Tim Sale (artist)
Tim Sale ( born May 1, 1956 in Ithaca, New York ) is an American comic book artist.
Life and work
Sale, who has spent most of his life in Seattle, studied at the University of Washington (State) and on the New York School of Visual Arts. As a full-time cartoonist Sale began working in the 1980s, after the DC editors Barbara Randall and Matt Wagner became aware of his work at a comic book convention in San Diego and got him on first engagements.
It worried Sale, which for his cartoon-like - through a light echoes to abstract art and expressionism striking - was known character style, the ink revision of his drawings often even while the coloration usually because Sale is colorblind, is taken over by other artists.
In the past, Sale worked mainly for the two leading U.S. comic publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His most frequent artistic partner here was the novelist and screenwriter Jeph Loeb, whom he met while working together on a study published by DC miniseries series Challengers of the Unknown 1991. As a result, created the two three so-called "Halloween Specials" for the series Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, the heweils published in the years 1993-1995 on the occasion of popular American celebration day in November, and the two Batman Maxisierien Batman: The Long Halloween ( 1996 to 1997; thirteen parts) and Batman: Dark Victory (1998-1999; fourteen parts), and the miniseries Superman Superman for all Seasons, 1998 for the 60th " birthday " of the Superman character to the market came.
Other works that have emerged from the partnership Sale / Loeb, a number of booklets for the series Spider -Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow and Hulk: Grey for Marvel Comics and appearing at DC Catwoman miniseries When in Rome.
Away from the collaboration with Loeb Sale drew the, written by Alan Grant, issues # 7-9 of the Batman series Batman: Shadow of the Bat, and he designed the cover for various other Batman and Batman - related comic book series, as Batgirl, as well as for series from DC's Vertigo Imrpint as El Diablo.
At the moment, Tim Sale also works for the TV series Heroes. He paints the images for the precognitive talented Isaac Mendez. However, he painted pictures appear not exactly in the television series on, he only draws templates in black / white or gray tones with pen, brush, ink and charcoal. These are then colored by Dave Stewart. His work with Heroes he describes as an exciting and new experience.
Tim Sale has two dogs, Hotspur and Shelby, and has spent his whole life football fan.