The inker has to tailor the thickness of the lines to show depth, emphasis, light patterns, and so on. But in reality, good inking requires a lot of skill. The inker takes drawings in pencil and – to the superficial eye – “traces” them in ink. But then he frequently hands the job over to an inker.
He does the core artwork in pencil (hence the name).
The penciler tries to draw – and improve upon – the panel-by-panel descriptions of the writer.īut the penciler rarely does all the artwork himself. The writer invents the story, writes the dialog, and figures out what each drawn panel should look like. Above all, I’ve discovered a truly fascinating division of labor.įor starters, there is the division of labor between writer and penciler. I’ve spent much of the last month looking inside the graphic novel “sausage factory,” and I like what I see. I’m pleased to report that exactly the opposite is true. “high-fallutin’ comic books”)? Would that kill my enthusiasm for the subject? Bismark is often quoted as saying that “People who like sausages and legislation should never watch either being made.” (The actual line isn’t as catchy: “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”) If your expectations about the political process are as low as mine, however, it’s hard to get disillusioned.īut what if I learned a lot more about something I really enjoy, like, say, graphic novels (a.k.a.
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