Colouring comics has long been the lowest rung on the creative ladder, partially due to technological inadequacies and also due to the constant reprinting in cheaper formats in just black and white. But in recent years the floor has opened up, enabling colour to take almost centre stage on the page, giving more opportunities for colourists to explore the medium and readers more variety in their product.

This, I am in no doubt, is due almost entirely to the wonders of graphics tablets and Adobe Photoshop. For this tutorial I will be using an A3 Wacom Intuous3, G5 Apple Mac, and a 30-inch Apple monitor. Go on, envy me…