Gallery Comments by Jeff Tamplin

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, check out the colored versions that I did and let me know which of the three (redhead, blonde, published) you like best!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, I totally agree! Also, nice pun. :)

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Can't quite decide whether I like Palmer's inks over Adams or Gene Colan better from this era, but then again why even have to choose one over the other?

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iheart comicart

Love this piece!

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Alberto Gonzalez

What a wonderful page and especially that first panel is so impactful!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks Marcus! It's fun for me to color Silver and Bronze Age pages without knowing what the published version was like and then to later compare them. I also like updating interior pages and using the type of shading that silver and early bronze age covers used. That way they still have that vintage look but with some modern touches.

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Ron Lim

I really, really, really love this piece and could look at it all day! Thanks for sharing!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! That one was a lot of work, had a ton of un-erased pencils on it. But I love those Batgirl figures! I've got a Novick/Giordano Batman page coming up next. 

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! This was a fun one to work on, a favorite cover and a beloved story!

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Jeff Tamplin

Maybe I'll color this (digitally) soon for fun. Had this page since the mid-1990s. 

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Daniel Evan

Wonderful and inspiring, like all of Cho's work!

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Daniel Evan

Looks like a fun piece to ink!

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Oystein Sorensen

Truly amazing inking by Totleben (as usual)!

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Jeff Tamplin

Probably for the better?

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Jeff Tamplin

That's basically why I bought this page over 30 years ago... for a total of $50!

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Jeff Tamplin

I met Dick Giordano in the late 1990s when I showed him my inking and had him sign this page. He was incredibly gracious and very complimentary. Like many, I was sad when we lost him.

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Jeff Tamplin

Agreed, a large part of why I bought this page (about 30 years ago)!

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One of the greatest all-time Silver Age issues! Love it.

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Wow, this one is quite significant!

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Gotta love vintage Tom Palmer inks over Colan, or really over any pencils.

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Jeff Tamplin

I scanned the page from the original art and removed dust and scratches and restored any missing blacks or age and handling-related dropouts or minor wear. Like what "restoration artists" do when producing the Marvel Masterworks or DC Archives series, etc. In fact, I did this (and other) pages as sort of a tryout to be hired as a restoration artist for Marvel. 

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! I especially love the first panel. 

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Jeff Tamplin

Agreed! Thanks for looking. 

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Tina Hager

Great background!

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Steve Day Vich

Wonderful colors!

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Matthew DiTullio

Truly stunning! Just a perfectly executed, impactful image. 

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Russ Carreiro

Wonderful!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! Much appreciated. There are plenty more in my gallery, plus some with digital colors over the inks.

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, much appreciated!  Here's a version with digital color under the inks. Hope you like this one too, it was fun coloring it. I'll be posting a few more over the holidays as I finish them up.

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M L

Quite captivating!

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Michael Benham

Love it!

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Jeff Tamplin

More masterful inking by BWS in his prime.

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, there's a better scan and the linework digitally restored and colored here:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=2046354

I bought this piece in the late-1990s from a well-known collector who had just purchased all the BWS pages from FF 296 and said something like, "I don't need a big picture of the Thing in a raincoat!"  I thought, "are you kidding me? This is a masterpiece of inking" and I happy snapped it up.

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Zaddick L

Your entire collection is just amazing!

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Raj Patel

Fantastic piece! I could look at this all day!

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Mark Levy

Love those silky Everett inks!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, Josh! I had a lot of fun coloring this one, glad you like it. How's  everything going lately? Shoot me an email whenever you get a chance so we can catch up. 

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Ben Friedman

All 6 pages are wonderful but this one may be unsurpassed in mood. Jones' genius just oozes off the page. 

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Ben Friedman

What an incredible piece of work! It should forever be treasured.

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Jeff Tamplin

Agreed! It's a masterpiece of inking and I'm happy to have owned this for over 25 years. There's a higher quality scan in my "Original Art Restored and Digitally Colored" folder. I restored it from a 1200 dpi scan and colored it based on the original 1980s Marvel palette and a printed copy of the book.  If you love "This Man...This Monster!" as much as I do, you'll find my inked version in my "Classic Comic Art Recreations" folder. Inked by hand with a Hunt 102 nib, Rapidograph pens, and thousands of tiny dots.

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Jeff Tamplin

Thank you! :)

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Jeff Tamplin

That's my own little touch, but still kind of Kirby-tech inspired. 

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! Different size dots and combinations impart different textures: wool, metal, rocky, etc. Experimented a lot with that over the years. 

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Jeff Tamplin

Agreed, it had everything I was looking for in a Kirby/Sinnott FF page. Still excited to have it after 25+ years. 

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Steven Lee

What an awe inspiring piece! 

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks! Great pacing and wonderful inking by two of the all-time greats!

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Jeff Tamplin

At full size, the line work and background textures are just amazing!

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Jeff Tamplin

Thanks, I really love this piece! (I had been out of comics for a few years when I discovered the Marvels series in 1994-- it affected me so much that I jumped head first back into the deep end!)

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An absolute masterpiece! Truly stunning! Thank for posting and letting us all see this.