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Carl Gafford
BornKarl Douglas Gafford
The Legion of Super-Heroes

Carl Gafford (born November 23, 1953)[2] is a colorist (and occasional editor) who has worked for several decades in the comics industry. His career has spanned several publishers, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Topps Comics.

Biography

Early life and education

Carl Gafford was a member of comics fandom as a teen, writing and drawing his own

minicomic co-op, a cooperative of minicomic
creators that traded and promoted small press comics and fanzines, that exists to this day.

Gafford had an itinerant path through higher education, attending Western Connecticut State University for two years, the University of Massachusetts Boston for one year, and San Francisco State University for one year. He earned his B.A. in history from the College of Staten Island.[1]

Early comics career

Gafford began his professional career at

color separations
.

Gafford moved to

Scooby-Doo, Laff-A-Lympics and others. During this time, Gafford also worked in Hanna-Barbera's layout department on such TV shows as Godzilla and Super Friends before returning to New York City
in August 1978. Gafford went to work in Marvel Comics' production department, first as a freelancer then as the staff typesetter.

Gafford left Marvel in January 1981 and began freelancing for both DC and Marvel, one of the few

Creeper back-up series in The Flash,[4] featuring British artist Dave Gibbons' first work for DC, — though most of the scripts were scrapped after a change of editors.[5] He colored the second to last issue [6] and was the artist on the final back-up.[7]

During this time, Gafford began coloring

The Legion of Super-Heroes
with #288, and continued on that run for seven years without missing an issue, totaling 125 regular issues, giants, miniseries and two different Legion books a month for a year.

Gafford returned to freelance coloring for DC and Marvel in summer 1982.

1990s

In June 1990, Gafford began working for

Duck Tales, and the continuation of Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories from Gladstone Publishing. He freelanced for Dark Horse Comics and Innovation while at Disney, and did some editing of the final Disney Comics publication, an Aladdin
miniseries, while helping to transition the end of the Disney Comics line, returning the license to Gladstone Publishing.

In March 1993, Gafford moved back to New York to help Jim Shooter launch his new Defiant Comics line.

In June 1993, Gafford was hired by former

Topps. Gafford was laid off from Topps at the end of January 1997{ along with other staffers, including editor-in-chief Salicrup. The few who remained were let go before year's end, and some of the inventory eventually saw print at Dark Horse Comics.[citation needed
]

Starting in 1994, Gafford returned to writing and drawing, this time for the

Fly Girl and Supergirl
) featured Gafford's own art, the last to appear in print.

Personal life

Gafford and his first wife Sharon have a son, William, born in May 1985.[citation needed] The couple separated in 1986 and divorced in 1991.[1] He has also been married and divorced to Garrett Gafford.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gafford entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Oct. 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "More DC Staff Changes: Barr Out, Gafford In," The Comics Journal #68 (Nov. 1981), p. 11.
  4. ^ Flash #318-#321
  5. ^ Flash #318-#319
  6. ^ Flash #322
  7. ^ Flash #323

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