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Starslayer & Grimjack - First Comics - Tryout Illustration by Timothy Truman (1983)

Artists: Timothy Truman (All) , Tim Truman (All)

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Starslayer & Grimjack - First Comics - Tryout Illustration by Timothy Truman (1983) Comic Art

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Title:	Starslayer & Grimjack - First Comics - Tryout Illustration by Timothy Truman (1983)
Artist:	Timothy Truman (All)
Artist:	Tim Truman (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	381
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	11/26/2019
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Timothy Truman's historic first Starslayer drawing!

John Gaunt (Grimjack), Torin MacQuillon (Starslayer), and Sam the robot.

Quoting Truman when he was shown the piece:
"First Comics -- one of my first, a try-out piece...in other words, it is TRULY one of the pieces that started my comics career! I was doing the Grimjack stories as a backup in Starslayer while still working at TSR hobbies. When First offered me Starslayer as well as Grimjack, I was able to quit TSR and go into comics freelancing full time. So this piece was one of my "tryouts" at drawing the Starslayer character. I got the gig!"

And this, from his website:
"An early preliminary sketch that I did after being offered the chance to become the artist on both the GRIMJACK and STARSLAYER comic books. I quit my day job at TSR Hobbies, became a full-time freelance comic artist, and the rest is history. Little did I suspect that taking on two books full-time would mean penciling and inking five pages of comic book art a day! But heck, I'd have done it anyway."

Fun fact: Timothy Truman and Frank Frazetta share the same birthday (February 9th)

First Comics 1983
9" x 13-1/2"
*later published in the letters page of issue #23

Huge thanks to Steve Kro for parting with this!

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Gene Park
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 11/27/2019

Wow, very cool!!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/27/2019

Very, VERY, cool. I love this!

John C
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/15/2019

Very, Very, Very Cool!!!

Joe Murray
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 12/27/2019

The VERIEST COOL, been a fan of this one for awhile, CONGRATS!!

Jim Warden
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 3/27/2020

Congratulations on an absolutely wonderful vintage Tim Truman gem!

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