Susan Daigle-Leach (born 1960), also known as Susan F. DaigleSusan Daigle-Leach
on the

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and Sue Daigle,Susan Daigle-Leach - 'Sue Daigle, Susan Leach'
on ''comicbookdb.com - The Comic Book Database'' is an

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and cover colorist, letterist, production manager, illustrator, and

fine art In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

ist, known mostly for her work on

Disney comics Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...

during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s with licensees

Gladstone Publishing Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. The company had its origins as a subsidiary of Another Rainbow Publishing, a company formed by Bruce Hamilton and Russ Cochran to ...

(1987-1998) and

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(2003-2008), where she was the main colorist next to her husband Gary A. Leach and Scott Rockwell. In 1983, Daigle-Leach graduated with a

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degree from

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, and in 1987 began working for

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and Gladstone Publishing. While at Gladstone and Gemstone, Daigle-Leach colored 17,000 pages of the entire Disney comics by

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for the 141-volume ''Carl Barks Library in Color'' (1991-1996) alone (not to be confused with Another Rainbow's earlier, 30-volume ''

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'' published 1983–1990 in black and white), as well as the North-American editions of most of the Disney comics by

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. In 1995, Daigle-Leach was nominated for the prestigious

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- Best Colorist for her work at Gladstone. In 2007 and 2008 respectively, she was nominated for a

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in the same category for her work at Gemstone.''2008 Harvey Awards''
, harveyawards.org She is married to

Gary Leach Gary Leach (born 1957 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American comics writer, translator, art director, production manager, letterer and colorist who has worked for several Disney comics publishers since the 1980s, namely Gladstone Publishing, ...

, who has also worked for Disney-licensed comics.

References

External links

Susan Daigle-Leach
on the

INDUCKS The International Network of Disney Universe Comic Knowers and SourcesFrom Inducks lecture
held at ...

Susan Daigle-Leach - 'Sue Daigle, Susan Leach'
on ''comicbookdb.com - The Comic Book Database''

on ''The Frame & I Custom Frame Shop and Art Gallery''
''Color & Caffeine''
Susan Daigle-Leach's official blog (not updated since February 2014)
''Color Fauna: Art, Life, Ephemera''
Susan Daigle-Leach's official

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1960 births Living people American female comics artists Kutztown University of Pennsylvania alumni Disney comics artists {{Disney-comics-stub