AKIRA color guides on sale soon!

Published on February 4, 2016

We are very excited to announce that colorist STEVE OLIFF has chosen Felix Comic Art to sell his original color guides from AKIRA!

Steve Oliff is a comic book colorist who has worked in the industry since 1978. His company, Olyoptics, was the first to use computers to do color separation. In 1989, Steve was personally selected by AKIRA creator Katsuhiro Otomo to color the seminal work. Steve and Otomo-san worked side-by-side at Steve's studio in Point Arena, CA to develop the color scheme that would be used throughout the series. The guides were printed at Otomo-san's studio in Japan on 10"X14" heavy-stock artist's paper and then sent to Steve, where he hand-painted them using some combination of airbrush, felt pens, gouache, cel animation paint, colored pencil, Pantone film and more! These are not your typical color guides; each piece presents beautifully as its own work of art and is suitable for framing (although as with all colored art, best to keep out of direct light). Felix Comic Art is excited to present this rare opportunity for fans to own an original piece from this legendary work.

We have over 300 pieces that we are preparing for the site. As well, we will be uploading a short documentary on our YouTube channel with Steve where he talks about working with Katsuhiro Otomo.

Please sign up for the mailing list, as we will give the list advance notice for when the sale goes live.

Thanks, talk soon!