Can we really be certain that Allen and Erik Larsen aren't the same guy?

Zander Cannon's pencil-and-ink work on Replacement God did have a nice, clean style to it. But on Top 10, he mostly did the layouts, and Gene Ha did the finished pencils and inks. Actually, from this interview, it sounds even more complicated than that, but I think most of the fine details and textures were by Gene Ha.

So while Cannon is an excellent all-around artist, I wouldn't put him in a list of inkers.

[BTW, that whole interview is pretty great. Cannon drops a ton of interesting tidbits on lots of different comics that he has been involved in. It's got the good and bad aspects of doing a comic at Image, stuff about DC, lots more. Recommended.]

No--it's true that you don't know what the fuck you're talking about and you're trying to cover your ass.

Or you and Allen. I have deadlines and don't have the time for such horseplay--you two have no such obvious excuse.

As I said, I haven't looked at SD since I worked in a shop. So, eight years. Maybe you've abandoned the very Byrne-esque style from that period, I don't know. But he's obviously a major influence. Probably why you follow him around like a puppy.

Again--wrong, inaccurate and completely baseless. Could not be further from the truth. At no point was my work remotely Byrne-esque --he was not a major influence--and I don't follow him around period.

You're clueless.

I will.
Thanks.

I think when an artist looks significantly better when they ink themselves like Schultz, Kieth and Bolland all do that you can give credit to them as inkers. Heck I'd like to see Schultz and Kieth do some inking for other artists.

Can you post some comparisons because I can't remember when Erik ever did any Byrne like art.

Tepid troll is tepid.

Check yer FF's circa #'s 40 -50 for the best head to head Sinnott/Colletta appraisal. I'll begrudgingly grant that Vince's work on Thor has some appeal to some nostalgia-blinded elder fans but his thin thin shaky linework is entirely inappropriate on FF.

Now while no one can dominate Kirby, Joe was still able to leave his own mark on his pages- an ability of which the virtue is extolled earlier on this thread. Check his inks over Buscema or Buckler a little later on and you'll see a remarkable formal consistancy to all the pages.

Top 5 inkers(tonight):

Bill Everett on Kirby and Barry Smith

Tom Palmer on Gene Colan and John Buscema (the first time-- not the 90's)

Al Williamson on JRjr

Klaus Janson on Miller

Austin/Giordino on Adams Supes vs. Ali Treasury