Dick Pontoon Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 This is from the top of my head. If I gave it more thought I might make some changes: Jack Kirby Bill Everett Steve Ditko Gene Colan Don Heck Gil Kane Seth Rick Altergott Dan Clowes R. Crumb Chris Ware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Marino Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 my top 10 (in no specific order) Frank Quitely Jim Lee Todd McFarlane Kriby Bolland Art Adams Byrne & Austin bernie wrightson Eduardo Risso hm, #10? I'll go for Marc Silvestri jsilverjanet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seredynskib Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1. Kirby 2. Romita Sr. 3. Ditko 4. J. Buscema 5. Colan 6. Andru 7. Kane 8. Everett 9. Heck 10. Steranko Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 I've seen Heck twice now. Frankly, I'm stunned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Wow, tough choice at 10. Closest I can do is 11. I didn't read any one's else choices so I wouldn't be swayed. Will go alphabetical since these could change in order depending on my mood. Baker, Matt Barks, Carl Cole, L.B. Crumb, Robert Feldstein, Al Frazetta, Frank Schomburg, Alex Stevens, Dave Williamson, Al Wood, Wally Wrightson, Bernie I know, I'm leaving some one out but these are the ones that came out of my head first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze_rules Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 No order... Frank_Frazetta Berni_Wrightson Graham Ingels Gil Kane John Buscema Neal Adams Reed Crandall John Romita Sr. Jack Kirby Jim Starlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cortown71 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Tim Vigil. Faust kept me interested in comics during the 90s even though there were like 3 issues released during that time :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Robot Man said: Wow, tough choice at 10. Closest I can do is 11. I didn't read any one's else choices so I wouldn't be swayed. Will go alphabetical since these could change in order depending on my mood. Baker, Matt Barks, Carl Cole, L.B. Crumb, Robert Feldstein, Al Frazetta, Frank Schomburg, Alex Stevens, Dave Williamson, Al Wood, Wally Wrightson, Bernie I know, I'm leaving some one out but these are the ones that came out of my head first. Going 11 gives me free reign to BUMP any artist I don't like for the final talley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhawker Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 There are so many good artist out there. My list could of been 20 with no problem at all but here are 10 that I really like. Jack Kirby Frank Frazetta Al Williamson Bernie Wrightson Alex Ross George Perez Alex Schomburg Bill Everett John Buscema Jim Steranko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unca Ben Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Frank Frazetta Jack Kirby Wally Wood Steve Ditko Russ heath Bill Everett Jim Steranko Neal Adams Jack Davis Mark Schultz ...difficult to limit it to ten. bronze_rules and oakman29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranky's Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Sheldon Moldoff Jack Kirby Nick Cardy John Romita John Buscema Charles Vess Mike Mignola David Mazzuchelli Stephen Bissette Jeff Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 In no particular order: Jim Lee Alan Davis Milo Manara Joe Madureira Dale Eaglesham Jack Kirby Dave Cockrum Salvador Larocca Frank Cho Carlos Pacheco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunsicker Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) In Alphabetical Order by last name: Matt Baker Reed Crandall Will Eisner Lou Fine Frank Frazetta Joe Maneely Alex Schomburg Bill Sienkiewicz Jim Steranko Wally Wood If I had to say top 4 I'd say: Will Eisner Frank Frazetta Bill Sienkiewicz Jim Steranko Those 4, IMO, changed things in major ways when they were in their prime. Edited January 15, 2019 by thunsicker PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 18 hours ago, Senormac said: Going 11 gives me free reign to BUMP any artist I don't like for the final talley OK, which one would you bump off my list. Go on, I dare you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-man Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 In order: Byrne Aragones Jim Lee Paul Smith Romita Sr Kubert Sr N Adams McFarlane G Perez J Buscema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: OK, which one would you bump off my list. Go on, I dare you! Your list my friend is as solid as they come. Senormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'd like it to be known I love Ethan Van Scivers art too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 In no particular order: Neal Adams Bill Sienkiewicz Frank Miller Don Newton Bernie Wrightson David Muzzuccelli Moebius Steve Rude Michael Golden Barry Windsor-Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'm not entirely sure how to answer the question because while professional artists are for the most part really consistent, there are some whose work in specific titles is exceptional, while in others...not so much. I'm thinking of Byrne's X-Men and FF runs vs. anything he's done since 1998 or so. I find his self-inked work to be really muddy and misproportioned, but ymmv. Also, do I consider people who have small contributions to the genre but who have excelled elsewhere? Hal Foster has one original cover credit but his Prince Valiant work can and does go up against anything done by anyone. Also, while i consider Alex Schmoberg to be a titan in the field, I much prefer his airbrushed covers and would put them high enough to make my top ten but the line work pulls it back down again (as excellent as it is. It's just not top ten for me, sorry to all the Schomburg fans out there). So in the spirit of contribution, I'll list some artists whose work I have, at one point or another, just been dumbfounded over. In no order, except maybe the first one. Jaime Hernandez - yeah he owes a lot to DeCarlo, and his subject matter doesnt really lend himself to wide appeal, but there are some spreads in L & R that just make me go "wow!" the man is a master of storytelling and figure work. Wrightson - goes without saying. His comic work is pretty slim pickings past covers, but the stuff that is out there is just amazing. Frazetta - see above. Michael Golden - gotamighty this guy's work really suffers from the awful color separations and cheap paper most of his best stuff is printed on. Art Adams - That X-Men Annual. I mean, holy mackerel dude Howard Chaykin - Really and truly almost solely due to American Flagg! Vol. 1, 1-10. He does do the lingerie thing pretty well though. Frank Miller - All the stuff from basically DD 158 to 300. Russ Heath - I can't imagine what his legacy would have been if DC had let him do some superhero books. Ryan Ottley - This I'm not 100% certain of. His run on Invincible was otherworldly until they made him stop inking his own stuff, which really hurt the quality. I don't know what else he's done but man that book was on point artwise there for a while Gil Kane - a weakness of mine. Nostril shots notwithstanding, the guy was the pinnacle of figurative dynamism for me growing up. honestly my list would probably change depending on the day, and include some of these as well; Kirby, Kelly, Perez, Mobieus, Takeda, Otomo, Anderson, Byrne, Xela, Gibbons, Liberatore, Hughes, Sienkiewicz, Adams, Cho, Schultz, Frazetta, Raboy etc etc Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGenius Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 In no particular order: Adam Hughes George Perez Frank Cho J.H. Williams III Steve Rude Bruce Timm Alex Ross Stuart Immonen Butch Guice Dave Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...