FYI - Best Artists Ever... Ever 2 2

[vaillant]

you can really see the age difference amongst posters by their choice of artists.

 

No.

You really can see the lack of critical tools nowadays people suffer, being unable to judge what a good artist is. Not a "pleasant" artist, a good artist.

 

A single example: Frank Quitely.

[Ken Aldred]

you can really see the age difference amongst posters by their choice of artists.

 

Eisner, Foster, Caniff, Cole, Raymond... they had proper artists back in those days.

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

you can really see the age difference amongst posters by their choice of artists.

 

No.

You really can see the lack of critical tools nowadays people suffer, being unable to judge what a good artist is. Not a "pleasant" artist, a good artist.

 

A single example: Frank Quitely.

 

No. Eye of the beholder...opinions. Too many "older" folks don't give enough credit to some of the newer talented artists (and vice versa). It goes both ways.

[thunsicker]

Worst Comic Book Artists ever:

 

Jack Kirby

Will Eisner

Jim Steranko

Matt Baker

Lou Fine

Wally Wood

Carl Barks

Harvey Kurtzman

Neal Adams

Alex Schomburg

 

 

Hey. At least I'm about as right as the OP.

[telerites]

Lou Fine was the GREATEST

Mac Raboy

Alex Schomburg

Jack Kirby

LB Cole

Pretty much all of the EC artists - (Yes, Frazetta is there)

The Studio artists - Wrightson, Jeff Jones, Kaluta, Barry Smith

Neal Adams

 

[Darth Corgi]

Graham Ghastly Ingels

Bernie Wrightson

Kelley Jones

 

Passing the horror torch....

[paperheart]

BOOM

 

McFarlane

Kieth

Silvestri

Liefeld

Lee

Larsen

Valentino

Keown

Frazetta

Ottley

Jenkins

Dragotta

 

Now you know and knowing is half the battle.

 

ex Frazetta, this has Friday stupidity written all over it.

[CBT]

BOOM

 

McFarlane

Kieth Kirby

Silvestri Byrne

Liefeld Miller

Lee Kane

Larsen Adams

Valentino Raboy

Keown Kubert

Ottley Frazzetta

Jenkins Wrightson

Dragotta Perez

 

Now you know and knowing is half the battle.

 

Fixed it.

 

+1

[bababooey]

My favourite artists did their best work in the bronze age IMO, so with that qualifier it's Byrne first followed by Miller & Perez.

 

[TXReplicant]

I don't recognize any of these names!

 

Did they do art for those two Charmin publishers? If so, I probably flushed them.

 

THE Age of Comics - IMAGE 1992-Present

 

 

...

 

I'm bored at work, I just wanted to stir something up for fun

 

I do agree it's neat to see over the years who people like and which books they collect.

 

Many 3X and younger do collect the older ages, but I committed myself to this small piece of early 90s. (Which everyone hates ... except me)

 

[Wally's Comics]

Leifeld?

 

Someone should run up to Leifeld and kick him dead in the beehive

while shouting "THAT'S A FOOT, MF!"

 

 

 

[DiceX]

Leifeld?

 

Someone should run up to Leifeld and kick him dead in the beehive

while shouting "THAT'S A FOOT, MF!"

 

 

 

I'm in tears.

 

 

[Garf]

Coming back to add Jim Balent

[This is water]

Uhh...John Totleben.

[zosocane]

you can really see the age difference amongst posters by their choice of artists.

 

I partially agree with my fellow Cane on this. It's like with music. I grew up listening to late 70s to early 90s rock, but the bulk of the most dominant bands, guitar gods and clasic rock albums (late 60s to mid 70s) that I appreciate most clearly were before my time. The list of artists I came up with are a mix of what for me were then-"modern" artists (now late Bronze and early Copper Age) plus some Gold, Silver and Bronze Age greats. Frazetta (before my time), Kirby (mostly before my time), Raboy (before my time), Kane (mostly before my time), Byrne, Miller, Kubert, Adams, MacFarlane -- these guys are the equivalent of "guitar gods" in the world of comic book pencilers. They aren't just great technical pencillers, they could also story-tell with pictures alone so effectively; create timeless characters; and influence so many artists after them.

 

I look at the work of modern artists and the art of story-telling is mostly lost, sacrified for multiple splash or semi-splash pages in a single story so that the artist can (quite understandably) make more income in the OA market. There are exceptions: Frank Quietley and Gary Frank come to mind.

[kav]

Poor Curt Swan never gets mentioned

[Speedy-D]

BOOM

 

McFarlane

Kieth

Silvestri

Liefeld

Lee

Larsen

Valentino

Keown

Frazetta

Ottley

Jenkins

Dragotta

Kirby

Sienkiewicz

Wrightson

Adams

Adams

Infantino

Raboy

Schomberg

 

Now you know and knowing is half the battle.

fixed

[Flaming_Telepath]

BOOM

 

McFarlane

Kieth

Silvestri

Liefeld

Lee

Larsen

Valentino

Keown

Frazetta

Ottley

Jenkins

Dragotta

 

Now you know and knowing is half the battle.

 

Congrats.

 

You've managed to name a grand total of ONE master, five halfway decent artists, three rather uninspiring pencillers...and three utterly abysmal, talent-deprived simpletons.

 

As Definitive Lists go...this one went.

[kav]

yup

[reptilekingdie]

Monet, end of discussions

Edited August 27, 2014 by reptilekingdie