Chrissie Zullo
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Chrissie Zullo is a comic book artist
whose notable works include the covers for Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
. She works on pencils and traditional media and colors her work in Photoshop. She names James Jean
as among her influences, and her work has also been compared to that of Tara McPherson
.
before settling in New York.
Zullo has stated that Alphonse Mucha is an influence on her art, as well as historical French and Japanese art in general. Her style, which she describes as "flowy, dreamy, and whimsical", is also influenced by modern comics artists such as Winsor McCay
, Adam Hughes
, Travis Charest
and James Jean
, and names The Umbrella Academy
#2 as her favorite James Jean cover.
series. Her first interior sequential work was on Madame Xanadu
#26.
.
#26 for Newsarama
, praised her work on that issue, stating that "her style could not be more suitable for the pure emotion this tale evokes".
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
whose notable works include the covers for Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love was a comic book limited series published by Vertigo Comics in 2009 and 2010, and set in the world of Fables. The story portrays Cinderella as a secret agent, performing missions on behalf of Fabletown...
. She works on pencils and traditional media and colors her work in Photoshop. She names James Jean
James Jean
James Jean is a Taiwanese-American visual artist, known for both his commercial work and fine art gallery work. He is known in the American comics industry as a cover artist for various books published by DC Comics, as well as for his work for Prada, ESPN and Atlantic Records...
as among her influences, and her work has also been compared to that of Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson is an American artist based out of New York City. She studied art at Santa Monica Community College and earned her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art, working on Matt Groening's Futurama during college.-Career:Tara...
.
Early life
Chrissie Zullo was born in Canada. She has since lived in South Florida and North CarolinaNorth Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
before settling in New York.
Zullo has stated that Alphonse Mucha is an influence on her art, as well as historical French and Japanese art in general. Her style, which she describes as "flowy, dreamy, and whimsical", is also influenced by modern comics artists such as Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades...
, Adam Hughes
Adam Hughes
Adam Hughes is an American comic book artist who has worked for companies such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros...
, Travis Charest
Travis Charest
Travis Charest is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker and painter, known for his work on such books as Darkstars, WildC.A.T.s, Grifter/Shi, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age and The Metabarons...
and James Jean
James Jean
James Jean is a Taiwanese-American visual artist, known for both his commercial work and fine art gallery work. He is known in the American comics industry as a cover artist for various books published by DC Comics, as well as for his work for Prada, ESPN and Atlantic Records...
, and names The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy is a comic book written by Gerard Way with art by Gabriel Bá, cover art by James Jean, colors by Dave Stewart and letters by Blambot's Nate Piekos. The six-issue limited series was released by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue making its premiere on September 19, 2007. It won...
#2 as her favorite James Jean cover.
Career
Chrissie Zullo was recognized by an editor at the DC Talent Search at San Diego Comic Con 2008. After six months, she was offered the job for illustrating the covers of the Cinderella: From Fabletown with LoveCinderella: From Fabletown With Love
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love was a comic book limited series published by Vertigo Comics in 2009 and 2010, and set in the world of Fables. The story portrays Cinderella as a secret agent, performing missions on behalf of Fabletown...
series. Her first interior sequential work was on Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.-Publication history:...
#26.
Technique and materials
Zullo uses acrylic wash to render her illustrations in black and white, and colors them with Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
.
Reception
David Pepose, reviewing Zullo's work on Madame XanaduMadame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.-Publication history:...
#26 for Newsarama
Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
, praised her work on that issue, stating that "her style could not be more suitable for the pure emotion this tale evokes".
Selected bibliography
- Covers for Cinderella: From Fabletown with LoveCinderella: From Fabletown With LoveCinderella: From Fabletown with Love was a comic book limited series published by Vertigo Comics in 2009 and 2010, and set in the world of Fables. The story portrays Cinderella as a secret agent, performing missions on behalf of Fabletown...
#1 - 6 - Covers for Cinderella: Fables are Forever #1 - 6
- Sequentials on interiors for FablesFables (comics)Fables is a comic book series created by writer Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint beginning in 2002. The series deals with various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as "Fables" – who have been forced out of their Homelands by "The...
#100 - Sequentials on interiors for Madame XanaduMadame XanaduMadame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.-Publication history:...
#26 - Variant cover for Hack/SlashHACK/slashHack/Slash is an ongoing comic books series, launched from several one shots of the same name, published by Image Comics ....
#34
External links
- Dueben, Alex. "Chrissie Zullo's "Cinderella" Story", Comic Book ResourcesComic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
, August 25, 2010 - "Chrissie Zullo's Blog"
- "Chrissie Zullo's Deviantart
- "Chrissie Zullo - Cinderella Fables are Forever 01", May 20, 2011