The Dojo continues the Herb Trimpe celebration. Herb was always one of my favorite Bullpen artists and he still is. Famous for his definitive run on The Incredible Hulk soon after old Jadejaws got his title (for the second time), Trimpe went on to become a Marvel stalwart. He drew series as diverse as Ant-Man, G.I. Joe, Iron Man, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD, Godzilla, Shogun Warriors and many more.
But one of the things I most remember Trimpe for was his delightful spate of covers for Marvel's western comic reprints of the early Bronze Age. Trimpe had a knack for portraying sprawling scenes of action with a strange ability to keep all the disparate figures in focus. Here's a heaping helping of some Trimpe classic covers. Enjoy!
Rip Off
Marvel UK's Captain Britain weekly was launched in October 1976 with Chris Claremont as the writer on the Captain Britain strip and Herb Trimpe was the artist (the comic also featured Steranko's Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four drawn by John Buscema).
ReplyDeleteI enjoy any Trimpe and his Captain Britain is darn good stuff.
DeleteTrimpe was a good utilitarian artist. Throw a job at him at he would draw it, and well.
ReplyDeleteHe was that essential workhorse artist the industry was built on, and so little respected I think even still.
DeleteThat Mighty Marvel Western #1 Trimpe cover ties with the Tales of Asgard #1 Kirby cover as the best Marvel covers of 1968. Maybe both being inked by Frank Giacoia having something to do with it?
ReplyDeleteBoth are potent and in-your-face images. ToA #1 is one of my all-time favorite comic images.
DeleteMy first exposure to Herb Trimpe's art was years before I knew it was him, doing the art for "The Fantastic Four In The House Of Horrors" Big Little Book.
ReplyDeleteThat might well have been mine as well, though I never realized it for some years. The first time I saw his name was on his first inking of Marie Severin's Hulk in Tales to Astonish. They fit very well and should've done more together, but both were too valuable.
Delete