Professional History
Kell-O-Graphics was a printing company created by Crafton Kelly in 1983, later taken over by his son Tony Kelly, who transformed it into an innovative art studio that used digital techniques in comics, specializing in color separation and also working in lettering and digitalization of comics, pre-press and photoliths. Kell-O-Graphics worked for different publishers, including Abstract Studio (Strangers in Paradise), Dark Horse (The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest), Harris (Vampirella), Image (Savage Dragon, Stormwatch) and Malibu Comics (Ferret (Vol. 2), Man of War, Gravestone). Frequently the company itself is credited, instead of crediting the specific artist in the studio doing the job.[5]
In the mid-1990s, the comic companies started their own digital departments and this, combined with the crisis in the comic-book sector, caused Kell-O-Graphics to stop receiving orders. Kell-O-Graphics then began producing its own commercial material. The company survived Tony Kelly's death in 2000, after which the reins returned to Crafton and they collaborated with Heavy Metal Magazine. The last comic credited to the company was Dynamite Entertainment's 4-issue miniseries Zorro Matanzas (2010), where Kell-O-Graphics contributed with an innovative digital inking technique. After this, Crafton Kelly retired and the company disappeared.[6]Work History
Notes
Artists that are confirmed to have worked for Kell-O-Graphics include: Benjamin C., Sean Carlo Concepcion, Mike Conley, Tony Kelly, Sheldon Mitchell and Dan Saraceni.[7]