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Kevin Colden is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a
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artist. His work has been published in print by
Zuda Comics Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. ''Bayou, Volume 1'' was also named one of the 2010 Great Graph ...
,
IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly re ...
,
Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-o ...
,
Alternative Comics Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...
, and
Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, originally owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf is based in Marietta, Georgia. Top Shelf pu ...
. In 2007 Colden received a
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to complete his
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''Fishtown'' (2008); the book was nominated for an
Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
in 2009.


Early life

Colden graduated in 2001 from the
Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art The Kubert School, formerly the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and Joe Kubert School, is a private, for-profit technical school focused on cartooning and located in Dover, New Jersey. It teaches the principles of sequential art an ...
.


Career

Colden's career began in 2003, writing and illustrating short horror/humor stories for House of Twelve,
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and Media-Blasters. In 2006, he co-founded The Chemistry Set
webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be ...
collective, where he created the horror comic ''Todt Hill'' with writer Neil Kleid. That year, he began illustrating covers for Sequart Research & Literacy Organization's non-fiction books. In 2007, Colden's
graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...
''Fishtown'', based on the
Murder of Jason Sweeney Jason Keel Sweeney (July 29, 1986 – May 30, 2003) was a construction worker from Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who at the age of 16 was murdered by four teenagers for his paycheck on May 30, 2003. The perpetrators included a girl he ...
, was awarded a
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, but he declined the money in order to serialize the book with the ACT-I-VATE webcomics collective. It was published in print by
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in Fall 2008 and was nominated for a 2009
Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
in the category of Best Reality-Based Work. In December 2008, his webcomic ''I Rule the Night'' began on
Zuda Comics Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. ''Bayou, Volume 1'' was also named one of the 2010 Great Graph ...
. It was moved to the DC Comics digital app in 2010. In 2012, Colden teamed with novelist and screenwriter
John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...
to create the first new comic book update of James O'Barr's The Crow in thirteen years, entitled The Crow: Death and Rebirth.


Bibliography

*'' Joe Palooka'' miniseries cover artist at
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2013 *''The Crow: Death and Rebirth'' miniseries with writer
John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...
at
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2012 *''Baby With a Mohawk'' webcomic at Trip City, 2012–Present *''Tartaros'', short story, written by David Gallaher in Immortals: Gods and Heroes,
Archaia Studios Press Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios. Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book p ...
2011 *''Grimm's Fairy Tales v2'' Illustrated edition of classic fairy tales
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, 2011 *''DC Retroactive'' colors for Wonder Woman and Flash 1970's and 1980s,
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, 2011 *''The Postmodern Prometheus'' short story in ''Strange Adventures #1''
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, 2011 *''Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper'' miniseries, written by
Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...
,
IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly re ...
, 2010 *''Grimm's Fairy Tales v1'' Illustrated edition of classic fairy tales
IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly re ...
, 2010 *''I Rule the Night'' webcomic at
Zuda Comics Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. ''Bayou, Volume 1'' was also named one of the 2010 Great Graph ...
*''Fishtown'' serialized on ACT-I-VATE 2007-2008,
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, 2008; reprinted in the March 2014 collection ''Mean Streets'' *''Todt Hill'' webcomic at The Chemistry Set with Neil Kleid *''RED'' one-shot with Elizabeth Genco, self-published *''Awesome 2: Awesomer'' anthology story "Good As New" with Elizabeth Genco,
Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, originally owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf is based in Marietta, Georgia. Top Shelf pu ...
*''This Is A Souvenir'' anthology story "A Bench in a Park" with
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*''House of Twelve: Touching Children's Stories'' Front and back cover art House of Twelve *''STRANGLE/SWITCH'' short story webcomic at
Zuda Comics Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. ''Bayou, Volume 1'' was also named one of the 2010 Great Graph ...


Awards

*2007:
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, ''Fishtown'' *2009:
Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
Nomination, ''Fishtown'', Best Reality-Based Work


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