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.
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 Larry Fuller's New Funny Book in 1978.[2] Around this time he met Brian Garvey, who shortly joined Akin's small, San Francisco-based studio.
Akin & Garvey
In 1982, Akin began his ten-year partnership with Garvey, inking for Marvel Comics on ROM Spaceknight #34 (Sept. 1982), over Sal Buscema's pencils. Akin & Garvey became the regular ROM inkers for almost two years, until 1984. During that time, they also provided the inks for the 1982 Marvel mini-series The Vision and the Scarlet Witch. In 1984, the pair inked the four-issue mini-series Starriors and issue four of the mini-series The Transformers for Marvel. The pair inked issues #190–209 of Iron Man, as well as three years working on The Transformers.
In the mid-1980s, the pair branched out, producing work for DC Comics, where they worked on comics including Firestorm (for five consecutive issues) and The Warlord; Pacific Comics; and Savage Graphics, while continuing to produce covers and interior art for Marvel.[2] Akin & Garvey worked for Continuity Comics between 1986 and 1992, on titles including Megalith, Ms. Mystic and Samuree.[2]
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.
akin, born, july, 1959, california, comic, book, artist, known, primarily, inking, along, with, inking, partner, brian, garvey, akin, worked, many, superhero, comics, mostly, marvel, comics, from, 1982, 1988, born, 1959, july, 1959, californianationalityameric. 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 Ian AkinBorn 1959 07 28 July 28 1959 age 63 CaliforniaNationalityAmericanArea s Inkerhttp www akinandgarvey com Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Akin amp Garvey 1 2 Solo work 2 Select bibliography 2 1 Akin amp Garvey 2 2 Solo 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditAkin 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 Larry Fuller s New Funny Book in 1978 2 Around this time he met Brian Garvey who shortly joined Akin s small San Francisco based studio Akin amp Garvey Edit In 1982 Akin began his ten year partnership with Garvey inking for Marvel Comics on ROM Spaceknight 34 Sept 1982 over Sal Buscema s pencils Akin amp Garvey became the regular ROM inkers for almost two years until 1984 During that time they also provided the inks for the 1982 Marvel mini series The Vision and the Scarlet Witch In 1984 the pair inked the four issue mini series Starriors and issue four of the mini series The Transformers for Marvel The pair inked issues 190 209 of Iron Man as well as three years working on The Transformers In the mid 1980s the pair branched out producing work for DC Comics where they worked on comics including Firestorm for five consecutive issues and The Warlord Pacific Comics and Savage Graphics while continuing to produce covers and interior art for Marvel 2 Akin amp Garvey worked for Continuity Comics between 1986 and 1992 on titles including Megalith Ms Mystic and Samuree 2 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 Edit 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 EditAkin amp Garvey Edit 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 Edit Darkhawk 28 50 Marvel Professor Xavier and the X Men 2 5 7 8 10 13 15 18 Marvel Notes Edit 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 2008References EditIan Akin at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Ian Akin at the Disney DatabaseExternal links EditOfficial website permanent dead link Preceded byJoe Sinnott ROM Spaceknight inker with Brian Garvey 1982 1984 Succeeded byMel CandidoPreceded bySteve Mitchell Iron Man inker with Brian Garvey 1985 1986 Succeeded bySam DeLarosaPreceded byTom Morgan Transformers inker with Brian Garvey 1986 1988 Succeeded byDave HuntPreceded byChris Ivy Darkhawk inker1993 1995 Succeeded byN APreceded byJesse Delperdang Professor Xavier and the X Men inker1995 1997 Succeeded byN A Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ian Akin amp oldid 1124066187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
