It’d been a LONG time since Bob Shaw commissioned me 7 gallery pages ago but he more than made up for it by having me ink several images in his Death (of The Endless)-themed sketchbook. The pencils are (left-right, top tier): Paul Gould (2), Alex Saviuk (1), Alitha Martinez (1) and (left-right, bottom tier): Casey Jones (2) and Tania Del Rio (1). The numbers after the artist names stand for the number of times I’ve been commissioned to ink these artists. I inked Paul’s art mostly in marker, Alex’s mostly with brush, and the rest a combo of both tools. I’d only inked Dream’s sister one time before (also for Bob). These 9X12 pages, my 8th-12th requests by the client were finished on January 6, 2009 except for Tania’s done on 1/15/2008. As my art rep at the time I don’t think I asked for any compensation so these are more gifts than commissions.
About Me
Bob is the inking half of the Sal Velluto art team collaboration on such projects as Marvel’s critically-acclaimed BLACK PANTHER,’99-’02 leading to a 2003 Comicboards “Ooks” Award for “Best Inker” & two “Squiddies” awards for “Best Inker” (2001 along with “Best Creative Team” win and 2002 tied with Mark Farmer and tied for “Best Multi-Part Story”), and many other projects with Sal since 1997 and other artists at Marvel, DC, Acclaim, Malibu, Penny-Farthing Press, Power Comics, IDW, Kingstone, Thrilling Nostalgia Comics, Harris Comics, Topps, Wildstorm, New England Comics, Valiant and several others. While he’s been primarily an ink artist he’s also been a columnist for Sketch magazine and First Comics News. Bob’s a comic book collector and unofficial historian who has acted as a “Master of the Obscure” at the Marvel Appendix site, been a longtime member of the “Jarvis Heads” and a “group expert” at Facebook groups. He’s the founder/director of the official non-profit Inkwell Awards and advocate since 2008. Bob has been credited with “Special Thanks” along with his “Storyteller” colleagues Christopher Priest & Sal Velluto in the record-breaking film BLACK PANTHER (2018) and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (2022).
Contact Me
180 Park Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
dmralmond@gmail.com