Holly Golightly (comics)

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Holly Golightly
Fauve Holly-Comic Con 2006.jpg
Golightly at the San Diego Comic-Con 2006
Born (1964-09-01) September 1, 1964 (age 59)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Colourist
Pseudonym(s)Fauve
Holly G!
Notable works
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
"School Bites"
Spouse(s) Jim Balent

Holly Golightly (born September 1, 1964) is an American comics artist and writer. She was formerly known as Fauve [1] and has also worked under the name Holly G! [2]

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Biography

Holly Golightly and husband Jim Balent. Jim holly balent.png
Holly Golightly and husband Jim Balent.

Holly Golightly entered the comics industry in the 1990s under the pen name Fauve, doing work for the Carnal Comics title True Stories of Adult Film Stars, including three issues on Sarah-Jane Hamilton (one of which sported her first published cover illustration) and stories featuring Julia Ann, Janine Lindemulder, and Lilli Xene. She names artist Frank Thorne as her "hero" for his work on Red Sonja . [3] Golightly's list of work ranges from Nightmare Theatre [4] for Chaos! Comics to Sabrina [5] for Archie Comics to her creator-owned work such as Vampfire and School Bites. [6]

She is the colorist for husband Jim Balent's Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose [7] as well as the model for Tarot herself. [8] She has frequently been shown on the photo covers dressed as Tarot and as Catress from the 3 Little Kittens comics and is the model for the official Tarot photo calendar.

She has expanded into pin-ups/modeling with Balent doing the photography and has her own pin-up calendar. She designed and maintains both of their official websites, and designs many of the T-shirts and apparel that the site offers.

Golightly also contributes art for various businesses and people including NewWitch magazine [2] and Thomas Dolby. [5]

Golightly and Balent operate the BroadSword Comics comics publishing company, known for its Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose comic book. Under this company, Golightly has published Fears and Ears: A Travel Guide to Orlando as well as numerous art books of her own work. Golightly frequently draws one-page stories featuring her cat, Pangur Ban. A collection of these stories was published through Kickstarter in 2015. [9]

Bibliography

Archie Comics

Blackout Comics

Brainstorm Comics

BroadSword Comics

Chaos! Comics

London Night Studios

Sirius Entertainment

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References

  1. Offenberger, Rik (December 20, 2005). "Holly Golightly on School Bites and More". Firstcomicsnews.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Patrick, Darrick (January 25, 2008). "10 Questions With Holly Golightly". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  3. "Women in Comics Month: Interview with Holly Golightly". Previews World. March 1, 2017. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. No one really inspired me to pursue comics- I just knew that's where my happiness lay. BUT Frank Thorne was always my hero from the first time I saw his Red Sonja comic back in the 70s. So I don't have a mentor but Frank is my Wizard!
  4. Holly Golightly at the Grand Comics Database
  5. 1 2 Coleman, Nevs (June 10, 2013). "Holly Golightly". FA The Comiczine. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. I do do t-shirt designs and they tend to be for British bands! I did a design for Howard Jones, and before that Thomas Dolby.
  6. Wickline, Dan (November 5, 2013). "Holly Golightly Kickstarts Her Way To Night Classes". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013.
  7. "Women in Comics Spotlight: Holly Golightly". GirlsReadComics.com. August 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.
  8. Williams, Scott (December 28, 2009). "Jim Balent and Holly G Interview". Fanboybuzz.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.
  9. "Notable Kickstarter – Prince Pangur Ban the Fluffy: Mother of Fluffins the Collected Series". Word of the Nerd online. May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Artist-creator Holly Golightly shared on her webcomic page what life with this wonderful, silly puff of fluff added to their lives.
Preceded by
Dave Manak
Sabrina / Sabrina the Teenage Witch
artist

2002–2004
Succeeded by