Richard Isanove (born 1968) is a French artist and painter working in the American comic book industry. Early life Richard Isanove was born in the south of France, studied film and animation at the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs in Paris, and moved to the United States in 1994 to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Career While in school, he was hired by Brian Haberlin as a staff colorist for Top Cow where, one year later, he became Art Director. He went on to free-lance for multiple comics companies before settling at Marvel Comics. His distinctive coloring on the Wolverine: Origin series marked a new direction in coloring in the comics medium. It was soon followed by Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602 and in 2007 Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born. he now alternates color work and fully painted work for Marvel and DC Comics. Awards Isanove won the Wizard Fan Award in 2001 for his work on Wolverine: Origin and a Quill Award in 2005 for Marvel 1602. Bibliography Writer Savage Wolverine: Wrath Pencils/layout interior X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #48 The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #4-7 Backstory illustrations The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home Backstory illustrations The Dark Tower: Treachery #1-4, 6 Backstory illustrations American Eagle #1 The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead The Dark Tower: Last Shots Savage Wolverine: Wrath Edge of Spider-Verse #1: Spider-Man Noir DC Secret Origins: Constantine Secret Wars Journal #3: Wolverine Noir Pencils/layout covers Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes Army of Darkness: Shop till You Drop Dead Red Sonja Savage Tales of Red Sonja #1-2 The Dark Tower: Treachery #4 Alternative Cover The Stand: Captain Trips #4 Alternative Cover The Man with No Name #1-10 Terminator #1-3 Savage Wolverine: Wrath Colors interior The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4 Ant-Man Big Christmas Arcanum Black Panther vol. 4 #15 Captain America: Red, White and Blue Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse) Red Nails #1 Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse) Rogues in the House Cyberforce #25-32 Cyblade/Ghost Rider #1 Daredevil vol. 2 #5-11, 13-17 Daredevil: Father #1-5 Fantastic Firsts #1 Ghost Rider/Ballistic #1 Heroes Magneto Rex Marvel 1602 New Avengers Annual #1 Savage Wolverine: Wrath The Sentry vol. 2 #8 Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero #1 Spider-Man: One More Day The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home The Dark Tower: Treachery The