Tom Palmer (comics)
Tom Palmer Sr. (born July 13, 1942) is an American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel Comics. Biography. Although Tom Palmer has done a small amount of penciling work (as well as some cover art and some coloring), the vast majority of his artistic output since the 1960s has been as a comic book inker. Reminiscing about how he came to be an inker, Palmer recounted: Especially noteworthy is Palmer's extensive work for Marvel Comics, including well-remembered runs paired with pencilers Neal Adams on "The Avengers" and "Uncanny X-Men"; Gene  Colan, on titles such as "Doctor Strange", "Daredevil", and "Tomb of Dracula"; and John Buscema, on "The Avengers". He also inked the entire run of John Byrne's "". Palmer is widely considered the definitive inker for Gene Colan, whose use of grey textures made his pencils notoriously difficult to ink in a way that did them justice. Colan has stated publishers never answered his requests to be paired with a specific inker. Palmer reasoned that, "I think the way we both worked in the business, we had a book to get out every month, bills to pay, and somehow we  were put together as a team. We could have been forgotten and ignored, and we'd not be sitting here today. But somehow, I think, the fans have brought us to this point of recognition." Palmer's brushy, detailed, and illustrative inking style hearkens back to vintage newspaper comic strip strips like "Steve Canyon" and "Tarzan", and has influenced later generations of inkers like Klaus Janson, Josef Rubinstein, and Bob McLeod. Palmer's son Tom Palmer Jr. is a comic book professional who had a long-running column, Palmer's Picks, in the now defunct Wizard Magazine: The Price Guide  to Comics and he was also an editor for DC Comics. Awards. In addition to the awards below, Palmer was also named the #3 Inker of American Comics by Atlas Comics.