Despite being fired years earlier, #VinnieColleta would return to #DC as art director under new publisher, #JeanetteKhan. He continued as an inker, including on #MikeGrell's #Warlord, once again drawing criticism when he made short cuts on the art.
#aprilcharactercover
#comicsky
Day 7: Hulk
Hulk Gray - Cover by Tim Sale
#VinnieColletta would follow #JackKirby to #DC in 1970, originally doing the inks on his #NewGods books. However, Kirby would quickly tire of Colletta cutting corners on his art and even accused him of spying for #Marvel, leading him to be fired.
#VinnieColletta made his big break when he inked #JackKirby's pencils on #Thor, beginning in #JourneyIntoMystery #106 (July 1964). While his erasures remained a problem, Kirby & Colletta would establish the look of the character that continues to this day.
#VinnieColletta quickly gained a reputation as a talented inker but one who cut corners, frequently cutting pieces out of the original art. Artists like #NealAdams & #AlexToth loathed him but #JackKirby tolerated him.
#VinnieColletta got his start in comics in the 1950's on romance books, where he originally penciled & inked his work before focusing on inking. At one point, he even shared a NJ studio with legendary inker #JoeSinnott, who noted even then Colletta would cut corners despite his talent.
Great issue by #MattFraction & #RyanSook that finds #Batman seeking out #AlanScott, the original #GreenLantern, for advice on how to deal with #VandalSavage, who is now Commissioner of the Gotham City PD. What's worse, #PoisonIvy is now mayor.
Cover of Marvel's Mightiest Monsters
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By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko
#JoeSinnott retired from comic books to ink the #AmazingSpider-Man newspaper strip, which he did from 1992 to the series end on Mar. 22nd, 2019. He would die the next year June 25h, 2020 at the age of 93.
By the 1970's, #JoeSinnott was #Marvel's go to inker, working with pencilers such as #JackKirby, #NealAdams, #GilKane, #JimSternako & #JohnByrne. It was so ingrained at the company that was said you weren't a 'Marvel Guy' until Sinnott inked your pencils.
#JoeSinnott's big break at #Marvel came when he was paired with #JackKirby, notably inking his pencils on #FantasticFour #5 (July 1962), which featured the first appearance of #Dr.Doom. Sinnott would return to the series with #44, beginning a legendary run with Kirby on art.
After graduating from the Cartoonist School, #JoeSinnott went to work for #AtlasComics (the future #Marvel) after #StanLee was impressed with Sinnot's work for #TomGill's studio. His first work would be "The Man Who Wouldn't Die", appearing in #ApacheKid #8 (Sept. 1951).
One of the best crime comics in recent years...https://a.co/d/0dzFmZ8d
While attended the #Cartoonist&IllustratorsSchool on the G.I. Bill, #JoeSinnott would have his first published work appear in #Mopsy #12 (Sept. 1950). It would be the start of a brilliant career.
Fantastic company crossover event featuring a fantastic mix of #DC writers and artists mixing the flagship characters of the two companies perfectly and sometimes surprising ways.
During the 1980's, #HerbTrimpe became #Marvel's go to artists on licensed property, working #Godzilla, #ShogunWarriors and most notably, #G.I.Joe, which was one of Marvel's top selling series at the time.
#HerbTrimpe would co-creator #CaptainBritain with writer #ChrisClaremont in 1976, first appearing in #CaptainBritainWeekly. Originally meant as a British 'Captain America', the character has remained a mainstay in #MarvelComics ever since, in one form or another.
#HerbTrimpe's run on #TheIncredibleHulk was so popular a short film was made about him by #JonRiley, an NYU student, which depicting him at work and even showed his daughter, Melissa, who was 6 at the time...https://youtu.be/vrO52WmwV4U?si=Ad_2CfAW7ey22vrB
Getting back into Legos.
There's gold in them hills!
At McKay's Used Books in Manassas, Virginia. A thread of comics⬇️
An interesting irony of #HerbTrimpe's career is while he technically drew #Wolverine's first appearance in #TheIncredibleHulk #180 (October. 1974), he doesn't receive creator credit because #JohnRomitaSr. had already designed him, as he was Marvel's art director at the time.
Saddened to hear of the passing of Sam Kieth. He was my kind of comic artist. His work was full of life and pushed comics into new and exciting places. I remember people not being fans, especially on Sandman but for me his work was beautiful and he will be missed #RIPSamKieth
#HerbTrimpe's big break was his run on #TheIncredibleHulk, first inking after #MarieSeverin's pencils before taking over with issue #106 on August of 1968. His run soon became one of the most celebrated on the character.
Battle Beast #7 is a solid setup issue — moving pieces into place more than delivering big moments.
Pulls back on the chaos for character work (Salaka + Zoolah), and BB takes a back seat. Still looks incredible.
3.5⭐️ — good, but more bridge than payoff. #ComicSky
#HerbTrimpe's first full length story would be #ShootoutatHookerFlat, written by #GaryFriedrich and appearing in #KidColtOutlaw #134-135 (May/July 1967). It would be the beginning of a brilliant career.
A doc savage paperback novel. On the cover, an adventurer in a tattered shirt is startled by a giant spider looming behind him. On the spider is the hammer and sickle symbol.
Back of a paperback novel with text that reads: To the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and golden eyes. To his amazing co-adventurers—the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group —he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil-doers. To his fans he is the greatest adventure hero of all time, whose fantastic exploits are unequaled for hair-raising thrills, breathtaking escapes and bloodcurdling excitement: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE Doc smuggles himself into Moscow on his most daring mission yet! THE MAN OF BRONZE tangles with a deadly military secret, some sinister Soviets and-most dangerous of all—a heroine of the Russian underground who is as treacherous as she is beautiful!
DOC SAVAGE #95: THE RED SPIDER
Cover art by Bob Larkin. Also of note on this one—it is a “newly discovered
#DocSavage masterpiece—First time in print!”
#pulp #paperback
#InTheStacks at @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social: @morganbeem.bsky.social names @patrickhorvath.bsky.social's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, published by @idwpublishing.com, as one of the best comic books out there today.
Superb issue by #ScottSnyder & #NickDragotta that finds #Batman teaming up with #WonderWoman to find a cure for his friend, Waylon/Killer Croc. To do it, though, they have to journey into the Underworld.
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We Will Give You The Answer (A Lighter Side Panel),You Give Us The Question (The Topic Of Daves Panel. For example; "What Are Parents?"or "What is Religion?")
Next week #InTheStacks ...
Nick Dragotta!
