For the better part of 40 years, Colleen Doran has had a diverse career in comics, encompassing her own epic saga A Distant Soil, assignments from publishers both large and small, and collaborating on graphic novel projects with writers at the top of the field.
She’s also notable for sharing her thoughts on the business and her experiences in it through her site and Patreon.
Recently, she shared a couple of Wonder Woman commissions via social media and I thought it would be interesting to use them to show some of the different examples of trade dress the comic has gone through.
Drawing One
Art by Colleen Doran.
Colour version.
Trade dress circa 1940s.
Trade dress circa 1966.
Trade dress circa 1974.
Trade dress circa 1985.
Drawing Two
Art by Colleen Doran.
First colour version.
Trade dress circa 1972.
Trade dress circa 1984.
Second colour version.
Trade dress circa 1976.
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