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John Byrne
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Realizing we’re coming up fast on five years since I started posting this issue. That goes a way toward explaining why inking it feels so “fresh”! It’s a long time since I laid down these pencils. The inker half of my brain is actually able to APPRECIATE what I was doing here. Yay!
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 26 August 2025 at 4:26pm | IP Logged | 2
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Have you been able to experience that before? That is, coming in fresh after a sizable break to ink work that was largely done at the pencil stage?
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John Byrne
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Nope. This is the first time I’ve experienced such a gap.
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Robin Taylor
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One of the joys of the pencils is the underlying work like the grids. The pencils have this beautiful organic aspect that I really love.
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 26 August 2025 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | 5
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JB: Very cool, especially because you could have had exactly the opposite reaction.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 31 August 2025 at 2:52pm | IP Logged | 6
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One aspect that has emerged from this exercise is finding myself tweaking details as I go along. Correcting places where, for instance, the pencils got a bit “sloppy”. Often on hands and fingers. (Hm. Cue some dolt to suggest I am using AI for the inking!)
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John Byrne
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Anyone think THIS could be more condescending?
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Mark Haslett
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The lofty heights from which that review comes are occupied only by the
most senior arch-angels and the online comic book reviewers.
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Paul Wills
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I just have to pop in to randomly say that JB draws the best natural-looking aliens in comics. Different textures and some wild features. Very fun to ink!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 04 September 2025 at 11:59pm | IP Logged | 10
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Thanks Paul. I do take some degree of pride in my non-humans.
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