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Jordie Bellaire

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Jordie Bellaire
NationalityAmerican
AreaColourist
Notable works
Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House
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Jordie Bellaire is an American comic book writer and colorist who is widely regarded to be one of the greatest colorists of all time. She won the Eisner Award for Best Coloring five times, in 2014, 2016, 2023, 2024, and 2025, and has amassed the second most awards out of any individual in this category.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

She is best known for coloring Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House, G.I. Joe, Assorted Crisis Events, Catwoman (comic book), Detective Comics, Hawkeye, Batman, The Vision, and Black Widow, among many others.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Career

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Following a Tumblr post by Bellaire in early 2013, fans declared January 24 to be "Colorist Appreciation Day", in order to celebrate how much the color adds to the artwork of any given comic. In her post, an open letter titled "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more", directed at an unnamed fan convention, she talks about how important the colorist is but how little recognition they get, saying "Colorists are the unknown amazing backup singer that makes every track awesome".[9]

Bellaire is credited with starting the "Comics are for everybody" initiative in 2014 to make the comic book community more inclusive and compassionate.[10]

In 2015, Bellaire along with Declan Shalvey created the poster for the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "One of Us".[11]

Partial Bibliography

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DC Comics

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  • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #1-6 (July - December 2013)
    • Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril (#1-6, written by Peter Hogan, illustrated by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4012-4645-7)
  • Detective Comics #1000, #1027, #1034-1058
    • Batman: Detective Comics by Mariko Tamaki Omnibus (incl. var, written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, 1000 pages, 2025, ISBN 978-1-7995-0240-1)
  • Birds of Prey #1-14 (September 2023 - January 2025)
    • Volume 1: Megadeath (#1-6, written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Leonardo Romero, tpb, 152 pages, 2024, ISBN 978-1-77952-558-1)
    • Volume 2: Worlds Without End (#7-13, written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Javier Pina, David Lopez, Jonathan Case, Robbie Rodriguez, and Sophie Campbell, tpb, 176 pages, 2025, ISBN 978-1-77952-857-5)
  • Absolute Wonder Woman #1−Present (October 2024−Present)
    • Volume 1: The Last Amazon (#1−7, written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Hayden Sherman, tpb, 176 pages, 2025, ISBN 978-1-7995-0530-3)
    • Volume 2: As My Mothers Made Me (#8-14, written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Hayden Sherman, tpb, 208 pages, 2026, ISBN 978-1-7995-0754-3)
    • Volume 3: Season of the Witch (#15-20, Annual #1, written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Hayden Sherman, tpb, 184 pages, 2026, ISBN 978-1-7995-0895-3)

References

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  1. 1 2 "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance".
  2. 1 2 Puc, Samantha (2024-07-26). "SDCC '25: Announcing the 2025 Eisner Award winners". The Beat. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  3. 1 2 "Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance".
  4. 1 2 MacDonald, Heidi (2023-05-17). "2023 Eisner Awards Nominations announced; Thorogood, Woodruff and King lead". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. 1 2 McMillan, Graeme (July 22, 2023). "And the winners of the 2023 Eisner Awards are..." Popverse. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  6. 1 2 Puc, Samantha (2024-07-26). "SDCC '24: Announcing the 2024 Eisner Award winners". The Beat. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  7. ↑ "Comic Book Previews of Books by Jordie Bellaire". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  8. ↑ Bailey, Benjamin (30 January 2013). "Nowhere Men #3 Review". IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (24 January 2014). "Why comic fans have declare it's "Colorist Appreciation Day"". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "CBR SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Jordie Bellaire Colors Her World". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  11. ↑ Towers, Andrea (March 12, 2015). "Coulson and Cal take center stage in new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. art -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
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