Sale won an Eisner Award in 1999 in the 'Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team' category.

In 2021, The Long Halloween was adapted for a two-part animated film from Warner Bros. Sale also created the font used in the show's captions and credits, which he based on his handwriting. Eric Powell was hired as the colorist for Sale's work.

Sale's artwork appeared in the show as the work of the precognitive artist Isaac Mendez as well as other artists on the show. Sale worked on artwork for the television program Heroes, where his frequent collaborator Jeph Loeb served as a writer and producer. With Darwyn Cooke, Sale launched the Superman Confidential series in 2007. The long-delayed project finally saw print in September 2015. A Captain America: White limited series was announced in 2008 but only a #0 issue was published. At Marvel Comics, the team has produced the so-called 'color' books such as Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, and Hulk: Gray. The duo, credited in their comics as 'storytellers', produced popular work such as the 'Year 1'-centered Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, as well as Superman for All Seasons and Catwoman: When in Rome. The body of Sale's comics work has been with collaborator Jeph Loeb. Sale began doing art for the series MythAdventures in 1983, and was soon working on Thieves' World. He returned to Seattle before graduating from SVA. Sale completed the 'John Buscema Art School, which was advertised in the pages of Marvel Comics and held in a New York City hotel for a short time in the 1970s.' He attended the University of Washington for two years before moving to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts, as well as the comics workshop run by artist John Buscema. He spent most of his early life in Seattle, Washington, having moved there with his family at age six. Tim Sale was born on May 1, 1956, in Ithaca, New York, the son of Dorothy Young, a feminist political activist, and Roger Sale, a literary critic. Sale's renditions of Batman influenced modern cinematic depictions of the character, with film directors and actors directly citing Sale's work. Timothy Roger Sale (– June 16, 2022) was an American Eisner Award-winning comics artist, 'best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman and for influencing depictions of the Caped Crusader in numerous films.' He is primarily known for his collaborations with writer Jeph Loeb, which included both comics work and artwork for the TV series Heroes. Eisner Award 'Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team', 1999

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