Inks on Art Adams XM Annual 9 page 0

[Carlo M]

A few weeks ago I posted this piece on Comicartfans:

Art Adams - X-Men Annual 9 - page 8 - New Mutants - Storm, in Carlo M's Arthur Adams Comic Art Gallery Room (comicartfans.com)

In the description I mention that indiciae mention Adams Gordon Mignola as inkers but I would not know which one inked this particular page and ask for opinions.  None has come forward to date. Any ideas? 

Carlo

 

[Latverian Tourism Board]

1 hour ago, Carlo M said:

A few weeks ago I posted this piece on Comicartfans:

Art Adams - X-Men Annual 9 - page 8 - New Mutants - Storm, in Carlo M's Arthur Adams Comic Art Gallery Room (comicartfans.com)

In the description I mention that indiciae mention Adams Gordon Mignola as inkers but I would not know which one inked this particular page and ask for opinions.  None has come forward to date. Any ideas? 

Carlo

 

I flipped through the issue, and looked closely. I did see differences from page to page, so then I tried to match styles. The pages/characters I believe AA inked really stood out to me. I also found some Mignola characteristics on other pages in inks and faces. I would guess Gordon on this page, but it’s only a guess.

Have you considered sending a message to the artists reps, or the artists themselves, to get an answer? 

[Carlo M]

Yes that might be an option. Anybody knows who reps these artists? 

[J.Sid]

I have owned two pages from this story inked by Mignola. I'm pretty sure I can rule Mignola out.

My guess would be Adams or Austin. Adams being my prime suspect.

Edited July 7, 2021 by J.Sid

[RBerman]

I'll be fascinated to hear the correct answer. For a panel like this, my money would be Adams inking himself.

[stinkininkin]

I'd put money on Adams inking this one too. I'm about 95% sure he did it. A lot of this issue was being inked at San Diego Comic Con around 1985 (or was it '84?), as pages were being handed out to other artists to pitch in. I know Rubenstein inked a page or panel, as did Whilce Portacio. I was a total nobody so I did not touch these pages, and don't have any other names for you to consider. That said, pretty sure this is Adams inks.

Edited July 8, 2021 by stinkininkin

[Carlo M]

Ok, Arthur was super fast and very kindly confirmed he inked the page.  Thanks for the suggestion to contact him and congrats to those who got it right!

As an afterthought, I think Adams and Golden were the two artists that were the most influential with the least amount of work that created the influence (two Annuals by Adams and a couple of issues by Golden).  Any other names come to mind?