Colleen Coover

Colleen Coover (born July 14, 1969)^[1][2] is a comic book artist, known as creator of the lesbian-themed erotic comic book Small Favors from Eros Comix, illustrator of the comic book limited series Banana Sunday from Oni Press, and for illustrating several short stories in X-Men: First Class from Marvel Comics.

Early life

Coover was born in Iowa. She identifies as bisexual.^[3] In a question and answer with comic book website Project Fanboy, Coover spoke of her long term involvement with Marvel Comics writer Paul Tobin, whom she met initially at a drama class and would go on to meet again at a local comic book store she regularly frequented. Coover and Tobin were married August 25, 2007.^[4][5]

Career

Coover has contributed comic work to Out magazine and has done illustration and cover design for various publications, including On Our Backs, Girlfriends, Curve, Kitchen Sink, and Nickelodeon Magazine; and for publishers including Buckle Down Publishing, Alyson Books, Cleis Press,^[6] and Dark Horse Comics.

She illustrated the graphic novel Gingerbread Girl.^[7]

Coover is a member of Periscope Studio and the Comic Art Collective.

Coover participated in the panels: "Prism Queer Press Grant Portfolio Review", "Love is in the Air: LGBT Romance Comics", and "Women of Marvel" at the San Diego Comic Convention 2009.^[8]

Bibliography

Comics

• The Age of The Sentry #3: "She Loved A Monster!" (2008)
• Amazing Spider-Girl #25-28
• Amazing Spider-Man Family #3-4
• Bandette #1 (Monkeybrain Comics)
• Fantastic Four Giant-Size Adventures #1: "Susan Storm and Misty Knight in: The Importance of Being Invisible" (August 2009, 9 pages)
• Girl Comics #1: "Introduction" (May 2010)
• I Am An Avenger #4: "Then And Now" (February 2011)
• Iron Man and Power Pack #4: "Dog & Pony Show" (April 2008)
• King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special # 1: "Un-Enchanted Evening" (2008)
• Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1: "Thor Frog Origin Thingy" (July 2009)
• Models Inc #3: "Brains!" (back-up story) (December 2009)
• Power Pack: Day One #1-4 (May–August 2008)
• Tails Of The Pet Avengers #1: Terrier On The High Seas (story and art) and Birds of a Different Feather (April 2010)
• Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1 (inked, joint-colored, joint-lettered)^[9]
• Wolverine: First Class #8: "Kitty’s Dream" (December 2008)
• X-Men: First Class #3, 5-6, 9, 11-15 (October 2007 - October 2008)
• X-Men: First Class Finals #1-3 (April–June 2009)
• X-Men First Class Special: "The Key; Men Fear the Blob; The Mental Might of Marvel Girl" (July 2009)^[10]

Books

• Small Favors Volume 1 (2002)
• Small Favors Volume 2 (2003)
• Banana Sunday (2006)
• Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (2009) H/B inc. "Terrier On The High Seas" written & drawn by Colleen Coover; "Birds Of A Different Feather"
• Sentry: The Age of the Sentry (2009) inc. The Age of The Sentry #3: She Loved A Monster! ^[11]
• Spider-Man: Amazing Friends inc. Take a Seat!
• Spider-Man: Spider-Women Digest (May 2009) inc. Un-enchanted Evening (from King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special #1)
• X-Men First Class: Mutant Mayhem (2008) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 1-5 and X-Men: First Class Special #1
• X-Men First Class: Band of Brothers (2008) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 6-10
• X-Men First Class: The Wonder Years (2009) inc. X-Men: First Class (2007) 11-16 and Giant-Size X-Men: First Class
• X-Men First Class: Finals (2009) inc. Scott and Jean Are On a Date! and X-Date Part 2 and X-Date Part 3
• Gingerbread Girl (2011) (with Paul Tobin)

References

External links

• Official website
• Coover's page at Comic Art Collective
• Interview with Colleen Coover at Sequential Tart, December 2003
• Two Scoops of Banana Sunday at Publishers Weekly, March 28, 2006