The greatest 'Good Girl' artist

[Mighty Hal]

I was reading The Superhero Book, a semi-encyclopedia about the comics, when I came across the entry for GHOST and its artwork “by comics’ most celebrated ‘Good Girl’ artist, Adam Hughes”.

 

Truth be told, I love a lot of Adam Hughes’ artwork and he is a great ‘Good Girl’ artist. And his cover work remains, consistently, Girl-oriented.

 

But, reflecting on Dave Stevens, I started to wonder: Who is/was the comics most celebrated ‘Good Girl’ artist? Is a Michael Turner or Frank Cho or Al Rio (who wanders through these boards now and again) even in the running? Jim Silke with his limited Rascals/Page Girl-output? Bill Black, with his large Girl-output from AC Comics?

 

(And is "Girl-output" really as horrible sounding as I think it is?)

 

Has Hughes really taken the mantle from Stevens, Matt Baker, Frazetta, Wally Wood...?

 

[UnboxingTreasures]

Linsner is good too :-)

[comicartfan]

No artist drew a better Good Girl , or Bad Girl for that matter, than Dave Stevens......everyone else just doesn't do it for me after looking at Stevens' work...

[Steve Morger]

Jim Silke's output is significantly more than Rascals in Paradise. He's done a couple of comics on Bettie Page, at least two trades on Bettie, a Pin-Up book and a number of other pin-ups which have seen publication. Granted his output is not large but it is more than simply Rascals.

 

Others that haven't been mentioned: Serpieri, Manara, Casotto, Brunner, Bair, Tex, Lago.

 

I'd probably have to give my "nod" to either Dave Stevens or Frank Frazetta as the greatest. I'd lean towards Dave because that was the primary focus of most of his art while Frazetta focused on many, many other things. Frazetta might rate as the greatest comic artist though.

 

[shiverbones]

Dave Stevens #1 with Mark Schultz a close #2 IMHO

[Mister Trent]

Jack Kamen was incredible . . . but with questions like these, it tends to narrow down to more recent stuff or artists (like Frazetta) who remain prominently in people's thoughts..

[aardvark88]

1. Bill Ward Torchy or telephone girl illos

2. Wally Wood

3. Frazetta

4. Frank Cho has more output than ...

5. Dave Stevens

[pinupcartoonguy]

I'd second Stevens and Ward. And how about Ward's contemporary, Jack Cole?:

 

 

Personally, I'd eliminate from the list artists like Linsner and Schultz who are known for a single character.

 

 

[Mister Trent]

Ron Embleton's "Oh, Wicked Wanda!" strip, which ran in PENTHOUSE magazine was superb. This was the UK's answer to PLAYBOY'S "Little Annie Fanny".

 

At one time I owned an original, wich was gorgeous full-color painted art.

 

Must get another example . . .

 

[Mighty Hal]

Briefly, I flirted with the idea of picking up an original "Wicked Wanda" piece -- and should have acted. It disappeared quickly and I've not seen another.

 

I realize, too, that my Nationalism is showing. Every artist I mentioned is/was primarily an American artist....

[Mister Trent]

Briefly, I flirted with the idea of picking up an original "Wicked Wanda" piece -- and should have acted. It disappeared quickly and I've not seen another.

 

I realize, too, that my Nationalism is showing. Every artist I mentioned is/was primarily an American artist....

 

Sometimes it's worth remembering that strip-illustration is worldwide . . .

[capt_comics]

No doubt

 

Matt Baker and Dave Stevens