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Nolan Woodard 🎨

@nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Father, "Patron Saint of Freelancers" at Wieden+Kennedy, "The Steve Rogers of Colorists", "Anarcolorist", Marvel Comics exclusive colorist, and colorist on Image's THE FORGED. Nothing posted here may be used for AI training or related or the like or etc.

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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
IRON MAN #9 is out today from @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social, me & @nolanwoodard.bsky.social. Big reveals are starting in this issue!!
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Chris Sotomayor 🇵🇷 @sotocolor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I've been working in comics for over 30 years (as an editor, artist, writer, but mostly as a colorist), and I've learned some stuff. 1- Teach people how to treat you. Working harder for a publisher/ editor doesn't always mean they treat you better. This is a work arrangement, not love or validation.
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Joshua Williamson @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Tony Stark is the most dangerous weapon in the Marvel Universe. It's an all-new era for Iron Man in IRON MAN VOL. 1: A NEW NIGHTMARE, the first collected edition of the ongoing run from me, @carmencarnero.bsky.social, Nolan Woodard & Juann Cabal! Pre-orders end THIS MONDAY, so tell your store ASAP!
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Eric Trautmann @mercuryeric.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In stores today, from @imagecomics.com: THE FORGED VOL 04—GALAXY'S MOST WANTED, by me, @gregrucka.com, @mikeshenderson.bsky.social, @nolanwoodard.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @alejandrobot.com. Four volumes down, one to go!
Cover to the fourth collection of THE FORGED, featuring one of the series protagonists (Hap) in her combat armor. Art by Mike Henderson, colors by Nolan Woodard.
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Eric Trautmann @mercuryeric.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
THE FORGED Vol. 4 in stores tomorrow! The penultimate chapter of the story is collected. Written by @gregrucka.com and myself, art by @mikeshenderson.bsky.social, colors by @nolanwoodard.bsky.social, letters by @airy.bsky.social, edits by @alejandrobot.com, published by @imagecomics.com.
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THE FORGED, VOL. 4 TP
Collecting the fourth arc of the critically acclaimed pulp-sci-fi sensation in an oversized format! Face to face with the Empress who holds their lives in thrall, the five women of Forged team Scimita...
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
IRON MAN #8 is in stores TODAY!! The beginning of a new arc where surprises come in pairs 😜🤫🤐 Written by @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social, art by yours truly and colored by @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We're in the last few hours of the OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE: BROKEN BLADE kickstarter campaign (it ends tonight!). The book will be commercially available later, of course, but if you get it through the kickstarter you get ALL OF THIS EXTRA STUFF!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...
Sketch of some (not all! there are a bunch of digital goodies, too, as well as a civic one, and another civic one on the horizon) of the stretch goal goodies that people backing the kickstarter will receive with the book: A fold-out bird's eye view map of Cedarcrest, a cutaway illustration of the castle, coloring pages, a paper figure book, a bookmark, a keychain, stickers, and a field book.
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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Been a year. Time to repost this.
YOUR PORTFOLIO CRIT
THINGS I'D TELL YOU IF I WERE LOOKING AT YOUR WORK IN PERSON
1 Violating the 180 degree rule makes this sequence hard to follow
2 A few more incidental overlaps will make this foreshortening clearer
3 Symmetrical compositions with a character dead center imply an important moment. Don't draw every panel like that?
4 This __ looks kind of fake. Take the time to look at reference instead of just making it up
5 An establishing shot will help the reader understand where this takes place.
6 Find a life-drawing session to attend, or practice from photos online.
7 Show these pages to someone who doesn't know the story and ask them to tell the story back to you.
8. Nudge this part over a bit to eliminate that tangency.
9 You flattened out the depth by rendering the foreground, middle ground, & background with the same values. Create depth and direct the eye by organizing them into overlapping planes of light & dark.
10 there are better ways to use your time than rendering every brick.
11 these characters look like they're floating (or falling). Draw figures and bg  from the same eye level.
12 Unless this will be a wordless comic, leave more room for the lettering
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here's the SDCC IRON MAN promo without dress! Drawn by Gleb Melnikov and colored by me. I'll be coloring both the INCARCERATED and WAR MACHINES arcs too!
Promotional art for IRON MAN at SDCC.
Collage composition of various Iron Man characters for both upcoming arcs: INCARCERTATED IRON MAN and WAR MACHINES.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hey. If you follow me and have “ai” written in your bio I’m going to block you straight away. Just save yourself the effort.
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Zeike Champion 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @gatorchomps.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
HAPPY JUNETEENTH!!!! ✊🏾❤️🖤💚 🎥: @blairimani.bsky.social
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
McSweeney’s on the economics of the AI bubble. This description of AI driven layoffs is excellent satire.
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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The colorist’s art often goes under the radar in discussing a successful comic (in large part because it’s effects are often subconscious though powerful). Despite this, several readers and reviewers have flagged Mattheus Lopes’s colors in Supergirl as spectacular. Let’s discuss why.#supergirl 1/12
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Still some commission slots available for Washington State Summer Con next weekend and a few to be shipped!
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M.O.N.S.T.E.R.S. @monsterscomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#HeroesCon is right around the corner! Please swing by table 1489 to check out #MONSTERS . We’ve got the limited edition preview #comic, #prints and #stickers . See you soon!!
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“… and I’m the surgeon.”
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Filardi kicking color ass.
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@pqcomics.bsky.social is one of the best people I will ever know, an amazing professor, and talented artist! He also wrote a book on perspective that's really informative and easy to follow. Highly recommend it if you're looking to learn perspective and expect this demo will be just as great!
cover to Pat Quinn's book on perspective for comics and illustration
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Eric Trautmann @mercuryeric.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Out tomorrow: THE FORGED returns with issue 10 and the beginning of a new story arc. Our heroes, to prevent a massive genocide, rebel against their Empress. "Galaxy's Most Wanted" begins here! @gregrucka.com @mikeshenderson.bsky.social @airy.bsky.social @nolanwoodard.bsky.social @alejandrobot.com
Cover art for THE FORGED #10 (art by Mike Henderson, colors by Nolan Woodard), featuring the Eternal Empress in her younger days, leading her fleet to conquest, and gesturing at a holographic map.
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
IRON MAN #5 out now!!🔥🤖🔥 Written by @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social, drawn by me & Jan Bazaldua, colored by @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
Panel from IRON MAN issue 5 by Carmen Carnero and Nolan Woodard
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Meredith McClaren @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is... the process (Not fishing, but if you're in any kind of field where you always want to be doing 'better,' then you probably understand the mindset.)
A two panel comic. 

The first panel has no borders and just features me in my office chair. Text above reads: 'I am terrible.' There are then four speech bubbles around me reading 'My backgrounds are terrible, my colors are terrible, my character designs are terrible, my storytelling is terrible.'

In the second panel I make a tired, resigned face as I twirl my pen and say: '...' 'So, I guess I've got to do it some more.'
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
∞ Just ONE WEEK ∞ until you can get your mitts on THE FORGED #10 at your finest local retailer!
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I’ll be taking a limited number of slots at @comicconoakland.com but no 11x17’s so DM me or contact bob @ comicarthouse dot com for a pre-show slot that I can draw for you from the comfort of my office chair! See y’all in a few weeks!
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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 18/04/2026
We're back! FOC is Monday! More deranged Heavy-Metal-esque madness from @mercuryeric.bsky.social @mikeshenderson.bsky.social @nolanwoodard.bsky.social @airy.bsky.social @frost.house.gov and myself! From @imagecomics.com !
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Bon Alimagno @bonstrosity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Created a #PortfolioDay feed a ways back. Displays any post from the previous 72 hours with at least one image and the Portfolio Day tag. Enjoy.
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
All my love goes out to my Marvel editors today. 💔
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Apparently I've not posted any of my creepy lady sketches in a looong while. It's nice to draw as well as color even if they aren't all hits.
Blonde beach piranha inspired vampire in blood red sunglasses.Bride of Frankenstein inspired floating head ghost?Weird mermaid with seaweed hair and blood bubbles.A chill cyberpunk DJ wants to recommend some bands to you.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 14/04/2026
The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Meet ADVANCED IRON MAN. Issue #5 has its FOC TODAY! Pre-order to your local comic shop to make sure you don't miss out on the conclusion of our first arc!! 📝 @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social ✒️ me 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨 Only two weeks to FOC and I can shut up about it! 🚨
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/04/2026
just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him
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Kel McDonald @kelmcdonald.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Shards of Reflection needs 2k in 10 days! www.kickstarter.com/projects/149... Here's a run down of everything you can get! Firstly the book, Shards of Reflection about a newly made vampire trying to find their sire. #comics #webcomics #urbanfantasy #vampires #werewolves
The cover of Shards of Reflections. The header says Kickstarting now! There are several tags with arrows pointing to the book telling you what the book has in store. - Supernatural noir - Art deco future setting - Identity crisis - Unreliable POV - Psychological mystery - Vampires are capitalists - Stand alone in shared universe - She can do a little murder, as a treat
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
To be clear, this is *in spite of* Trump. Not *because of* Trump. First news outlet that frames this as a "victory" for this administration gets burned to the ground.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Mark 75 Stealth Mode. Reminder that IRON MAN #4 will be out in two weeks, April 8!! 📝 @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social ✒️ me 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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🥭MANGO - Comms Open @mgosketches.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I made a papercraft just for this
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Joshua Williamson @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In this sneak peek at IRON MAN #3, A.I.M. attempts to make their own Tony Stark. See how Adam Ware fares next week when #3 hits the comic book stores! Cover/Art by @carmencarnero.bsky.social and @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Chris Sotomayor 🇵🇷 @sotocolor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Shout out to all the inkers, colorists, and letterers who crunched out all-nighters to get books out and never got rewarded with any regular, steady work.
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Mike Henderson @mikeshenderson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
SCIMITAR-3 deploys back onto your LCS shelves at long last for its final six double + sized heavy metal issues. Vive le Victory! imagecomics.com/comics/relea...
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THE FORGED #10
NEW STORY ARC
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
My variant cover for IRON MAN #3, colored by Nolan. Make sure to pre-order at your store before Final Order Cut-Off this Monday (Feb 23rd)! 📝 @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social ✒️ me 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Spider-Man @spider-man.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3, #14 (variant cover, Feb 2025) Pencils and inks: Carmen Carnero (@carmencarnero.bsky.social), colors: Nolan Woodard (@nolanwoodard.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #ValentinesDay
Spider-Man gives heart-shaped balloons to Mary Jane outside their window
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Joshua Williamson @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This month - Tony gets an assist on the battlefield from CAPTAIN AMERICA. Preview art of IRON MAN #2 by @carmencarnero.bsky.social and @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Not going to repost that shill insisting that anti-AI artists are "gatekeeping" art and that it's unfair that some people are simply too poor or untalented to learn how to draw without AI. But I do want to talk about my cousin. 🧵
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"
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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is old but I am still feeling this way up to this day.
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Nolan Woodard 🎨 @nolanwoodard.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
And some heroes do indeed wear capes.
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Joshua Williamson @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Tomorrow - see why Tony Stark is the most dangerous weapon in the Marvel Universe. Preview art of IRON MAN #1 by @carmencarnero.bsky.social and @nolanwoodard.bsky.social
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Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Helioscope is happy to announce that we've relaunched our mentorship program. Our newest mentees are Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social and Emilie Kelly @viewfindercomics.bsky.social. www.helioscopepdx.com/blog/2026/1/...
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Helioscope Announces New Mentorship Program — Helioscope
For Immediate Release Helioscope Announces New Mentorship Program The interdisciplinary program pairs the next generation of comics talent with experienced industry veterans
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Sean @flyingwalruss.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I know this is corny to say but this is the real America, man. This is what it’s all about. This is what those freaks are trying to destroy & we won’t let them
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Carmen Carnero @carmencarnero.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
IRON MAN #1 at @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social from @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social, @nolanwoodard.bsky.social and me is on Final Order Cutoff TODAY!!! 🚨That means it’s the last day for your local shop to place their order. Don’t miss out on a first printing!🚨 #IronMan #TonyStark #MarvelComics #Marvel
The Iron Man Mark 75 armour from Iron Man #1, by Joshua Williamson, Nolan Woodard and Carmen Carnero.
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