Words and Light

I’m well aware that many career paths and professions have glass ceilings. Journalism is no exception — and, as I learned last week, neither is the comic book industry.

Last Tuesday, I photographed a comic book inker in her home studio. She told me that an average comic book page takes eight hours to ink. Which is just incredible.

© 2010 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Click on the image to read the article on ajc.com.) Rebecca Buchman inks a piece of commissioned art on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in her home studio.