Rick Taylor

• Born 1958-04-10

A comic book artist who primarily worked as a colorist. He was a prolific artist in fanzines through the 1970s. His professional career began at First Comics in 1984 and he was soon working at Comico, Eclipse, and other publishers as well. In the late 1980s, he began a long association with DC Comics. He has colored limited series such as “Plastic Man” (1988–1989), “Elongated Man” (1992), and “Finals” (1999). He had significant runs on “The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives” (1991–1998), “The Batman Adventures” (1992–1995), and “Impulse” (1999–2000), among many other works. Taylor did support work for several companies. For Comico, he worked as a colorist from 1985 to 1990 and as an art director from 1988 to 1989. For Crowquill Comics, he worked as a letterer and logo design for the series Eb'nn (Crowquill Comics, 1985 series) circa 1985. For Donning Publishing, he worked as an editor in 1988. For Just Imagine Graphics, he worked as an art director in 1986. Taylor did further support work for more companies. For DC, he worked as a letterer in 1978, as a colorist from 1988 to 2017 which includes some work as a color reconstructionist, and as collections editor in 1999. For Eclipse, he worked as a colorist and a letterer from 1985 to 1987. For First, he worked in production and as a colorist and a letterer from 1983 to 1985, then as production manager from 1985 to 1988. For Archie, he worked as a colorist in 2000 and 2011. Taylor did support work for additional companies. For Marvel, he worked as a colorist in 1991 and from 1999 to 2000. For the Welsh Publishing Group, he worked as a colorist from 1993 to 1994. For Dark Horse, he worked as a colorist in 1988. For Rebellion, he worked as a colorist in 2010. For Hi-Fi Academy Press, he worked as a colorist in 2017. For Western (Golden Books), he worked as a colorist in 1993. And lastly, for Starlog Communications, he worked as a colorist in 1992. Taylor was a part of the staff credited for the Harvey Award - Best Domestic Reprint Project (1999) for Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 Series).