Dexter Vines is an

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and

inker The inker (sometimes credited as the finisher or embellisher) is one of the two line artists in traditional comic book production. The penciller creates a drawing, the inker outlines, interprets, finalizes, retraces this drawing by using a pencil ...

, known for his collaborations with

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s such as

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and Ed McGuinness, the latter of whom he is credited with as "eDex" team.

Career

Vines has worked on a multitude of titles for both Marvel and DC. Some titles include Marvel's big 2007 summer event ''

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'', '' Tangent Comics Power Girl'', '' Superman/Batman'', '' JLA Classified'' (all with McGuiness), and ''

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''.

Awards

* 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - ''Nominee'' - Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: (Civil War (Marvel) - with Steve McNiven) * 2012, Vines received the 2012 Inkwell Award for Favorite Small Press And Mainstream-Independent (S.P.A.M.I.) ink work over another pencil artist."2012 Winners"
Inkwell Awards. June 25, 2012

References

External links

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An Audio Interview with Dexter Vines
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