax.
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