Colleen Coover
| Colleen Coover | |
|---|---|
 Coover at Stumptown Comics Festival 2007 | |
| Born |
Colleen Ann Coover July 14, 1969 Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
| 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, known as creator of 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]
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,[6] and Dark Horse Comics.
She illustrated the graphic novel Gingerbread Girl.[7]
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.[8]
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)[9]
- 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)[10]
- 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)[11]
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![12]
- 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
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ Kaufman, Logan (March 2006), "Colleen Coover: Monkeys and Cubbies!", Adventure Underground, retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ↑ "Creators: Colleen Coover", Gay League, archived from the original (– Scholar search) on 2007-05-24, retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ↑ Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2008 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2000.
- ↑ Project Fanboy Question & Answer with Colleen Coover
- ↑ "Colleen Coover", Prism Comics, retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ↑ Gingerbread Girl at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ↑ San Diego Comic Convention at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-07-30
- ↑ Bandette Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology, Monkeybrain, retrieved 2016-06-29
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men: First Class Marvel Catalog, Marvel Comics, retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ↑ Marvel Bibliography at colleencoover.net, retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ Age Of The Sentry Marvel Catalog, Marvel Comics, retrieved 2009-06-05.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colleen Coover. |
- Official website
- Coover's page at Comic Art Collective
- Interview with Colleen Coover at Sequential Tart, December 2003
- Two Scoops of Banana Sunday at Publishers Weekly, March 28, 2006