Inkers don't just trace -- they also edit!

[yendi]

Link ganked from LitG:

A look at some changes made from pencils to inks in JSA #75

(since only the pencilled pages are shown, you've got to infer the differences from various comments -- still a good insight into the process for those of us who are artistically ignorant).

Comments

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I've seen the original pencils to Byrne's recent Action Comics and JLA runs, and the inkers completely changed things sometimes -- it's a crime against pencillers!

[amokk]

But.. inkers are just tracers, man!