Comic Book Artist and Inker Tom Palmer 1941 - 2022

 

Tom Palmer, whose career began with inking Gene Colan's Doctor Strange pencils in 1969, passed away on August 18, 2022. He was 81.

His lush ink line enhanced the work of comic book pencilers like Gene Colan, Neal Adams and John Buscema.

Via CBR:

"He would continue to work for Marvel regularly until the early 2000s, and later in life would continue to work in comics, shifting his focus to smaller companies like Valiant and IDW.  Palmer also had a long career as a painter and illustrator in the advertising industry, working with companies like Hertz and Panasonic.

"Palmer would go on to work with iconic artists like the Gene Colan and Neal Adams on a variety of Marvel titles. He would earn acclaim working on Colan especially, because the artist's style was notoriously difficult to ink, and Palmer had a reputation for making it work.

"'We are very sad to share the news that legendary comic book inker and artist Tom Palmer passed away on August 18, 2022 at the age of 81,' a post to Palmer's Facebook page said today. 'He will be remembered fondly by his loving family and his many fans.'

"... Besides seeing his work on the big screen in Kick-Ass's animated sequence, Palmer worked on film tie-ins and spinoffs, including the comics adaptation of Jaws 2 and Marvel's 1980s Star Wars comics, where he also pencilled and colored several issues, and painted a number of covers. In the days when major publishers used to make Classics Illustrated-style comic book adaptations of influential novels, Palmer drew The Man in the Iron Mask and The Three Musketeers.

"During his career, Palmer won an Alley Award, a Comic Fan Art Award, and an Inkwell Award, as well as 2014's Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award from the Inkwells."

 

Paul Gravett privides some great links:

 

"Last November, Comic Book Historians conducted a career interview with Palmer you can watch here: https://youtu.be/XiDs65zCIo4 and here's a summary bio on his website: https://tompalmerillustration.com/bio Look back at 13 classic covers here: https://13thdimension.com/13-covers-a-tom-palmer-tribute/"