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| cel | plastic "cellulouse" on which a cartoonist draws the cartoon |
| assembly line | used in the comic business to speed up the process of creating comic books |
| writer | the person who write the script for the comic |
| panel | each individual picture or "square" in a comic or cartoon |
| pencil artist | person who takes the script and completes rough drawings or sketches telling the story |
| rework | drawing a sketch over and over to create the perfect panel |
| one and a half up | the comic page is drawn one and a half times the size of the printed comic |
| oversized page | makes it easier for the pencil artist to work with and sharpens the imgae when reduced for final printing |
| roughs in | the pencil artist draws in basic figures leaving room for dialogue balloons, then more detail is added to finish the drawing |
| letterer | the artist who draws the panel borders, lettering guidelines and finally lettering and balloons |
| inking | going over the final pencil drawings so that the comic can be reproduced |
| inker | the artist who inks over the pencil sketches in a cartoon |
