Methods of Coloring Comics

 After reading chapter eight in Understanding Comics and knowing the visual assault of color I was facing with Watchmen after having read it a few times, I thought color in comics would be a good topic to find a resource on to share with everyone. In my search, I came across this article in a blog post titled Make It Loud: Comics Color, Kevin Nowlan, and Cosmic Depth by blogger Frank Santoro in Color Comics Issue #2. It was posted on the blog for Comics Comics Mag just over a year ago. Like McCloud in chapter eight, the article discusses the three additive primary colors used in comics, red, blue, and green, but the article elaborates further by addressing the process in more detail. Santoro interviews comic artist Kevin Nowlan, who points out some interesting differences between the older methods of coloring comics by hand and the mainstream methods of today such as using programs like Adobe Photoshop. I had a better understanding of the press and plates operation involved in coloring comics and the job of a colorist and a separator from the article and thought it tied in nicely with the reading for Tuesday.