On this day in history Joe Sinnott was born. This afternoon, I made a phone call and the person I was calling had to put me on hold…because they were talking to Joe Sinnott on their other line, wishing him happy birthday! Joe has the reputation of being the nicest guy in an industry that has over the years eaten a number of other nice guys alive. The peak years of Joe’s career were spent at Marvel in the sixties and seventies, plying his masterful inks over the pencils of the Marvel Age’s greatest illustrators, most notably Jack Kirby and John Buscema on long runs of THE FANTASTIC FOUR. Happy 83rd birthday, Joe!

The Mighty Thor above comes from one of Joe’s last actual pencil jobs before he devoted himself to inking professionally. For more of his pencils as well as his inks, check out his nifty website at http://www.joesinnott.com/