Tatjana Wood(néeTatjana Weintraub,[1]inDarmstadt,Germany) is an American artist andcomic bookcolorist.
| Tatjana Wood | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tatjana Weintraub Darmstadt,Germany |
| Nationality | German; naturalized American |
| Area(s) | Colourist |
Notable works | Camelot 3000 Swamp Thing |
| Awards | Shazam Award,1971, 1974 |
Biography
editTatjana's father wasJewish,and her mother wasChristian.DuringWorld War II,she and her brother,Karl Joachim Weintraub,were sent to an internationalQuakerboarding school in theNetherlands.GainingDutchcitizenship was not easy, so after World War II, the Quakers arranged for the two to travel toNew York Cityin 1947.[1]Karl went on to theUniversity of Chicago,while Tatjana stayed in New York, attending theTraphagen School of Fashion.In 1949, she metWally Wood,and they married August 28, 1950.[2]The couple divorced in 1966.[3]
During the 1950s and 1960s, she sometimes made uncredited contributions to Wood's artwork. One of the stories she worked on was "Carl Akeley" inEC Comics'Two-Fisted Tales#41 (February–March 1955). She did a number of animal drawings for that story.[4]
Later, beginning in 1969,[1]she did extensive work forDC Comicsas a comic book colorist. She was the main colorist for DC's covers from 1973 through the mid-1980s.[5]Wood did coloring work on the interiors of comics as well, includingGrant Morrison'sacclaimed run onAnimal Man,Alan Moore's issues ofSwamp Thing,andCamelot 3000.She won theShazam Awardfor Best Colorist in 1971 and 1974. Tatjana has had no significant credits in the comics industry since 2003.[6]
She is also a skilleddressmakerandweaver,who has crafted theatrical costumes and pictorial loomtapestries.[1]
Tatjana's brother Karl died March 25, 2004. He was a distinguished scholar at theUniversity of Chicagoand the author of two books,Visions of Culture: Voltaire-Guizot-Burckhardt-Lamprecht-Huizinga-Ortega y Gassett(1966) andThe Value of the Individual: Self and Circumstance in Autobiography(1978).[7]
References
edit- ^abcdTatjana Wood profile,Who's Who in American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
- ^Stewart, Bhob.Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood.TwoMorrows, 2003.
- ^Saunders, David (2012)."Catalog".www.pulpartists.com.Retrieved2021-02-19.
- ^Stewart, Bhob with Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.The Wallace Wood Checklist(TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003).
- ^Levitz, Paul(2010).75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking.Taschen America.p. 524.ISBN978-3-8365-1981-6.
Virtually all DC covers from 1973 through the end of the Bronze Age were colored by Tatjana Wood.
- ^Tatjana Wood profile,ComicBookDB.com. Accessed March 10, 2010.
- ^"Karl Joachim Weintraub,"The University of Chicago News Office (March 26, 2004).
Sources
edit- Cartoonist PROfiles#15 (1972)
- "DC Profiles #49"at theGrand Comics Database.Originally published inBatman#317;The Flash#279; andGhosts#82 (all November 1979)
