Toggle search
Toggle menu
123
6
5
62.8K
CartoonWiki
Toggle preferences menu
Toggle personal menu
Not logged in
Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits.

Terry Austin (comics)

From CartoonWiki
More actions

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Terry Kevin Austin[1] (born August 23, 1952)[2] is an American comic book creator working primarily as an inker.

Early life and career

Austin grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Wayne State University.[3] He started inking comics as an assistant to Dick Giordano and Neal Adams, doing "Crusty Bunker" work for Adams' Continuity Associates.[3][4] Austin came to prominence in 1976–1977, inking Marshall Rogers' pencils on a celebrated run of Batman stories for DC Comics' Detective Comics collaborating with writer Steve Englehart.[5] During this same period, Austin inked Michael Netzer (Nasser) on DC's Martian Manhunter in Adventure Comics and Green Arrow/Black Canary in World's Finest Comics, as well as Al Milgrom on Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel. He later teamed with Rogers again on Marvel's Doctor Strange.[6]

File:Xmen141pg12pn3-4.jpg
Austin's inks on John Byrne's pencils, from Uncanny X-Men #141 (Jan. 1981), p. 12.

X-Men

In 1977, Austin and penciler John Byrne became the new art team on Uncanny X-Men. With writer Chris Claremont they produced a series of stories — particularly "The Dark Phoenix Saga" — which elevated the title into the top-selling American comic book.[7] (Austin was given the Eagle Award for Favourite Inker three times during this period.)

Post-X-Men

Austin left Uncanny X-Men in 1981 and has since worked on a variety of titles for both Marvel and DC, including Doctor Strange (over Paul Smith and Dan Green pencils), Superman vol. 2 (over Byrne), Justice League (over Kevin Maguire) and Green Lantern (over Darryl Banks).[6] Austin contributed to several anniversary issues for DC including Justice League of America #200 (March 1982),[8] Superman #400 (Oct. 1984),[9] and Batman #400 (Oct. 1986).[10] He was the regular inker of DC's Superman Adventures for nearly six years, from 1996–2002. His inking work since 2002 has included over fifteen years of inking the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series for Archie Comics, which he continued until the series cancellation in 2017.[6]

Inking style and influence

Austin's inking — especially in the period of the 1970s and early 1980s — is notable for its smooth, precise rendering; and extremely detailed backgrounds, making his embellishing work easily identifiable. His style has been highly influential on a subsequent generation of inkers including Al Gordon, Andy Lanning, Scott Williams,[11] and Rob Liefeld.[12]

Writing and penciling

Austin has also worked as a writer, primarily for Marvel's X-Men titles and a run on Cloak and Dagger.[6] Austin wrote and inked the Dark Horse Comics' adaptation of Splinter of the Mind's Eye published in 1995.[13]

His rare penciling jobs can be seen on the covers of Uncanny X-Men #123, #142 and Annual #3 (with Frank Miller), as well as his self-published book, Austin Art: 60 Pages of Drawings by Terry Austin (2003).[14]

Personal life

Austin resides near Poughkeepsie, New York, where he plays volleyball and gets together often with fellow comics veteran Fred Hembeck.Template:Cn Austin's affection for the comic strip character Popeye is well-established,[15] and over the years Austin has included drawings of Popeye in various published comics as "Easter eggs" for sharp-eyed readers.[16]

Awards

Austin's work has gained him frequent and notable recognition over the years, including multiple Eagle Awards for best inker,[17][18][19][20][21][22] an Inkpot Award,[23] multiple Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for Favorite Inker,[24] and the Inkwell Awards 2008 "Favorite Inker (Retro) Award"[25] and the 2009 "Joe Sinnott Award".[26]

Bibliography

Aardvark-Vanaheim

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

  • Phoenix #3 (1975)

Archie Comics

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Template:Div col

DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics and Marvel Comics

  • Amazon #1 (1996)
  • Green Lantern / Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1 (1995)
  • Silver Surfer / Superman #1 (1996)

Template:Div col end

Image Comics

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

Template:Div col

Template:Div col end

Other publishers

  • Austin Art: 60 Pages of Drawings by Terry Austin (self-published, 2003)

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:S-start Template:Succession box Template:Succession box Template:Succession box Template:Succession box Template:Succession box Template:Succession box Template:End Template:Inkpot Award 1980s

Template:Authority control

  1. ↑ Template:Cite web
  2. ↑ Template:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CBA
  4. ↑ Theakston, Greg and Nowlan, Kevin, et al., at Template:Cite book
  5. ↑ Template:Cite book
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Template:Gcdb
  7. ↑ Template:Cite book
  8. ↑ Template:Cite journal
  9. ↑ Template:Cite journal
  10. ↑ Template:Cite journal
  11. ↑ Template:Cite web
  12. ↑ Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore
  13. ↑ Template:Cite book
  14. ↑ Template:Cite web
  15. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Profile
  16. ↑ Cronin, Brian. "Comic Book Easter Eggs - Terry Austin Popeye Easter Eggs!", CBR (March 5, 2013).
  17. ↑ Template:Cite web
  18. ↑ Template:Cite web
  19. ↑ Template:Cite web
  20. ↑ Template:Cite web
  21. ↑ Template:Cite web
  22. ↑ Template:Cite web
  23. ↑ Template:Cite web
  24. ↑ Template:Cite book
  25. ↑ Template:Cite web
  26. ↑ Template:Cite web
Retrieved from "https://cartoonwiki.toonsmag.org/index.php?title=Terry_Austin_(comics)&oldid=60514"