Damon drops in on our gallery again with his 59th commission, his 7th Brotherhood-themed image and my 2nd Leeke job for him. The characters are Battlestar, Mohannad X, Prowler, Wildstreak and Rocket all being held captive by 2 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while the floating heads of Black Panther, Storm, Icon and the Falcon look down upon them. This was the 1st time I’ve inked over 11X17 2-ply Future Comics board but while I didn’t need to use any quill on the work, it took the markers and brush just fine. Finished 7/17/2009.
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).
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New Bedford, MA 02740
dmralmond@gmail.com