Overview
Tom Palmer is a popular comics artist. Although he has done a small amount of pencilling work, the vast majority of Mr. Palmer's artistic output since the 1960s has been as a comic book inker.
Biography
Although Palmer has done a small amount of penciling work (as well as some cover art and some coloring work), the vast majority of his artistic output since the 1960s has been as a comic book inker . Especially noteworthy is Palmer's extensive work for
Marvel Comics , including well-remembered runs paired with pencilers
Neal Adams on
Avengers and
Uncanny X-Men ;
Gene Colan , on titles such as
Doctor Strange ,
Daredevil , and
Tomb of Dracula ; and
John Buscema , on the
The Avengers . He also inked the entire run of
John Byrne 's
X-Men: The Hidden Years .
Palmer's brushy, detailed, and illustrative inking style hearkens back to vintage newspaper comic strips like
Steve Canyon and
Tarzan;, and has influenced later generations of inkers like
Klaus Janson,
Josef Rubinstein, and
Bob McLeod. Over the course of his career, Palmer has won several awards, including the 1969 Alley Award for Best Inking Artist. Palmer was also named the #3 Inker of American Comics by Atlas Comics .
Palmer's son Tom Palmer, Jr. is a comic book professional who was an editor for DC Comics.
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