Ian Akin (born July 28, 1959, in California)[1] is a comic book artist, known primarily for inking.
[2] Around this time he met Brian Garvey, who shortly joined Akin's small, San Francisco-based studio.
In 1982, Akin began his ten-year partnership with Garvey, inking for Marvel Comics on ROM Spaceknight #34 (Sept. 1982), over Sal Buscema's pencils.
[2] In the early 1990s, Akin (and Garvey) produced work for Disney Comics, on titles featuring Jessica Rabbit and The Little Mermaid, and others.
[citation needed] In the early 2010s, Akin and Garvey reunited to do commercial illustration and comics work.