Somos Arte presents Marvelous Color
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With only days left before this historic art exhibit closes, Somos Arte proudly invites you to an exclusive event at the CCCADI Gallery. On Wednesday, February 24, 2010 with a ticket purchase you will have the privilege to meet artists that contributed to Marvelous Color. Legendary artist Gene Colan (Tomb of Dracula), Shawn Martinbrough (Luke Cage Noir) and up and coming artist Dennis Calero (X Men: Noir) will discuss their creative process and their original contributions to the exhibit. The discussion will also be moderated by the curator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (Somos Arte).

Wednesday
February 24, 2010
6:30pm

TICKET PRICE: $20
ADMISSION AT THE DOOR

CCCADI Gallery
408 West 58th Street, NYC 10019
(between 9th and 10th Avenues)

BiographyGene Colan's official career in comics began in 1944 at Fiction House drawing Wings Comics. Once Gene began to solicit work with the major comic companies, Stan Lee at Timely Comics was impressed enough to hire Gene for around sixty odd dollars a week. Since that time, Gene has been associated with both National (DC) and Timely (Marvel) Comics  from 1946 to the present day as well as numerous independent publishers over the years. Not only is he closely associated with popular characters like Daredevil, Batman, Captain America, Dracula, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Howard the Duck, Wonder Woman, Blade, Sub-Mariner and many others, he's also worked just about every genre comics have ever touched on: Romance, War, Crime/Detective, Western, Sci-Fi, Horror, Humor, and of course Superheroes. His style is immediately recognizable for its dramatic & sweeping cinematic form, mastery of light and shadow, expression and characterization, and unusual eye-catching layouts. Gene is also responsible for the innovative use of "finished pencils" as artwork. He is the only artist today whose work is often published directly from his pencils.

Gene has taught at both the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Gene has enjoyed showings at the prestigious Bess Cutler Gallery in Soho, New York City and Manchester's Elm Street Arts Gallery where he lectured on Comics, Cinema, and Continuity Art.

Learn more about Gene Colan by visiting www.GeneColan.com

 Meet The Artists

BiographyShawn Martinbrough's client list includes Coca Cola/POWERade, Playboy, Vibe, Bad Boy Entertainment, Penguin Books and McGraw-Hill. The bulk of Shawn’s work has been done for Marvel Comics, Vertigo and DC Comics which includes his critically acclaimed two year collaboration with bestselling author Greg Rucka on the flagship Batman title, Detective Comics.

His art instruction book How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling is published by Random House.

Shawn’s current graphic novel project for Marvel Comics is the mini series Luke Cage Noir. Set in 1930’s Harlem, the crime thriller features the classic African American superhero Luke Cage.

Learn more about Shawn Martinbrough by visiting www.ShawnMartinbrough.com

BiographyDennis Calero is the Harvey award winning artist of Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes, X-Factor, Masters of Horror and Xmen : Noir. Dennis is a long time of another Marvelous Color artist, Gene Colan. Dennis contributed an original piece of Blade versus Dracula to the exhibition as an homage to Mr. Colan's 70 issue run of Tomb of Dracula.

Learn more about Dennis Calero by visiting www.DennisCalero.com

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