Art of Comic Book Inking SC (1997-2002 Dark Horse) 1st Edition comic books

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by Gary Martin. Art by Steve Rude, Gary Martin, Terry Austin, Brian Bolland, Mark Farmer, Rudy Nabres, Kevin Nowlan, Jerry Ordway, Tom Palmer, Joe Rubinstein, P. Craig Russel, Mark Schultz, Dave Stevens, Karl Story, Bill Stout, and Scott Williams.

What does a comic-book inker do? Is an inker responsible for the coloring? Does an inker just trace over the lines? How much of the line work is done by computer? Learn the answers, and the stylized techniques, from the professionals!

This book, full of tips from the comics industry's greatest living inkers, is for aspiring inkers, untrained professional inkers, pencillers who want to become more inker-friendly, and the majority of editors who work in comics today.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Written by Gary Martin. Art by Steve Rude, Gary Martin, Terry Austin, Brian Bolland, Mark Farmer, Rudy Nabres, Kevin Nowlan, Jerry Ordway, Tom Palmer, Joe Rubinstein, P. Craig Russel, Mark Schultz, Dave Stevens, Karl Story, Bill Stout, and Scott Williams.

What does a comic-book inker do? Is an inker responsible for the coloring? Does an inker just trace over the lines? How much of the line work is done by computer? Learn the answers, and the stylized techniques, from the professionals!

This book, full of tips from the comics industry's greatest living inkers, is for aspiring inkers, untrained professional inkers, pencillers who want to become more inker-friendly, and the majority of editors who work in comics today.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by Gary Martin. Art by Brent Anderson, Randy Green, Terry Dodson, Adam Warren, Mike Royer, Hilary Barta, Steve Leiahola, Al Gordon, Michael Bair, Randy Emberlin, Alex Garner, Rachel Dodson, and Karl Kesel.

Gary Martin's The Art of Comic-Book Inking has become an industry-standard how-to guide for ink artists, but Gary hasn't been resting on his laurels. Since AoCBI's release, Gary has discussed his book with hundreds of inkers, aspiring and professional, and now he's produced an accompanying volume to fulfill inkers' most common requests.

The Art of Comic-Book Inking II includes new sections regarding the inking of animation-styled pencils and how to problem-solve a myriad of common inking headaches, plus a handy compendium of textures and effects to give any inking assignment variety and verve. And in this volume, another small army of top professional black-fingered maestros -- Martin, Karl Kesel, Alex Garner, Al Gordon, Rachel Dodson, Steve Leialoha, Randy Emberlin, Michael Bair, and Mike Royer -- tackle the pencil art of four artists -- Terry Dodson, Brent Anderson, Adam Warren, and Randy Green -- each with vastly different styles that create diverse embellishing challenges. And each of these penciled pages is included, reproduced in non-photo blue on full-size, high-quality art board so that every aspiring inker can try their own approach and have potential professional samples ready for action!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.