| Adrienne Roy | |
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 Roy circa 2009 | |
| Born | (1953-06-28)June 28, 1953[1] |
| Died | December 14, 2010(2010-12-14) (aged 57) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Colourist |
Notable works | Batman Detective Comics |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Tollin 1976–19? (divorce) |
Adrienne Roy (June 28, 1953[2] – December 14, 2010) was acomic book color artist who worked mostly forDC Comics. She was largely responsible for coloring theBatman line (Batman andDetective Comics) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Roy attended an art school inWayne, New Jersey, where she studied painting techniques. Her first contact with comics was through collectingMarvel Comics'Tomb of Dracula,The Sub-Mariner andConan the Barbarian. Roy's first work as a comics colorist was assisting her then husband Anthony Tollin, who worked forDC Comics at the time. But it was long-time coloristJack Adler who would give her the first job at DC: the cover ofDC Special Series #8 (featuring theBatman,Deadman andSgt. Rock team-up). Adler andSol Harrison (who was also a colorist) were considered by Roy herself as her mentors and both trained her on coloring during her first years at DC.[3]
Roy was also responsible for the coloring on many other titles during that time period:The New Teen Titans,TheWarlord,Weird War Tales andMadame Xanadu. Nevertheless, she is predominantly known for her work on the Batman books:Batman,Detective Comics,Batman: Shadow of the Bat,Batman: Gotham Knights, andRobin.[4]
When computerized colors arrived to comics, the assignments to classic colorists substantially decreased. By 2000 Roy was largely out of work, despite training herself on the computer. Roy spent her last days battling cancer[3] and died inAustin, Texas, at age 57 on December 14, 2010.[5][6]
Roy's comics work (interior art) include:
Nagle, John "A Splash of Color" (https://gyrojohn.medium.com/a-splash-of-color-the-incredible-impact-a-comic-book-colorist-had-on-me-as-a-young-boy-growing-3f27dfcf35cc)
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