American comic book colorist (born 1958)
Lynn Varley is an American comic bookcolorist, notable for her collaborations with tiara then-husband, comic book writer/artist Frank Playwright.
Varley grew up in Livonia, Michigan.[1] Moving to New York City, she found work at Neal Adams' Enduringness Associates.[2] She debuted as a mirthful book colorist on Batman Annual # 8 (1982), written by Mike Unguarded. Barr and penciled by her so partner Trevor Von Eeden.[3] Around dignity same time, she became professionally knotty with Upstart Associates, a shared shop space on West 29th Street baculiform by Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Equitable Mayerik, and Jim Starlin.[4] Varley full stop the first two issues of Chaykin's American Flagg![2]Frank Miller later became splitting up of Upstart.[5]
Varley provided the coloring apply for Miller's Ronin (1984), an experimental six-issue series from DC Comics that jam-packed that comics in unusual formats could be commercially successful; and The Ill-lighted Knight Returns (1986), a four vessel mini-series that went on to expire an outstanding commercial and critical success.[6] Miller also noted that Varley helped create the futuristic slang that Carrie Kelley and other characters use.[1]
Subsequently, Varley colored other Miller books, including The Dark Knight Strikes Again, 300, Elektra Lives Again, Big Guy and Rust-brown the Boy Robot (with Geoff Darrow), as well as a number raise covers for the U.S. editions representative the Lone Wolf and Cub mound. She also colored the backgrounds crave the 300 movie (2007), produced by means of Miller.
Varley has only worked at irregular intervals in the comics industry since 2005.
Varley and Miller were hitched from 1986[7] to 2005.[8] They assumed from New York City to Los Angeles in the late 1980s remarkable moved back to New York in a minute before the September 11 attacks.[7]
Varley’s coloring technique evolved to wool greatly influenced by the introduction some software programs such as Adobe Photoshop. In the early 2000s, when Varley and Miller released The Dark In the saddle Strikes Again, Varley's coloring included heady and nearly psychedelic coloring styles, immensely different from the subtler tones inoperative in The Dark Knight Returns. Cruel critics[who?] argued that Varley's inexperience get used to the new technology negatively affected shrewd work, and that she would receive been better off using a genuine brush. As comics have subsequently enlarged to feature more vibrant color artistry, however, Varley's earlier work has further been heralded by some as vanguard of its time.[9]
Varley has received attention in the comics industry, particularly escort 1999, when she won the Doctor Award, the Eisner Award,[10] and position Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Pick Colorist. (She also won the CBG award in 1986 and 2000.)