Tom Palmer Comic Inker Biographical Interview by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson | Comic Book Historians

My book, Understanding Superhero Comic Books available at https://a.co/d/8ZSTMh8 & https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/un.... Tom Palmer Sr. is a comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel Comics. Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Tom Palmer about his extensive career as both inker and illustrator starting at the Frank Reilly school, learning from Jack Kamen, illustration for advertising, encountering Wally Wood, then inking various Marvel comic book pencilers in the Silver Age like Gene Colan, Neal Adams, John and Sal Buscema, and eventually others like Howard Chaykin, Walt Simsonson, and Ron Frenz on characters & properties like Dr. Strange, X-Men, Avengers, Dracula, Thor, Star Wars, Batman, Wonder Woman and more. Learn about his first 1968 penciling job with Stan Lee plotter, Roy Thomas writer, and inked by Dan Adkins and move forward in time to inking John Romita Jr's Kick-Ass. Tom was also friends with Stan Drake and gives interesting details of the car accident that killed Alex Raymond. 🎬 Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Thumbnail Artwork, CBH Podcast ©2021 Comic Book Historians. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders. #TomPalmer #ComicBookHistorians #MarvelComics #JackKamen #NealAdams #CaptainAmerica #DoctorStrange #XMen #Avengers #StarWars #ComicHistorian #CBHInterviews #CBHPodcast #CBH Comic Inker Tom Palmer Biographical Interview by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson 📜 Video chapters 00:00:00 Welcoming Tom Palmer 00:00:28 Let's start with your name 00:01:12 Family background 00:03:07 Reading comics | Green Lama 00:04:24 Early drawings - Jack Kamen, EC Comics 00:07:26 Jack Kamen 00:09:00 Jim Bama, Doc Savage 00:10:01 Bob Peak 00:13:04 Frank Reilly 00:14:53 Howard Pyle 00:15:41 School of Visual Arts, Art Students League, 00:16:58 Working at Lexington advertising agency 00:18:27 Frank Reilly School 00:23:10 Jack Kamen 00:25:55 Society of Illustrators, Joe Orlando, Tony Bennett 00:27:34 Wally Wood, Mike Esposito, Joe Orlando 00:29:04 Working with Wally Wood 00:32:42 Mike Esposito, Sol Brodsky | Got into Marvel 00:35:09 Were you following Marvel or DC? 00:38:15 Flo Steinberg 00:39:45 Doctor Strange #171, Dan Adkins 00:41:49 Doctor Strange #172, Gene Colan 00:47:34 Colan’s full-body figures 00:49:13 Clea’s hair | Stan Drake, Juliet Jones 00:51:58 Marvel before you join... you were the change 00:53:36 Stan Drake, Alex Raymond car accident 00:55:46 Doctor Strange #173 00:58:07 Captain America #113, Jim Steranko ~1969 00:59:44 Captain America #112, Joe Sinnott 01:01:58 Ink Neal Adams Uncanny X-Men #56-#65, 1969 01:02:53 Zipatone | Wally Wood, Marie Severin 01:04:53 Neal Adams's approach to his pencils | Neal and I, or Gene Colan 01:06:45 Avengers-Kree-Skrull, John Buscema 01:10:07 X-Men #62, memory segments 01:12:53 How long would a Page of Ka-zar and the beast? 01:16:08 X-Men #64, Don Heck issue 01:18:24 Working on Avengers with John Buscema 01:19:17 Avengers #93 Ant-Man 01:21:10 Avengers #82-Daredevil, #83-Rutland Parade 01:23:18 Amazing Adventures #5 ~1971 | Pen Points 01:25:10 Inking Gene Colan on Daredevil and Captain America in Falcon 01:27:23 You or Neal color the X-Men issues? 01:30:09 You inking and someone coloring, do you feel frustrated? 01:31:29 Becoming Tom Palmer the inker 01:35:04 Tomb of Dracula #3-#70, Gene Colan 01:40:04 Tomb of Dracula B&W 01:41:10 Inking Gil Kane covers 01:43:23 Gil Kane Dracula covers 01:45:19 At the end of Dracula...| Marv Wolfman, Jim Shooter 01:46:55 Slap at Marvel? | Stuart the Rat 01:48:34 Man-Thing with John Buscema 01:49:10 Working with people, no one recognized it 01:50:46 Fun working with John Buscema 01:56:33 Dracula #8, #11-#18 01:56:26 Movies: Jaws, Lonely Hearts Club Band 02:00:22 Beatles’ double spread covers 02:00:56 Englehart: Clea, Ben Franklin 02:01:47 Nova 3-5, Ms Marvel #10, Hulk #213: Sal Buscema – Tom Palmer, co-artists 02:05:06 Thor #272-279 ~1978 02:06:11 King Size Spider-Man #14 ~1980 | Frank Miller 02:08:41 Star Wars, inking Howard Chaykin, Simonson, Ron Frenz 02:14:48 Star Wars #87, Noel Sickles 02:16:40 Star Wars painting covers 02:19:35 Avengers, Captain Marvel cover #225 ~1985 | Mark Gruenwald 02:21:38 You came in and closed out the series 02:22:28 Roger Stern 02:24:23 Deathlok-John Buscema 02:27:07 Ink Avengers for long time? | Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald 02:31:38 Shift to DC 02:33:40 Back to Marvel 02:34:00 John Byrne | Silver Surfer #1 – 1982, Star Brand #11-1988 02:37:23 John Romita Jr. | Kick-Ass 02:40:40 Pat Olliffe, Scooby Apocalypse, Hanna-Barbera 02:42:19 Intense collaborations 02:50:47 You made a real contribution to Marvel 02:53:33 Back in the ‘40s - Jack Kamen 02:56:16 Alex's bond with Tom's characters & work 02:58:01 Jackson Guice 02:58:35 "they still make comics?" 03:01:24 What fascinated you early on, about comic books? 03:03:11 Current work 03:07:28 Wrapping Up 👍 Subscribe Us 🔗 https://bit.ly/3iRIaxx 🌐 Our Website 🔗 https://comicbookhistorians.com