Herbert W. "Herb" Trimpe (b. May 26, 1939, Peekskill, New York) is an American comic book artist and occasional writer, best known for his work on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of The X-Men.
Herb Trimpe was raised in Peekskill, New York, where he graduated from Lakeland High School. He graduated with a BA in Arts from Empire State College, Hudson Valle...
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Herbert W. "Herb" Trimpe (b. May 26, 1939, Peekskill, New York) is an American comic book artist and occasional writer, best known for his work on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of The X-Men.
Herb Trimpe was raised in Peekskill, New York, where he graduated from Lakeland High School. He graduated with a BA in Arts from Empire State College, Hudson Valley Center. Trimpe commuted to New York City for three years to attend School of Visual Arts. There, Trimpe recalled in 2002, instructor and longtime comics artist Tom Gill needed a student "to ink his backgrounds and stuff. So that's how I started, at Dell [Comics], doing mostly Westerns and also licensed books, like the adaptation of the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth."
Trimpe then enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he served for four years, including a year in Vietnam. Upon his discharge in October 1966, he learned that...
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