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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 29, 2020 13:22:46 GMT -5
I may've posted this somewhere here before but the inker I think closest to Joe Sinnott in smooth perfection is DC's Sid Greene. I loved his inks over Gil Kane in the '60s comics I saw! I could almost believe he was a pen-name of Mr. Sinnott's. I don't know if Greene ever inked Kirby. I like Wally Wood inks on anyone I've figured out... Kirby and Ditko both come out very well with his finishes, Dan Adkins being similar. I can see what you mean. |
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Post by MDG on Jun 29, 2020 13:37:51 GMT -5
Yeah--Greene is my favorite Silver Age inker at DC (w/ Klein as close second).
Wood is great, but makes everything look like Wood. Actually, I don't like any inkers over Ditko--they all tend to want to "pretty it up."
I consider that a good thing. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but Ditko and Kirby (and Kane) didn't need the help.
I've been reading The Demon for the first time--and really enjoying it--but not lovin' Royer's inking. On a kindle, it has a stained-glass effect due to how bright the colors. I'm thinking that the color of the newsprint, reduced saturation, etc. in the original books smooth a lot of that out. I'd really like to do a side-by-side of Kirby's last FF issues and his earliest Fourth World books to try to identify the "Sinnott magic," because there was something that Sinnott did no one else quite captured.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 29, 2020 14:10:07 GMT -5
I consider that a good thing. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but Ditko and Kirby (and Kane) didn't need the help.
I've been reading The Demon for the first time--and really enjoying it--but not lovin' Royer's inking. On a kindle, it has a stained-glass effect due to how bright the colors. I'm thinking that the color of the newsprint, reduced saturation, etc. in the original books smooth a lot of that out. I'd really like to do a side-by-side of Kirby's last FF issues and his earliest Fourth World books to try to identify the "Sinnott magic," because there was something that Sinnott did no one else quite captured.
That's easy IMO. Sinnott gave Kirby a smooth, clean and polished inking while placing inks in a way to show more layers and depth while rounding off the blunt/sharp edged stylized look Kirby tended towards. Sinnott also placed his own style layered over Kirby and you could see "both" pencil and inker's work. Colletta gave Kirby a lighter inking touch, more thin, delicate, fine, feathered lines. Colletta also placed his own style layered over Kirby and you could see "both" pencil and inker's work. Much of what Royer did gave the appearance of it all having the same weight and depth in the lines with little variation so it all looked to the eye as if it all blended together flatly in one dimensional plane/space. All his inking was of one weight without layers is the best i can explain. Almost more of a tracing Kirby's pencils line for line without adding anything of Royer's own style. If that makes any sense? |
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 29, 2020 19:51:19 GMT -5
I love George Klein's work as well. Great on Kirby and Buscema. Gone too soon.
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