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Post by Farrar on Aug 19, 2022 15:53:36 GMT -5
Okay, here's what appeared in FOOM #22 (1978)--he gives his birth year as 1942.  |
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Post by berkley on Aug 19, 2022 16:07:18 GMT -5
Such a distinct style, one of the best inkers of all time. Certainly in my top three inkers for both Colan and Buscema and quite possibly number 1. He also pencilled one of my favourite comics, Doctor Strange #171, though I must admit it looks much like inker Dan Adkins's own work.
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 19, 2022 16:12:54 GMT -5
Too bad--Palmer really enhanced most of the artists he worked with, and he's the best of the handful of inkers who really knew how to handle Colan. Indeed. He added much to Colan, John Buscema (particularly during John's return to The Avengers in the 80s), and others.
He was one of those fixtures in comic art as long as I can remember.
Obviously, he will be missed as he sails on to his next adventure.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 19, 2022 19:01:07 GMT -5
Aww, man...this one hurts. Tom Palmer was my all-time favourite inker. I've said for years that "everything in comics is better with Tom Palmer", and I'm only half tongue-in-cheek. I never saw a penciller whose work he couldn't make shine just that bit brighter, and while it's true that his inking had a strong, dominant style, he never failed to give the penciller a smooth, slick finish, whether it was Walt Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Gene Colan, Neal Adams, etc.
His inking graces some of my favourite American comics, from Spider-Man to Dr. Strange to Star Wars and countless more. Such a sad loss.
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Post by james on Aug 19, 2022 19:13:36 GMT -5
I really thought Tom Palmers inking over John Byrne’s pencils on the Silver Surfer one shot was underrated
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2022 0:33:44 GMT -5
I never realized until someone pointed it out today, that the image of the Black Knight on Avengers 273 was based on a self-portrait Palmer had done of himself.    RIP Mr. Palmer, your legacy is large and enduring. -M |
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 20, 2022 8:37:08 GMT -5
Palmer worked with Dan Adkins at the Wally Wood study. He was introduced to Wood by Jack Kamen. His first comic was Dr. Strange #171, inked by Adkins. Stan thought it was uninspiring, Tom thought it was a stinker. His inking on Colan was revelatory. I am proud to own the very first splash page by Colan/Palmer.  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 20, 2022 9:26:58 GMT -5
It's been a pretty rough stretch lately for some of my favorite artists, with Neal Adams, George Perez, and not Tom Palmer.  |
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 20, 2022 10:20:06 GMT -5
What If #15, Perez and Palmer  |
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 20, 2022 10:26:41 GMT -5
I do not think he ever inked Kirby. Cannot find any examples, even any posthumous inked art from the Kirby Collector.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 20, 2022 16:17:30 GMT -5
Surprising that he missed inking the King .
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 20, 2022 16:19:08 GMT -5
I just read The Kree/Skrull War for the first time a couple of months ago, and was amazed by Palmer's work on that title. That starting lineup for those Avengers stories was remarkable with John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, and Tom Palmer of course embellishing their pencils to come up with something truly greater than the sum of it's parts. I think a young Barry Winsor Smith even came off the bench for a fill-in issue. Then Roy Thomas was of course on writing. Anyway, really loved what I've seen from Palmer. Not just in that story, but elsewhere. Tragic loss. I'm about to read the Avengers "The Gathering" saga, and I'm really excited to see Palmer's work on one of my favorite pencilers ever in Steve Epting.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Aug 20, 2022 16:45:15 GMT -5
I just read The Kree/Skrull War for the first time a couple of months ago, and was amazed by Palmer's work on that title. That starting lineup for those Avengers stories was remarkable with John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams, and Tom Palmer of course embellishing their pencils to come up with something truly greater than the sum of it's parts. Sal's portion was inked by Sam Grainger and Sal himself. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 20, 2022 17:10:08 GMT -5
The FOOM bio that Farrar posted above gives a bare-bones version of how Tom came to Marvel: "he [Jack Kamen] put me in contact with Wally Wood, and from there I went on to work with Mike Esposito, who in turn showed my work to Sol Brodsky..." I read a more detailed version of the story somewhere, probably in an issue of Alter Ego. The way I remember it, Mike Esposito ran into a deadline crunch some time in 1968. He called Wally Wood and asked to borrow an assistant. Wood said he couldn't spare his top guy (probably Wayne Howard at that point; Dan Adkins and Ralph Reese had moved on) but he had a guy he could send over for a few days. It was Tom Palmer. Mike was impressed by Tom's work and called Sol Brodsky to tell him he was sending over a young artist who was ready to get some assignments of his own. I would love to try to identify the pages that Palmer worked on for Esposito. Their styles were not very similar. |
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Post by berkley on Aug 20, 2022 23:44:20 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised to learn that he started in the 1960s: without ever having thought about it much, I had always assumed he was already an experienced professional by the time he started working with Marvel, his style seemed so accomplished and strongly marked right from the start. I wonder if he ever felt the desire to do more pencils instead of or in addition to inking other artists. Or if he had any personal creative projects he would have liked to work on.
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