Inker

The inker (sometimes credited as the finisher or embellisher) is one of the two line artists in traditional American comic book production. After the penciller creates a drawing with pencil, the inker interprets this drawing by outlining and embellishing it with a pencil, an ink pen or a brush with black ink. Inking was necessary in the traditional printing process as presses could not reproduce pencilled drawings. Another specialist, the letterer, handles the "inking" of text and word balloons, while the colorist applies color to the final inked art submitted by the inker.

The inker (sometimes credited as the finisher or embellisher) is one of the two line artists in traditional American comic book production. After the penciller creates a drawing with pencil, the inker interprets this drawing by outlining and embellishing it with a pencil, an ink pen or a brush with black ink. Inking was necessary in the traditional printing process as presses could not reproduce pencilled drawings. Another specialist, the letterer, handles the "inking" of text and word balloons, while the colorist applies color to the final inked art submitted by the inker. ==Crediting== In the early 1960s, Marvel Comics began giving the inker credit in each of their publications and other publishers began to follow suit. This allowed finishers like Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Mike Esposito, John Severin, Syd Shores, and Tom Palmer to earn a reputation as inkers as well as pencillers. In addition, penciller–inker teams like Kirby and Sinnott, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson, and Gene Colan and Palmer, captured the attention of comic book readers and fans. ==Industry awards== In 2008 Marvel and DC inker Bob Almond founded the Inkwell Awards to celebrate the craft of inking and to lift the profile of the art in general. The Inkwell Awards have gained much publicity and count notable inkers such as Joe Sinnott, Nathan Massengill and Tim Townsend as members and associates.

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