Joe Sinnott

Joe Sinnott (born October 16, 1926, Saugerties, New York, United States) is an American comic book artist. Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best-known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four, from 1965 to 1981 (with a brief return in the late 1980s), initially over the pencils of industry legend Jack Kirby. Years before, he had inked Kirby's Fantastic Four #5, the issue introducing Dr. Doom, plus a science fiction monster story in Strange Tales #95. During his fifty-plus years as a Marvel freelancer and then salaried artist working from home, Sinnott inked virtually every major title, with notable runs on The Avengers, The Defenders and The Mighty Thor. His smooth, slick inking style has influenced such artists as Terry Austin and P. Craig Russell, although there was at times criticism that it tended to smother the individuality of some pencillers. This was particularly raised with artist Bill Sienkiewicz's short run on Fantastic Four. Sinnott is credited... full article at wikipedia