Ian Akin
Ian Akin | |
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Born | California | July 28, 1959
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Inker |
https://www.akinandgarvey.com |
Ian Akin (born July 28, 1959, in California)[1] is a comic book artist, known primarily for inking. Along with his inking partner, Brian Garvey, Akin worked on many superhero comics (mostly for Marvel Comics) from 1982 to 1988.
Biography
Akin grew up in southern California, in Riverside County. At age 13, he and his mother and sister moved to San Francisco.
Akin's first professional job was producing artwork for
Akin & Garvey
In 1982, Akin began his ten-year partnership with Garvey, inking for
In the mid-1980s, the pair branched out, producing work for
In the early 1990s, Akin (and Garvey) produced work for Disney Comics, on titles featuring Jessica Rabbit and The Little Mermaid, and others.[2] The inking duo disbanded in 1992 to pursue separate projects.[citation needed]
In the early 2010s, Akin and Garvey reunited to do commercial illustration and comics work.
Solo work
Between 1994 and 1995, Akin produced covers for Disney Digest reprints, including for Darkwing Duck.[2] He continued to produce work steadily for Marvel through the 1990s, notably as the regular inker on Marvel's Darkhawk from 1993 to 1995, and Professor Xavier and the X-Men from 1995 to 1997. He was a regular inker on the 1990s incarnation of What If..., but since the mid-1990s, Akin has no significant published credits.
Select bibliography
Akin & Garvey
- Rom#34, 36–50 (Marvel)
- The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1–4 (Marvel)
- Starriors #1-4 (Marvel)
- Firestorm#38–42 (DC)
- Iron Man #190–209 (Marvel)
- Transformers: Headmasters #1–4 (Marvel)
- The Transformers #19–30, 32, 35–37 (Marvel)
Solo
- Darkhawk #28–50 (Marvel)
- Professor Xavier and the X-Men #2, 5, 7, 8, 10–13, 15–18 (Marvel)
Notes
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Who's Who of American Comics: 1928 - 1999 by Bails, Jerry G. and Ware, Hames. Accessed September 12, 2008
References
- Ian Akin at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Ian Akin at the Disney Database