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Scott Kolins
Kolins at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born	1968 Seville, Spain
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works	Star Wars: The Essential Guide 9-11 (comics) #2 The Freak Show of The Thing 2002 The Flash 2001-2003
Awards	2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards 'Favorite Breakout Talent'

Scott Kolins is an American illustrator, writer, and creator of multiple different superhero and science fiction comic books. His main credits are as a penciler but he is an established inker as well as colorist and has some credits as a writer.

Early life

Kolins' interest in drawing and comics began at age 10 as an avid comic book reader in the late 1970s.^{[citation needed]} He studied at The Joe Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey^[1] for two years, beginning in 1991.^{[dead link][2]}

Kolins cites Barry Windsor-Smith, Michael Golden, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, and Frank Miller as influences. "These five are the core artists who teach me something almost every day when I look at their work and 'listen' to their 'storytelling voices'. They each have a pronounced style of conveying a story. Something about how they do it works for me and informs me on how I want to do it." The day Jack Kirby died, he took his (namesake) dog for a walk because, "It felt like something huge had ended."^[3] Other artists Kolins names as influences include Frank Frazetta, Bill Watterson, Alphonse Mucha, Patrick Nagel, Bev Doolittle, J.W. Waterhouse and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.^{[dead link][4]}

Career

In the 1980s, he worked under Dennis Jensen, and then under Kim DeMulder and Bart Sears. After studying at the Kubert school, Kolins got a job with Valiant Comics. He was then hired as a Romita Raider (in house art corrections under John Romita Sr.) at Marvel Comics.^[2] Kolins announced his departure from Marvel in 2007, and that he had been talking to Geoff Johns about a future project.^[5][6]

Style and approach

Most of Kolins' credits are as penciller, following the modern tradition of "tight penciling." Since his work on The Flash, he has a tendency to do fewer shadows and less varying of line-weight. This results, in part, in shifting some of the responsibility of the page content from the penciller to the inker or colorist (fewer lines and definition by line and more by color contrasts.) This tends to make the art very "clean." The whole pattern of emphasis has been the subject of discussion.^[7]

In addition to his penciling and inking work, Kolins has studied comic book coloring.^[8]
Each comic book has its own particular qualities and Kolins seeks some nuanced approach in his art to each comic book. He has worked over two dozen different titles, and sometimes does variation according to the demands of the story and the history of the character. ^[9]

Scott Kolins was a 2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards 'Favorite Breakout Talent' for his work on The Flash and rave reviews from fans.^{[dead link][10]}

Characters created

Kolins is also credited with the creation (or co-creation) of several comic book characters, including Peek-a-Boo, Iron Maniac Gear, Tar Pit and others.

Personal life

Kolins lives with his family in Austin, Texas.

Selected bibliography

Kolins has illustrated numerous comic books for Marvel from 1992 to 2008, including Excalibur, Hawkeye, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Thing, The Avengers, She-Hulk, Wolverine, the Fantastic Four, and others. He has also illustrated many DC comics from 1993 to 2010. Works included Green Lantern, Superboy, Legion of Superheroes, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman/Batman.

References

External links

• Scott Kolins blog


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  Scott Kolins at the Comic Book DB