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- George Roussos was a comic book artist who worked on a few issues of the Marvel Star Wars series as well as issues in the Star Wars: Droids (Marvel) series as a colorist. Roussos' earliest work in comics was assisting Batman creator Bob Kane on the famous caped crusader's comic book in 1940. He worked for nearly every comic company through the decades, and inked some of Jack Kirby's early work at Marvel Comics in the 1960s under the pseudonym George Bell. Later he become a full time colorist at Marvel and would hold that position through the 1990s. He died as a result of a heart attack in 2000.
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- Though a relatively minor figure in Doctor Who comics, he was one of the most important pre-digital colourists and inkers in the American comic book industry. His work stretches back almost to the very dawn of the super-hero comic book. He is known to have inked, for instance, at least as far back as Batman #2. His cover to The Incredible Hulk #1 and The Avengers #4 remain amongst the most-often reprinted examples of his colouring abilities.
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| Trivia | - * When he was not working at Marvel. George Roussos sometimes worked as a New York City taxi driver.
* Roussos was uncredited for many of his coloring jobs at Marvel Comics.
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| Links | - * "The Art and Life of George Roussos" by Dylan Williams
* The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* The Grand Comic-Book Database
* The Jack Kirby Museum search page
* Don Markstein's Toonopedia
* Classic Comic Books
* The Comic Strip Project: Credits
* POV Online: Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names?
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| Notes | - * Roussos was a long standing fixture of the Marvel Bullpen. He inked early issues of Fantastic Four and Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos with Jack Kirby as well as inking the classic Avengers #4 with Kirby . Roussos did other inking work but was also a noted colourist. His last work was on Captain America #443 as he was approaching his 80th birthday. Roussos died on Febraury 19, 2000.
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| Pseudonyms | - George "Inky" Roussos; George Bell; Geo. Roussos; G. Roussos; Roussos; Sam Kato
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| PersonalHistory | - ===Early life and career===
George Roussos was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Greek-Americans William and Helen Roussos. After he and his sisters Helen and Alice were orphaned as children, George was sent to live at the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum in New York City, and attended Public School 125 in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Roussos was influenced by the art of cartoonist Frank Miller in the aviation comic strip Barney Baxter in the Air. Other influences included Chester Gould, Stan Kaye, Robert Fawcett and Hal Foster. "I had no schooling [in art] except the things I learned by myself," Roussos said.
He entered comics in 1939 as letterer of the Spanish-language version of the newspaper panel Ripley's Believe It or Not, despite not being able to read Spanish. The following year, Bob Kane and Bill Finger hired him to assist inker Jerry Robinson on Batman stories. Roussos' duties included drawing backgrounds, inking, and lettering, starting as early as Batman #2 . At the same time, he did similar duties on Target and the Targeteers. He and Robinson would eventually leave the Kane studio to work directly for National Comics on Batman and other characters. Roussos worked on features starring the Vigilante, Johnny Quick, Superman, and Starman. His most notable DC work was as penciller, inker, colorist, and letterer of the Detective Comics backup feature "Air Wave", on which he experimented, on at least one story, with using only shades of gray for color.
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- Though a relatively minor figure in Doctor Who comics, he was one of the most important pre-digital colourists and inkers in the American comic book industry. His work stretches back almost to the very dawn of the super-hero comic book. He is known to have inked, for instance, at least as far back as Batman #2. His cover to The Incredible Hulk #1 and The Avengers #4 remain amongst the most-often reprinted examples of his colouring abilities. He was also a penciller of some repute, having handled important assignments, like the story "How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane", a very much pre-Smallville account of the first encounter between Lois Lane and a young Clark Kent. By the time he worked on Doctor Who (1984), he was nearing the end of a career that had fundamentally shaped not only the Golden Age DC universe, but the Silver Age Marvel one.
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- George Roussos was a comic book artist who worked on a few issues of the Marvel Star Wars series as well as issues in the Star Wars: Droids (Marvel) series as a colorist. Roussos' earliest work in comics was assisting Batman creator Bob Kane on the famous caped crusader's comic book in 1940. He worked for nearly every comic company through the decades, and inked some of Jack Kirby's early work at Marvel Comics in the 1960s under the pseudonym George Bell. Later he become a full time colorist at Marvel and would hold that position through the 1990s. He died as a result of a heart attack in 2000.
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