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==Career==
==Career==
Coover has contributed comic work to [[Out (magazine)|''Out'' magazine]] and has done illustration and cover design for various publications, including ''[[On Our Backs]]'', ''[[Girlfriends magazine|Girlfriends]]'', ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'', ''[[Kitchen Sink (magazine)|Kitchen Sink]]'', and ''[[Nickelodeon Magazine]]''; and for publishers including Buckle Down Publishing, [[Alyson Books]], [[Cleis Press]],<ref name="prism">{{citation |url=http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=64 |title=Colleen Coover |periodical=[[Prism Comics]] |accessdate=2007-08-23}}.</ref> and [[Dark Horse Comics]].
Coover has contributed comic work to [[Out (magazine)|''Out'' magazine]] and has done illustration and cover design for various publications, including ''[[On Our Backs]]'', ''[[Girlfriends magazine|Girlfriends]]'', ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'', ''[[Kitchen Sink (magazine)|Kitchen Sink]]'', and ''[[Nickelodeon Magazine]]''; and for publishers including Buckle Down Publishing, [[Alyson Books]], [[Cleis Press]],<ref name="prism">{{citation |url=http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=64 |title=Colleen Coover |periodical=[[Prism Comics]] |accessdate=2007-08-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814103601/http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=64 |archivedate=2007-08-14 |df= }}.</ref> and [[Dark Horse Comics]].


Her first major comics project was ''Small Favors,'' a sex-positive, woman-friendly adult comic published from 2000-2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.colleencoover.net/?page_id=101|title=Small Favors|date=2008-12-22|work=Colleen Coover|access-date=2017-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
Her first major comics project was ''Small Favors,'' a sex-positive, woman-friendly adult comic published from 2000-2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.colleencoover.net/?page_id=101|title=Small Favors|date=2008-12-22|work=Colleen Coover|access-date=2017-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref>

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Colleen Coover
Coover at Stumptown Comics Festival 2007
BornColleen Ann Coover
(1969-07-14) July 14, 1969 (age 55)
Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist, Penciller
Notable works
Small Favors
Banana Sunday
http://www.CooverArt.com

Colleen Coover (born July 14, 1969) is a comic book artist and author based in Portland, Oregon and is known for creating the lesbian-themed erotic comic book Small Favors from Eros Comix, illustrator of the comic book limited series Banana Sunday from Oni Press, and for illustrating several short stories in X-Men: First Class from Marvel Comics.

Early life

Coover was born in Iowa on July 14, 1969.[1][2] She identifies as bisexual.[3] In a question and answer with comic book website Project Fanboy, Coover spoke of her long term involvement with Marvel Comics writer Paul Tobin, whom she met initially at a drama class and would go on to meet again at a local comic book store she regularly frequented. Coover and Tobin were married August 25, 2007.[4][5] Now the two work together on the Eisner Award-winning series Bandette.[6]

Coover grew up reading comics.[7] She dropped out of art school and says that she is entirely self-taught as a comic book artist.[8] She began drawing comics after meeting her husband.[7]

She credits the Hernandez brothers, Milton Caniff, Wendy Pini, Seth's Palookaville, Peter Arno, Dan DeCarlo, Curt Swan, and Neal Adams as artistic influences.[7]

Career

Coover has contributed comic work to Out magazine and has done illustration and cover design for various publications, including On Our Backs, Girlfriends, Curve, Kitchen Sink, and Nickelodeon Magazine; and for publishers including Buckle Down Publishing, Alyson Books, Cleis Press,[9] and Dark Horse Comics.

Her first major comics project was Small Favors, a sex-positive, woman-friendly adult comic published from 2000-2003.[10]

She illustrated the graphic novels Gingerbread Girl (2011) and Banana Sunday (2006), both written by Paul Tobin.[11][12]

Since 2012 she has illustrated the digital comic Bandette, also written by Paul Tobin.[13] Bandette was nominated for four Eisner Awards, and won the award for Best Digital/Webcomic in 2016.[14]. She won the Eisner Award again in 2017 for Best Digital Comic with Bandette.

Coover is a member of Periscope Studio and the Comic Art Collective.

Coover participated in the panels: "Prism Queer Press Grant Portfolio Review", "Love is in the Air: LGBT Romance Comics", and "Women of Marvel" at the San Diego Comic Convention 2009.[15]

She is the author of the 2012 short story "Home Port."[16]

Bibliography

Comics

  • The Age of The Sentry #3: "She Loved A Monster!" (2008)
  • Amazing Spider-Girl #25–28
  • Amazing Spider-Man Family #3–4
  • Bandette #1–13 (Monkeybrain Comics)[17]
  • Fantastic Four Giant-Size Adventures #1: "Susan Storm and Misty Knight in: The Importance of Being Invisible" (August 2009, 9 pages)
  • Girl Comics #1: "Introduction" (May 2010)
  • I Am An Avenger #4: "Then And Now" (February 2011)
  • Iron Man and Power Pack #4: "Dog & Pony Show" (April 2008)
  • King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special #1: "Un-Enchanted Evening" (2008)
  • Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1: "Thor Frog Origin Thingy" (July 2009)
  • Models Inc #3: "Brains!" (back-up story) (December 2009)
  • Power Pack: Day One #1–4 (May–August 2008)
  • Tails Of The Pet Avengers #1: Terrier On The High Seas (story and art) and Birds of a Different Feather (April 2010)
  • Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1 (inked, joint-colored, joint-lettered)[18]
  • Wolverine: First Class #8: "Kitty’s Dream" (December 2008)
  • X-Men: First Class #3, 5–6, 9, 11–15 (October 2007 - October 2008)
  • X-Men: First Class Finals #1–3 (April–June 2009)
  • X-Men First Class Special: "The Key; Men Fear the Blob; The Mental Might of Marvel Girl" (July 2009)[19]

Books

  • Small Favors, Volume 1 (2002)
  • Small Favors, Volume 2 (2003)
  • Banana Sunday (2006)
  • Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (2009) H/B inc. "Terrier On The High Seas" written & drawn by Colleen Coover; "Birds Of A Different Feather"
  • Sentry: The Age of the Sentry (2009) inc. The Age of The Sentry #3: She Loved A Monster![20]
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Friends inc. Take a Seat!
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Women Digest (May 2009) inc. Un-enchanted Evening (from King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special #1)
  • X-Men First Class: Mutant Mayhem (2008) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 1-5 and X-Men: First Class Special #1
  • X-Men First Class: Band of Brothers (2008) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 6-10
  • X-Men First Class: The Wonder Years (2009) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 11-16 and Giant-Size X-Men: First Class
  • X-Men First Class: Finals (2009) inc. Scott and Jean Are On a Date! and X-Date Part 2 and X-Date Part 3
  • Gingerbread Girl (2011) (with Paul Tobin)
  • Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! (2013) (with Paul Tobin)
  • Bandette, Volume 2: Stealers Keepers! (2015) (with Paul Tobin)
  • Bandette, Volume 3: The House of the Green Mask (2016) (with Paul Tobin)

References

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Logan (March 2006), "Colleen Coover: Monkeys and Cubbies!", Adventure Underground, retrieved 2007-08-23.
  3. ^ "Creators: Colleen Coover", Gay League, archived from the original (– Scholar search) on 2007-05-24, retrieved 2007-08-23 {{citation}}: External link in |format= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help).
  4. ^ Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2008 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2000.
  5. ^ Project Fanboy Question & Answer with Colleen Coover
  6. ^ "Shop". Colleen Coover. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  7. ^ a b c "APE Special Guest Colleen Coover, Part One". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  8. ^ "Colleen Coover Talks 'Girl Comics', Superhero Anatomy & Hating Purple [Interview]". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  9. ^ "Colleen Coover", Prism Comics, archived from the original on 2007-08-14, retrieved 2007-08-23 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help).
  10. ^ "Small Favors". Colleen Coover. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  11. ^ Gingerbread Girl at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-02-09.
  12. ^ "Banana Sunday". Colleen Coover. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  13. ^ "Bandette". Colleen Coover. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  14. ^ Whitbrook, James. "Here Are Your 2016 Eisner Award Winners". io9. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  15. ^ San Diego Comic Convention at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-07-30
  16. ^ Coover, Colleen (2012-02-13). Home Port. Colleen Coover.
  17. ^ Bandette Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology, Monkeybrain, retrieved 2016-06-29
  18. ^ Uncanny X-Men: First Class Marvel Catalog, Marvel Comics, retrieved 2009-07-30.
  19. ^ Marvel Bibliography at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-05-22.
  20. ^ Age Of The Sentry Marvel Catalog, Marvel Comics, retrieved 2009-06-05.
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