George Freeman (comics)

George Freeman
George Freeman
Born	May 27, 1951 (age 73); Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works	Captain Canuck

George Freeman (born May 27, 1951^[1] in Selkirk, Manitoba)^[2] is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker, and colorist.

Freeman's comic-book illustrating career began with Richard Comely’s independent Canadian publication, Captain Canuck. He subsequently worked on several superhero comics, such as DC Comics' Green Lantern and Aquaman, and Marvel Comics' Jack of Hearts, and The Avengers. He drew a story in Batman Annual #11, written by Alan Moore.^[3] In addition, he was one of several rotating artists on the short-lived horror comic anthology Wasteland by writer and actor Del Close and writer John Ostrander. Freeman alternated with artists Don Simpson, William Messner-Loebs, and David Lloyd on drawing one of the three horror stories in each issue, the fourth artist providing the cover. Freeman also illustrated the short comic Blizzard House, written by Nicholas Burns and published in the Arctic Comics anthology in 2016.^[4]

In 1991, Freeman co-founded Digital Chameleon, a Winnipeg-based comics coloring and inking studio.

Awards

Freeman was a 1996 Eisner Awards nominee for Best Colorist for Topps' The X-Files comic.^[5]

In 2010, Freeman was inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comic Buyer’s Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
^ George Freeman at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Accessed April 6, 2009.
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1980s". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). Batman: A Visual History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 169. ISBN 978-1465424563. Alan Moore crafted yet another timeless tale in this annual. It featured the art of George Freeman and starred Clayface III.
^ Kusagak, Michael (2016). Arctic comics. ISBN 978-1-987825-03-9. OCLC 953564105.
^ "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".