- Richard Isanove
Richard Isanove is a French artist and painter working in the American Comic Books industry.
Biography
Born in the South of France, Richard studied Film and Animation at the
Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs inParis and moved to the United States in 1994 to study Animation at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts . While in school, he was hired byBrian Haberlin as a staff colorist forTop Cow where, one year later, he became Art Director.He went on to free-lance for multiple comics companies before settling atMarvel Comics . His distinctive coloring on the series marked a new direction in coloring in the comics medium. It was soon followed byNeil Gaiman 'sMarvel 1602 and the 2007 BlockbusterStephen King 's .He currently lives inLondon with his wife and their two children.Awards
Richard won the
Wizard Fan Award in 2001 for his work on and aQuill Award in 2005 forMarvel 1602 .Comics Work
Pencils/Layout Interior
*X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #48
* #4-7 Backstory illustrations
* Backstory illustrations
*Red Sonja: The Gosts of Kha-Farr (upcoming)Pencils/Layout Covers
*Army of Darkness:Ashes 2 Ashes TPB
*Army of Darkness:Shop till You Drop Dead TPB
*Red Sonja TPB
*Savage Tales ofRed Sonja #1-2
*The Man with No Name #1-2Colors Interior
*The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4
*Ant-Man Big Christmas
*Arcanum
*Black Panther vol. 4 #15
*Captain America: Red, White and Blue
*Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse) Red Nails #1
*Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse) Rogues in the House
*Cyberforce #25-32
*Cyblade/Ghost Rider #1
*Daredevil vol. 2 #5-11, 13-17
*Daredevil: Father #1-5
*Fantastic Firsts #1
*Ghost Rider/Ballistic #1
*Heroes
*Magneto Rex
*Marvel 1602
*New Avengers Annual #1
*The Sentry vol. 2 #8
*Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero #1
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*Ultimate Iron Man #1-5
*Ultimate Six #1
*Ultimate Spider-Man #92-93
*Ultimate X-Men #1-2, 4-7, 12
*Uncanny X-Men #381, 383-384, 386-388
*Weapon Zero/Silver Surfer #1
*Wolverine/Hulk #1-4
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*X-Men vol. 2 #82-84
*X-Men/Star Trek #1
*X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #48Colors Covers
*Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #515, 517
*Ant-Man Big Christmas #1
*Art of Marvel vol. 2 HC
*Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #1
*Before the Fantastic Four: The Storms #3
*Best of the Fantastic Four vol. 1 HC
*Bishop, the last X-Man #1-2
*Blink #1, 4
*The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood #5-6
*Captain America vol. 3 #32
*Daredevil vol. 2 #6-8
*Deathlok vol. 3 #1
*Doctor Spectrum #1-3
*Fantastic Four vol. 3 #60-70
*Fantastic Four vol. 1 #501-502, 509-513, 523
*Fantastic Four: House of M #1
*Iron Man vol. 3 #26-27, 29, 32
*New Avengers #3, 5-6
*New X-Men vol. 2 #1
*The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004
*The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Hulk 2004
*The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man 2004
*The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men 2004
*Silver Surfer/Witchblade #½, 1
*Spider-Man: Get Kraven #1-2, 4-6
*Supreme Power #1-15, 18
*Supreme Power Special Edition #1
*Thor vol. 2 #29, 32-35
*Ultimate Iron Man #1-5
*Ultimate Spider-Man #58-Present
*Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1
*Ultimate X-Men #3, 5, 7-8, 11-14, 16-21, 23-25, 27, 29-34, 36-43, 58-62, 65, 67
*Uncanny X-Men #383, 386, 388, 460-461
*Warlock vol. 4 #1
*Weapon Zero/Silver Surfer #1
*Wolverine vol. 3 #24-28, 30-31 , 33, 36
*Wolverine: The End #1
*Wolverine: Origin #1-6
*Wolverine: Origins #1-5
*Wolverine: Weapon X #1
*X-51: Machine Man #1
*X-Men vol. 2 #83Frequent collaborators
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Joe Quesada
*Jae Lee
*Adam Kubert
*Andy Kubert
*Brandon Peterson External links
* [http://www.marvel.com/king Official site] at Marvel.com
* [http://www.darktowercompendium.com/ The Dark Tower Compendium website]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=97146 Richard Isanove on "The Dark Tower"] atNewsarama
* [http://www.newsarama.com/JoeFridays/JoeFridays23.html Interview with Joe Quesada about the series] at Newsarama
* [http://www.liljas-library.com/showinterview.php?id=41 Interview with Richard isanove about the series] at Lilja's Library
* [http://www.newsarama.com/NYCC/2007/Marvel/stephenking.html NYC'07 Stephen King's "Gunslinger Born" Panel Coverage] atNewsarama
* [http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/ Dark Tower Official Site]
* [http://users.rcn.com/aardy/comics/awards/cbg.shtml Comic Book Award Almanach]
* [http://emsh.calarts.edu/gallery/gallery3.htm#r_isanove Cal'Arts Alumni Catalogue]
* [http://emsh.calarts.edu/gallery/Richard_Isanove/The%20DrawingBoard%20-%20Interview%20wth%20Richard%20Isanove.htm Drawing Board Interview Richard Isanove]
* [http://www.manwithoutfear.com/interviews/ddINTERVIEW.shtml?id=Isanove Man Without Fear Interview Richard Isanove]
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