Least-favorite artist with the greatest presence in your collection?

[Ken Aldred]

Joe Rubenstein.

 

 

A very smooth-looking inking style, until you notice from the pencil art that he did a lot of erasing, and so very much a graduate of The Vince Colletta School of Inking.

[catman76]

I don't own things I don't like.

[smithdatura]

I always thought Sal Buscema drew great and sensuous female lips. Plus I am kind of partial to him since the first book I ever bought was his cover/art pencils - Defenders #2 - still love that cover.

If he just stuck to the lips that would be great unfortunately he drew the rest of the face and body too.

 

[smithdatura]

Ditko except for some of his early 1950's pre-code horror work.

 

Being a huge Spidey fan, I agree! I thought he was great with interiors, but I just never cared for the vast majority of his covers. As much as I don't like Ditko covers, I feel the complete opposite about Romita Sr. Definitely my favorite artist, bar none. He came 39 issues too late IMO.

 

I have most of the Spidey Ditko run but I like the stories better than the art. This is the Ditko art I like:

 

 

 

That Strange Suspense Stories 19 is an absolute classic. Love that cover.

[trmoore54]

Don't forget his Thor-I avoid those issues like the plaque.

 

When I first turned the Kirby cover of an early JIM/THOR only to find Don Heck artwork I was horrifed. Really bad!!

[F For Fake]

I always feel like folks are too hard on Sal. His stuff isn't as pretty as his brother, but he was a solid storyteller and he got the books out on time. I wouldn't hang his stuff on the wall, but when I was a kid reading the funny books, he got the job done.

[kav]

Don't forget his Thor-I avoid those issues like the plaque.

 

When I first turned the Kirby cover of an early JIM/THOR only to find Don Heck artwork I was horrifed. Really bad!!

It's like opening the big present at Christmas and inside is something big and crappy.

[exitmusicblue]

Noto in my Modern books. It's not that he's a "bad" artist, but that stuff should be used in cafe stories from the Art Deco era, not superheroes.

 

When I see X-23 or the Spider-Women looking like abstract twig figures...

[kav]

Noto in my Modern books. It's not that he's a "bad" artist, but that stuff should be used in cafe stories from the Art Deco era, not superheroes.

 

When I see X-23 or the Spider-Women looking like abstract twig figures...

[exitmusicblue]

Noto in my Modern books. It's not that he's a "bad" artist, but that stuff should be used in cafe stories from the Art Deco era, not superheroes.

 

When I see X-23 or the Spider-Women looking like abstract twig figures...

 

 

This Wolvie is somethin' fierce. And that's X-23 in the back, looking like... I don't even know.....

[kav]

[exitmusicblue]

it's even crazier because of the contrast with Sana Takeda's (Monstress) art in the same Liu X-23 series. Like going back and forth between heaven and purgatory

[Nick's Comics]

Joe Rubenstein.

 

 

 

 

Avatar related!

[Nick's Comics]

Ben Templesmith and Ashley Wood are the worst!!!

 

Yuck!

[shadroch]

Don Heck, Frank Robbins and Keith Giffin after he decided to draw with his other hand or whatever he did.

Those three individuals were a major factor in my decision not to collect runs.

[followtheleader]

Arthur Adams

 

Patrick

[Cat]

JRJR. His stuff from about 2000 on is just an eyesore, IMO.

[Jeffro.]

Hard to say, either Alex Saviuk (web of spidey, green lantern), Al Milgrom (what didn't he draw? ), or Mark Bagley (amazing spider-man).

[F For Fake]

Noto in my Modern books. It's not that he's a "bad" artist, but that stuff should be used in cafe stories from the Art Deco era, not superheroes.

 

When I see X-23 or the Spider-Women looking like abstract twig figures...

 

 

I'm a huge Noto fan, have been collecting him for years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Meeklo]

I will also vote forJRJR and add Chris Bachalo. Both of them have art that strays too far from how the characters should look. And most of it looks a little sloppy.