The Solution inked pages
The Solution was one of the Ultraverse team books, written by James D. Hudnall and drawn by a variety of pencilers. I was the letterer on the series, and the penciler who impressed me most was John Statema. I hadn’t seen his work before, and I haven’t seen it since, but his page compositions and attention to detail were stunning.
He was also tough to ink, as I found out one day when Editor Hank Kanalz brought me a page from issue 7 that was simply too much for the regular inker Thomas Florimonte to deal with on top of everything else; the page that broke the inker’s back. This was a job for the art department. Our resident inkers Larry Welch and Scott Reed had full plates, so this one came to me. It took an entire day, but I had a wonderful time doing it.
Penciled version by John Statema
My inked version
Finished version
I enjoyed that experience so much that I wanted to try it again. On my own time, I went back to issue 6 and picked two pages with more emphasis on characters. I inked them as non-published versions for my portfolio (giving penciling credit to John, of course).
Penciled version by John Statema
My inked version
Published version (inked by others)
Penciled version by John Statema
My inked version
Published version (inked by others)
See the complete issue 6 here and issue 7 here