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creators Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe

Randall Patrick Munroe is a computer programmer best known for creating the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a cult following, and he is one of a very small List of self-sufficient webcomics....
 (centre) and Ryan North
Ryan North

Ryan M. North is a Canada writer and computer programmer who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog....
 (right) at ROFLCON
ROFLCon

ROFLCon was a convention of Internet memes that took place April 25-26 2008, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Various Internet celebrity attended, such as the authors of the webcomics xkcd, Questionable Content and Dinosaur comics, Tron Guy, moot , Leeroy Jenkins, The Brothers Chaps, and many others....
, April 26, 2008.]]






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creators Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe

Randall Patrick Munroe is a computer programmer best known for creating the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a cult following, and he is one of a very small List of self-sufficient webcomics....
 (centre) and Ryan North
Ryan North

Ryan M. North is a Canada writer and computer programmer who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog....
 (right) at ROFLCON
ROFLCon

ROFLCon was a convention of Internet memes that took place April 25-26 2008, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Various Internet celebrity attended, such as the authors of the webcomics xkcd, Questionable Content and Dinosaur comics, Tron Guy, moot , Leeroy Jenkins, The Brothers Chaps, and many others....
, April 26, 2008.]] A comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
 or graphic novel
Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually with a lengthy and complex storyline similar to those of novels. The term also encompasses comic short story anthologies, and in some cases bound collections of previously published comic book series ....
. The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S. can involve a writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, a penciller
Penciller

A penciller is one of a number of types of artists working within the comic book industry. The role of penciller formed from the studio habits of early comic book production....
, an inker
Inker

The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. After the penciler gives a drawing to the inker, the inker uses black ink, usually India ink, to produce refined black outlines over the rough pencil lines....
, a colorist
Colorist

In comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art.Originally, this was done by cutting out films of various densities in the appropriate shapes to be used in producing color separation printing plates....
, and a letterer
Letterer

A letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer crafts the comic's "display lettering": the story title lettering and other special captions and credits that usually appear on a story's first page....
, typically overseen by an editor
Editing

Editing is the process of preparing language, s, sound, video, or film through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media....
.

Depending on the type of production, the different roles can be taken on by different persons:
  • In most alternative
    Alternative comics

    Alternative comics is term by which is defined a range of American comics which have appeared since about 1980, in the wake of the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s....
     and small press comics, the same person will write and illustrate, although it is still common for a separate person to produce the color separations, and sometimes the lettering.
  • Within the major US comic book publishing companies, (for example, DC Comics
    DC Comics

    DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
     and Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics

    Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
    ), a different person is generally assigned to each task, although exceptions - particularly in writing/pencilling or pencilling/inking - do occur.
  • In Japan, a mangaka
    Mangaka

    is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
     usually writes and pencils his own work, and lets his assistants ink and editor letter.
  • In other cases, typically in most European comics
    European comics

    European comics is a generalized terms for comics produced in Continental Europe. Though technically European, British comics are for historical and cultural reasons considered separate from European comics due to the existence of a well-established domestic market and traditions which more closely resemble the development of American comics....
    , there are usually two or three artists involved: a writer, an artist who provides lettered artwork, and a colorist where necessary.


Editing houses will employ letterers when translating work, and it is not uncommon for them to utilise artists to retouch artwork to make it more suitable for their domestic market.

See also

  • Artist
    Artist

    The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art....
  • Cartoonist
    Cartoonist

    A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes....
  • Comic book
    Comic book

    A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
  • Comic strip creator
  • Mangaka
    Mangaka

    is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
  • List of comic creators
    List of comic creators

    This is a list of comic creators. Although comics have different formats, this list mainly focuses on comic book and graphic novel creators. However, some creators of comic strips are also found here, as are some of the early innovators of the artform....
  • List of female comics creators
  • Webcomic
    Webcomic

    Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website, often exclusively, providing easy access to an audience, though some are published in books and newspapers but maintain a web archive....


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