How long does it take to color an issue? I feel like a colorist's job is usually downplayed (ie. last in credits) and seems like it would be time consuming. True or no?

I think it depends for each colorist, (maybe a week?)  but yeah it’s a huge part of how a comic reads. I color all my own drawing for that reason. Plus the way I color is so flat & fast.

I’ve worked with Joseph B3 a lot of Prophet. I’m so impressed by how much thought he puts into the color as part of the storytelling. Often times I’ll do my rough layouts in color and then we’ll talk over story/color ideas he has and rework it from there. 

I always think about the 2nd Farel issue where Joseph came up with the idea to take the color out of the pages when Prophet’s mind is dulled by brain control. 

 Everything that ends up on the page is vital to how it reads. Letterers get even more downplayed – although a lot of what they do might be classified as more craft than art.–but I guess that also depends on each book.