Black Is the Color – by Julia Gfrörer

Posted: November 25th, 2012 ˑ Filled under: Black Is The Color, Horror, Julia Gfrorer ˑ  62 Comments

Dread and romance lurk in the dark ocean where a sailor is set adrift to die.

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62 Comments

  1. Carnival of souls: Spurgeon on San Diego, Perpetua on 2006, CAKE BOOK, more « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins wrote:
    06/05/2012 at 10:22

    […] Julia Gfrörer’s Black Is the Color (of course it is) is now playing on the Study Group webcomics […]

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  2. Paul P wrote:
    06/06/2012 at 12:49

    Really like Julia Gfrörer’s story! Is there more stories coming from her in StudyGroup? Either way I have to buy all her mini’s now…. Great stuff keep it coming..

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  3. tony p wrote:
    06/08/2012 at 22:27

    this is gorgeous

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  4. BradyDale wrote:
    07/18/2012 at 04:45

    It is really impressive and great characterization, but I don’t get what the black splotches he sees are meant to be. Blood? From what? I don’t get that part. Still, good stuff. Warren is an amusing chap.

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  5. Julia Gfrörer wrote:
    07/18/2012 at 16:04

    Brady, it’s milk. I thought about making it more explicit but it’s not my style to make a fuss about the gross parts. Maybe I will tweak it, though. I appreciate the feedback, glad you’re enjoying the story!

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  6. Cristian H. wrote:
    07/19/2012 at 11:51

    I really love this comic. Probably my favorite study group offering thus far. Keep it up!

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  7. Julia Gfrörer wrote:
    07/24/2012 at 16:08

    Okay, I showed my almost-three-year-old the relevant page, and asked him what he saw. “The guy is nursing on her nipple,” he said. “And then he’s saying, ‘Oh no! I’m not a baby!'” So I think I definitely won’t be making it more explicit.

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  8. Sam Alden wrote:
    07/28/2012 at 01:00

    The new cover is so good.

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  9. Small Press Expo Announces the Ignatz Award Nominees for SPX 2012 « Graphic Policy wrote:
    08/13/2012 at 08:04

    […] and Kevin Huizenga: http://leonbeyondfacts.blogspot.com/ Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrorer: http://studygroupcomics.com/main/black-is-the-color-by-julia-gfrorer/ Lucky by Gabrielle Bell – http://gabriellebell.com/ Starslip by Kris Straub – […]

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  10. Nominados a los Premios Ignatz 2012, incluyen a la mexicana Inés Estrada wrote:
    08/13/2012 at 09:34

    […] * Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond por Dan Zettwoch y Kevin Huizenga * Black Is the Color por Julia Gfrorer * Lucky por Gabrielle Bell * Starslip por Kris Straub * SuperMutant Magic Academy por Jillian […]

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  11. Nominees announced for 2012 Ignatz Awards | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment wrote:
    08/13/2012 at 10:00

    […] Comic • Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond, by Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga • Black Is the Color, by Julia Gfrorer: • Lucky, by Gabrielle Bell • Starslip, by Kris Straub • SuperMutant Magic […]

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  12. Nominados a los Premios Ignatz 2012, incluyen a la mexicana Inés Estrada | 18minutos wrote:
    08/13/2012 at 13:33

    […] * Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond por Dan Zettwoch y Kevin Huizenga * Black Is the Color por Julia Gfrorer * Lucky por Gabrielle Bell * Starslip por Kris Straub * SuperMutant Magic Academy por Jillian […]

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  13. Nominaciones a los Ignatz 2012 | Actualidad Comic wrote:
    08/14/2012 at 01:54

    […] CÓMIC ONLINE Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond, de Dan Zettwoch y Kevin Huizenga Black Is the Color, de Julia Gfrorer Lucky, de Gabrielle Bell Starslip, de Kris Straub SuperMutant Magic Academy, de […]

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  14. Sept. 6 – World Within The World art exhibit & book release with Julia Gfrörer » Floating World Comics wrote:
    08/16/2012 at 15:07

    […] gay sailors, lactating mermaids, and salty fluids of all kinds. You could read it for free at http://www.studygroupcomics.com, but probably not in the bathtub (which is the best place to read […]

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  15. Micah Martin wrote:
    08/16/2012 at 18:04

    This is wonderful.

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  17. maynard wrote:
    09/05/2012 at 15:47

    i want moar!!!! i would pay for this.

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  20. Ganadores de los Premios Ignatz | Comics Nación Virtual wrote:
    09/16/2012 at 01:11

    […] COMIC ONLINEAmazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond, de Dan Zettwoch y Kevin HuizengaBlack Is the Color, de Julia GfrorerLucky, de Gabrielle BellStarslip, de Kris StraubSuperMutant Magic Academy, de […]

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  21. Ignatz! | The Pencil Factory wrote:
    09/19/2012 at 21:22

    […] Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga * Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrorer * Lucky by Gabrielle Bell * Starslip by Kris […]

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  22. Stacey wrote:
    10/31/2012 at 08:09

    Loving this! I’ll be back for more!

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  23. Nominados a los premios Ignatz 2012 » GenComics wrote:
    11/04/2012 at 07:19

    […] CÓMIC ONLINE Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond, de Dan Zettwoch y Kevin Huizenga Black Is the Color, de Julia Gfrorer Lucky, de Gabrielle Bell Starslip, de Kris Straub SuperMutant Magic Academy, de […]

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  25. Press Gang at BCGF | STUDYGROUP blog wrote:
    11/25/2012 at 14:22

    […] Jason, Julia and I went up to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest at the beginning of the month, and boy howdy […]

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  26. Best Comics of 2012 | Filth and Fabulations wrote:
    12/04/2012 at 09:00

    […] basis, and shorter one-offs, such as Tom Neely’s Doppelganger and Julia Gfrörer’s Black is the Color. As with any anthology project the quality of contributions varies  and the breadth of style and […]

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  27. Morte, horror e realismo bizarro: Julia Gfrörer | Lady's Comics wrote:
    02/28/2013 at 06:10

    […] brevemente com uma sereia com senso de humor negro. Está disponível para ler online no site Study Group. Capa e página interna do Black is the […]

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  28. Need To Know… 25.3.13 | no cape no mask wrote:
    03/25/2013 at 16:28

    […] helping an artist out reaps serious rewards, sometimes you read a review and recall how much you loved the comic they’re reviewing (mermaids, humour, and solitude are in that mix), and sometimes you want a creator to hold your […]

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  29. Webcomics: Black Is The Color | WEBCOMICS.ro wrote:
    03/29/2013 at 06:02

    […] că mergeți. Mergeți pe Study Group Comics și citiți Black Is The Color de Julia Gfrörer. Cu avertizarea că include […]

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  30. 24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Julia Gfrorer wrote:
    03/29/2013 at 07:00

    […] Black is the Colour, is due to be published by Fantagraphics in autumn, and you can currently read it in full over at the Study Group Comics site, and hopefully that should be enough to convince you to pick up a print copy when it’s […]

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  31. Simon wrote:
    04/30/2013 at 15:23

    This is my favourite Study Group comic so far, and there are some great comics here! But this is just amazing, I’ll definitly pick up a copy if it’s printed :)

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  32. Review | BLACK IS THE COLOR and others by Julia Gfrörer - Comic Book Daily wrote:
    05/07/2013 at 05:09

    […] and FLESH AND BONE and quite enjoyed her webcomic, BLACK IS THE COLOR, that was published on the Study Group website. She had copies of all of her minicomics, including printed editions of both parts of BLACK IS THE […]

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  33. » Review | BLACK IS THE COLOR and others by Julia Gfrörer Comic Artist Network wrote:
    05/07/2013 at 10:29

    […] and FLESH AND BONE and quite enjoyed her webcomic, BLACK IS THE COLOR, that was published on the Study Group website. She had copies of all of her minicomics, including printed editions of both parts of BLACK IS THE […]

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  34. Best of the year 2012: Nick Abadzis - Forbidden Planet Blog wrote:
    08/01/2013 at 08:12

    […] that takes the medium in new directions. My favourite on there right now is Julia Gfrörer’s Black Is The Color, which is sublimely weird. Or weirdly sublime – probably […]

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  35. Awards: Ignatz nominees announced - Forbidden Planet Blog wrote:
    08/01/2013 at 08:56

    […] Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrorer Lucky by Gabrielle […]

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  36. News, views and oddities #3 - Forbidden Planet Blog wrote:
    08/01/2013 at 09:01

    […] much enjoying Julia Gfrorer’s comic Black is the Colour, about two sailors who are put overboard in a lifeboat by the captain due to the […]

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  37. Fotogalerija najboljih online stripova « planb.hr wrote:
    11/26/2013 at 00:50

    […] Black Is The Color Ovaj strip autorice Julije Gfrörer, koji donosi priču o mornarima viktorijanskog broda ostavljenima da umru na pučini, jedan je od svakako najljepših koje smo čitali online i moramo priznati da nas nije ostavio ravnodušnima. […]

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  39. Great Online Read – Black is the Color!! | DR WORMHOLE wrote:
    02/12/2014 at 14:04

    […] Gfrörer’s Black is the Color would be a great place to start if you have never read an online comic – or any comic, for […]

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  40. Elliott wrote:
    06/23/2014 at 16:39

    I don’t get it: why does he die? After he sees his wife, is it to be understood that he gets back in the boat to die?

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    • Jamie wrote:
      07/11/2014 at 16:28

      Hey Elliott – is there not an old legend about sailors’ wives getting visited by them on the night of their death, only to wake up and they’re not there? I may be wrong, but I think this is a version of that.

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  41. Simone wrote:
    08/08/2014 at 07:58

    Brava! The best comic I’ve read in a long long time. Wonderful storytelling, great rhythm, it gave me that fuzzy pleasure of reading thingy that is so rare (and good) to find. Thank you.

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  42. Web Comics List | 3 Impossible Things wrote:
    10/09/2014 at 10:41

    […] Black is the Color […]

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  43. Reviews of The Secret Voice, Titan, and Black Is the Color wrote:
    07/24/2015 at 07:30

    […] and Andy look at a Study Group webcomic that was completed back in 2012, Julia Gfrörer’s Black Is the Color. Her story is relatively simple and straightforward — a sailor is cast adrift from his ship […]

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  44. Graphic Novels Read in July Part II | Journeys in Darkness and Light wrote:
    08/04/2015 at 07:11

    […] in book form (although it’s somewhat difficult to find). You can read the webcomic version here then listen to our discussion of the title here. Black is the Color is much more than a story of […]

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  45. 42 Web Comics You Need To Read | News Supreme wrote:
    09/09/2015 at 00:09

    […] “Black Is The Color” by Julia […]

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  46. Super Shark - 42 Web Comics You Need To Read wrote:
    10/06/2015 at 06:08

    […] “Black Is The Color” by Julia […]

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  47. OCT23 – 2015 | 31 Hath October wrote:
    10/23/2015 at 12:25

    […] Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer – A grim, sensual tale set on the high seas. Two men are set adrift by their shipmates. One soon dies, and the other is seduced by a cruel mermaid. The deceptively simple line art and six-panel scenes put me in mind of the Xeroxed indie comics of the mid-80s. This gem first appeared online and was later printed by Fantagraphics books. […]

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  49. Best Comics of 2015: Comics Not Published in 2015 | Journeys in Darkness and Light wrote:
    12/12/2015 at 06:49

    […] to at SPX said the book will be reissued in the near future.) You can read the webcomic version here then listen to Derek and me discuss the title here. Black is the Color is much more than a story […]

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  50. 42 Web Comics You Need To Read – FUNknee wrote:
    03/19/2016 at 12:19

    […] “Black Is The Color” by Julia […]

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  51. Black is the Color – Artistically Galvanized wrote:
    04/23/2016 at 14:51

    […] week is we will be discussing a webcomic called Black is the Color by Julia Gfrorer. Black is the color is an interesting webcomic with a very hand made feel to […]

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  52. Manipulation of Manhood: Julia Gfrorer's Comic Book Misandry - Women Write About Comics wrote:
    06/20/2016 at 09:45

    […] Dark Age and 2012’s Black is the Colour  establish a baseline impatience with masculine posturing. Dark Age’s naked, male protagonist […]

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  53. 42 Web Comics You Need To Read | Viral Camera wrote:
    11/23/2016 at 21:42

    […] “Black Is The Color” by Julia […]

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  54. 42 Web Comics You Need To Read – Para-SciFi wrote:
    01/16/2017 at 16:02

    […] “Black Is The Color” by Julia […]

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  55. Announcing Julia Gfrorer, March 2018 - The Sequential Artists Workshop wrote:
    09/09/2017 at 20:43

    […] persecution in ancient Rome (“Palm Ash“), a dying sailor adrift in the ocean (“Black is the Color“), a supernaturally touched widow in a plague-ravaged city (“Laid Waste“) or an […]

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    01/05/2019 at 22:07

    […] comics:Black is the Color (some mild adult […]

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  57. LOS AUTORES DE CÓMIC CONTRA EL CORONAVIRUS 10… | wrote:
    03/16/2020 at 18:55

    […] 09.- “Black is the color”, de Julia Gfrörer. […]

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  58. Yo me quedo en casa leyendo cómics (2) – fancomic.es wrote:
    03/30/2020 at 02:15

    […] Julia Gfrörer (autora de Devastación), pone a nuestra disposición Black is the color […]

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  59. ESPECIAL SESIÓN DE CÓMIC EN CUARENTENA | BiblioLibros wrote:
    04/06/2020 at 23:19

    […] Disponible libremente (en inglés) aquí. […]

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  61. Nicoline Brix wrote:
    06/14/2020 at 13:01

    Ignore the blurb and dive in without preconceptions. I won’t say much, as I think that’s the best way to read Black is the Color, except this is a well told, well drawn morally complex seafarer’s tale. As a kid, I lived on a sailboat in the South Pacific, and I thought Gfrorer expressed the feeling of living at sea surprisingly well. I read this online myself, and bought the copy for a friend because I think this artist’s work ought to be supported and I think this book is highly recommendable. Certainly going to be following Gfrorer’s work form here on out!

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