Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Seth Mann.
This is a transcript of the Sept. 17 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast.
Jacob Brogan: You’re listening to Working, the podcast for what people do all day. I’m Jacob Brogan. This season, we’re sitting down with the writer and artists behind the comic book Batman, to learn a little bit about how their stories of the Dark Knight come together from concept to execution.
For this episode, we chatted with Seth Mann, an inker who works almost exclusively with his twin brother, the penciler Clay Mann. Seth lays out what exactly an inker does and explains why he’s so happy to be employed in superhero comics today. He also discusses what it’s like to fill a role that gets less respect from the fans and shares his tools of the trade.
Then in a Slate Plus extra, Mann…
