Tuesday, April 14, 2015

My HULK Artist. Herb Trimpe is gone.

http://comicbook.com/2015/04/14/herb-trimpe-co-creator-of-wolverine-has-passed-away/

Some of my favorite covers











9 comments:

Surly Bird said...

Yeah, I saw that Bob Layton had mentioned this too. One of my favorites as well.

Rickart said...

I don't have a lot of familiarity with Trimpe's work, but in one of the early Marvel TPB was a Trimpe Hulk vs. Namor story that is really great. He penciled and inked it, and it looks more like a pen than a brush... terrific crosshatching. not at all the usual Marvel house style of the time.

MrGoodson2 said...

Trimpe had quite a life. I just read much of it on Wikipedia.

I remember a lot of derision aimed at Trimpe art. But he was solid.

As a guy that tries to do the same task, his feat is huge.

Just be solid with a mad dog work ethic. I'm sure Marvel would rather hire a Trimpe over a talented flake any day.

I saw he was a religious person, Deacon in his Church. I'm sure they called on him to do a lot of things with his art. RIP.

JMG said...

Those were the days. George Tuska, Herb Trimpe, Rich Buckler, Al Milgrom, (Early) Jim Starlin, Gene Colon, Klaus Janson, Pablo Marcos, Mike Ploog and all the rest running around at that time.

Tom Moon said...

The people who influenced my childhood just keep dying off. Sad to think we can no longer nurse the fantasy of someday meeting them and telling them how much we appreciated their work.

Davis Chino said...

Tom: They keep dying off...or could it be that someone is killing them off?!?

Just asking the question.

Tom Moon said...

What a great idea for a detective story Marty! Have to ponder this more.

Surly Bird said...

Wasn't that part of the plot of 'The Incredibles' (only with superheroes instead of artists)?

Rickart said...

And the Watchmen.