MagnusX Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The artist that you don't get at first or like his/her style, but you learn to appreciate with time... For me: * Don Newton. I was 15 when I read his work in Batman. * Gen Colan. I was maybe 10 or younger when I read his Daredevil run. * Kelly Jones. The first contact with this artist was with Batman. I was not sure what to think about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Sol Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Tradd Moore for me. The more I immerse myself in his stuff, the more I fall in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycroft Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Romita Jr and Kirby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Mignola, from dislike to appreciate, but still not in love. I never used to like the more impresssionistic style of art (and I use the term "impressionistic" lightly), but favored things more in the Adams/Bryne style. Then gravitated to a more realistic/photorealisic style, before moving towards a freer style (Mandrake, Colan, Jason Shawn Alexander). Mignola's work is more like that, but a little far, at least at times. Noob19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mycroft said: Romita Jr and Kirby. Grudgingly, as to Kirby. Still don't like a lot of the actual pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Actually for me it's Sienkiewicz, while younger I didn't like his scratchy almost abstract art, but I came around. In more recent ties, Jason Shawn Alexander was the same. I didn't like his art in Queen and Country when he had his run, but appreciated it later. Malvin Rick2you2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohei Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I couldn't understand the attraction to Kirby when I was 20 and I thought Steve Rude was okay back then too. 30 years later I'm wowed by both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomtown Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Joe Kubert and Frank Thorne. As a kid, I used to cringe when I would see a Kubert cover on the Justice League or Flash. Thorne always reminded me of an erotic Pat Boyette, really disliked his work. I came around on Kubert in the 1980s and over the last 10 years or so have developed an appetite for Thorne also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaykin Stevens Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Pat Boyette, Gene Colan, Mike Kaluta, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Mike McMahon and Alex Toth for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toz Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Kaluta & Vess. Like both of them so much more now than I did back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I have to reach far back to my teenage years to find an artist I like now, but wasn't a fan of on first exposure. As a young Marvel fan, I didn't really care for Don Heck, finding his style too scratchy, and not a good fit for Superhero comics. It didn't help he was best known for Iron Man, I character I has little interest in. Later on, discovering his 1950s output I came to appreciate him more. I still wouldn't call him a favorite, but definitely a better than average artist of the era. When I first saw Al Avison's work in a GA Captain America comic it seemed pretty weak compared to the more familiar S&K version of the hero, and I didn't really care for it. Now I tend to think of him as the emblematic Timely artist, and while no Alex Schomburg, responsible for plenty of great covers and splash pages. When I started reading undergrounds, I wasn't a big fan of Jack Jackson (Jaxon). I didn't dislike his art, but it did nothing for me. Eventually as I read his western history pieces, his art came to seem an indispensable part of his storytelling genius. That's all I can think of for now. Grant Turner and JadeGiant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 It finally happened... Sam Kieth. Still got nothing by him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Sal Buscema! Still haven't acquired a taste for Kirby, Toth, Schulz, Herriman, but its not for lack of trying. New School Fool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewsky Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 BWS. I hated his art when I first got into Conan. I am still a Buscema guy, but I like BWS more and more each time I see it. Noob19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Drewsky said: BWS. I hated his art when I first got into Conan. I am still a Buscema guy, but I like BWS more and more each time I see it. I remember feeling somewhat the opposite. I loved the BWS art when buying Conan off the stands in the early 70s, and though I liked Buscema's art on superhero books, it was such a let down when Smith stopped drawing Conan that I stopped buying it. Later on I could appreciate the Buscema was actually a decent fit for the character, even though I never got around to buying the title again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Teacher Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 For me, it was Don Heck from Marvel and Mike Sekowsky from DC. I would read early Justice League of America issues, and the first thought that always came to my mind was, "How come the insides of this comic don't look as good as the cover?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Math Teacher said: For me, it was Don Heck from Marvel and Mike Sekowsky from DC. I would read early Justice League of America issues, and the first thought that always came to my mind was, "How come the insides of this comic don't look as good as the cover?" Sekowsky did some pretty decent work in the 50s, but his JLA stuff was always unappealing to me, stiff, blocky and cluttered looking. His Bronze Age work was a little more interesting, though not as nice as his work in the early 50s when he was a little more Toth influenced. His earliest stuff for Timely is cruder, with a fairly generic Golden Age look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 4 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said: Sal Buscema! Still haven't acquired a taste for Kirby, Toth, Schulz, Herriman, but its not for lack of trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 There was a time when I didn't like Gil Kane but now I really like his stuff. I also never cared for Ross Andru on Spiderman but now I like a lot of his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Teacher Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, rjpb said: Sekowsky did some pretty decent work in the 50s, but his JLA stuff was always unappealing to me, stiff, blocky and cluttered looking. His Bronze Age work was a little more interesting, though not as nice as his work in the early 50s when he was a little more Toth influenced. His earliest stuff for Timely is cruder, with a fairly generic Golden Age look. Well, to a 6-year old boy, reading JLA issues always made me feel like I was getting much more than my $0.12 would normally buy. I could buy a JLA, and see a variety of super-heroes, or I could buy a Superman comic and only read Superman stories. I think Sekowsky suffered from trying to fit all those heroes onto a page. Not many artists can be known for their team artwork, but George Perez, for one, is an excellent team artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...