Which Comic Artist Has The Most Classic Covers?

[MisterX]

Maybe Johnny Craig? Nearly all his EC covers are classic.

[goldust40]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies.

 

No argument there...if anyone doubts that Frazetta isn't the best, show them those eight covers.

[chrisco37]

Maybe Johnny Craig? Nearly all his EC covers are classic.

 

Not as gifted as some of the others (Ingles, Wood, etc...), but totally agree with you...He's my favorite EC artist.

[faster friends]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies.

 

No argument there...if anyone doubts that Frazetta isn't the best, show them those eight covers.

 

I would have to agree, and ironicly I just picked up this portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jimjum12]

Nice score on the portfolio....they're very hard to find. I snagged one on the boards a few years ago and it's one of my prized possesions. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[tth2]

Ignoring Overstreet`s designation, which is irrelevant and often wrong, it must be Kirby my a mile, if for no other reason than the sheer volume of his output.

[nickwire]

frazetta or schomberg i would think, my personal fav too would be lb cole;s suspense covers, all classic

[AGGIEZ]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies. Also, don't forget his volumes of painted covers for Warren as well.

 

COMPLETELY agree!

[tth2]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies.

 

No argument there...if anyone doubts that Frazetta isn't the best, show them those eight covers.

RR omitted one of the best covers from the Famous Funnies run:

 

[c-mack]

Chris Chomiak has done more then his fair share of classic covers

[VintageComics]

Nice score on the portfolio....they're very hard to find. I snagged one on the boards a few years ago and it's one of my prized possesions. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

They are great. I bought the black and white ones from Russ and think they're beautiful.

[MrBedrock]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies.

 

No argument there...if anyone doubts that Frazetta isn't the best, show them those eight covers.

RR omitted one of the best covers from the Famous Funnies run:

 

That's a beauty Tim (thumbs u

[thehumantorch]

In my mind there is no better cover run by a single artist than Frazetta's stint on Famous Funnies.

 

No argument there...if anyone doubts that Frazetta isn't the best, show them those eight covers.

RR omitted one of the best covers from the Famous Funnies run:

That's a beauty Tim (thumbs u

 

Sure is.

 

I would think that every cover Frazetta did is a classic but his output just wasn't great enough to get my nomination. I would go with Schomburg or Kirby.

 

As a kid I was in love with Frazetta's covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Does the original art for those ever come up for sale?

[trmoore54]

I say Kirby, but Der UberStrassa may not agree.

 

KLASSIC KIRBY KOVERS!

[Logan510]

Depends. Era is one thing. Consistency/ output/ proportion is another.

 

I'd put Frazetta, Alex Ross or Brian Bolland over Schomburg or even Adams on the proportion scale. Each of the former has produced far fewer covers than the latter, but _many_ those covers are classic/iconic.

 

And, as pointed out above, Overstreets is another 20 years or so from noting Ross or Bolland covers as "classic" due purely to an age bias.

 

 

I can't think of a single Ross or Bolland cover that stands out to me as classic ( I can think of several Frazetta's )...not that they're not well drawn or anything, just nothing jumps off the top of my head as "classic".

[MrBedrock]

As a kid I was in love with Frazetta's covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Does the original art for those ever come up for sale?

Here's a prelim...

[tth2]

Thanks Richard!

[tth2]

I can't think of a single...Bolland cover that stands out to me as classic ( I can think of several Frazetta's )...not that they're not well drawn or anything, just nothing jumps off the top of my head as "classic".

 

And while not a cover, I`d say this is a pretty iconic image:

 

[Ron_Nasty]

Carmine Infantino?

[JohnT]

Matt Baker had a few. In fact, I'd put him in the same category as Frazetta in the sense that I personally consider most, if not all of his covers "classic."