R.I.P. TOM PALMER Tom Palmer will go down in comic book art history as not only one of its greatest INKERS of the 20th & 21st Centuries (with his only rival being Joe Sinnott), but also as one of its greatest ARTISTS, because more often than not his "inking" was "embellishing" (working over rough layouts or loose pencils), and he was a superb COLORIST as well, coloring many issues of his legendary runs inking Neal Adams, Gene Colan, and John Buscema. In fact, Palmer occupies a UNIQUE place in comic book art history because he was, without question, the SOULMATE inking partner of not just ONE, but THREE different pencil artists, the aforementioned Adams, Colan, and Buscema. Though Adams was his own best inker, only Palmer came closest to Adams' own fineline, crosshatched detail; Sinnott fans might argue that he was Buscema's greats inker of his superhero material (years of Thor & Fantastic Four), but I'll take Palmer's sublime runs with Buscema on The Avenegers in the '60s, '70s, and '80s; and Colan simply NEVER received as sympathetic and nuanced inking of his ethereal pencils from ANYONE other than Tom Palmer. PERIOD. I'm proud to say that Palmer was always friendly to me, coming to my Silver Age book party, and giving me a great sidebar for my article/interview with Adams, "The Marvel Years": https://bit.ly/3PByYf2 #tompalmer #marvelcomicsgroup #comicbookartists #comicbookinking #comicbookinker #marveluniverse #comicbookhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/Chcz3gGLgMB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
