Who Are Your Top Five Favourite Artists(Any And All Eras)? 1 1

[jjonahjameson11]

12 hours ago, Fisionbomb said:

Some of my favorites in no particular order:

Michael Turner, Jim Lee, J Scott Campbell, Marc Silvestri, Rob Schrab, David Finch, Todd McFarlane 

I was wondering when somebody was going to mention McFarlane 👍🏻

[Ken Aldred]

12 hours ago, catman76 said:

I assume you mean just comic book artists and not comic strips and other comics so I will leave those out.

This type of thread can get a bit pedantic at times, as in a previous one someone suggested that Eisner, one of my choices, should be excluded because the Spirit Sections were technically newspaper strips.

If someone wanted to post Caniff, Foster, Raymond, etc, I wouldn’t complain.

 

[Ken Aldred]

13 hours ago, kav said:

With the right inker, Swan was unbeatable. 

George Klein

[KirbyJack]

1. Kirby

2. Mignola

3. Ditko

It's so very difficult after these. I'm going to pick a couple that haven't been mentioned.

4. Wolverton

5. Toth

[oakman29]

1 hour ago, Ken Aldred said:

I thought you’d add Kubert, Kurtzman and Heath?

I'm sure Tom Brady is his #1. Surely he can draw brilliantly too!

[felixthecat]

Robert Crumb 

Gilbert Shelton

Jay Lynch

Jim Franklin 

Fred Schrier

 

[Crimebuster]

Darwyn Cooke

Harry Lucey

Alex Toth 

[oakman29]

5 minutes ago, Bob Loblaw III said:

How many comic book interior art pages did Sanjulian do?

How many interior pages does Alex Ross do?

What's the difference 

[oakman29]

Just now, Bob Loblaw III said:

You've obviously never read Kingdom Come. Each of the 4 issues was 52 pages.

It makes a difference if you've never drawn a comic.

Oh I see. I didnt realize you were in charge of my artist preferences,  good for you.👍

[thehumantorch]

7 hours ago, oakman29 said:

Out of all the responses nobody picked Frank Frazetta or Sanjulian? And only three people picked Bernie Wrightson?

1.Frank Frazetta 

2. Bernie Wrightson 

3.Sanjulian

4. Ditko 

5. Mike Mignola 

6.Al Williamson

7. James O' Barr

8. Barry Windsor Smith

9. Dave Steven's

10.Neal Adam's

Runners up:

Wally Wood

Jack Davis

Jack Kirby

Steranko

 

I debated Wrightson but ended up going with Steranko.  

[telerites]

Lou Fine

Frank Frazetta

L. B. Cole

Jeffrey Jones

Alex Schomburg

I want to add others like Mac Raboy, Neal Adams, Berni Wrightson, Charles Sultan, Leo O'Mealia.  And if strip artists count, I may re-evaluate to include Alex Raymond and Hal Foster.

 

[Turnando]

1 hour ago, Bob Loblaw III said:

You can't vote for yourself Jesse

LOL. NOPE.

I'm a Jesse Jacobs fan.  I discovered him through his graphic novel Safari Honeymoon.  

I now have everything he has published and that's a challenge with some of his low print runs. If you like fractal design, cool geometries, clean lines, and masterful execution combined with awe inspiring writing then he is your man.

You don't find artists as good a Jesse Jacobs who also write as well as Jesse Jacobs.  It's very rare.

Plus he's a skater.

[kav]

10 hours ago, oakman29 said:

Out of all the responses nobody picked Frank Frazetta or Sanjulian? And only three people picked Bernie Wrightson?

1.Frank Frazetta 

2. Bernie Wrightson 

3.Sanjulian

4. Ditko 

5. Mike Mignola 

6.Al Williamson

7. James O' Barr

8. Barry Windsor Smith

9. Dave Steven's

10.Neal Adam's

Runners up:

Wally Wood

Jack Davis

Jack Kirby

Steranko

 

You dont pick Swan, I dont pick Ferzetta.  Thats how it works.

[Cat]

4 hours ago, oakman29 said:

How many interior pages does Alex Ross do?

What's the difference 

Not that it matters, but I can only think of Marvels, Kingdom Come, and Justice, post 'fame'. Before that I know he did a Terminator comic at least, I think it may have been a miniseries. 

And Justice he painted over Doug Braithwaite's pencils, so I don't know how you count that (end product looked all-Ross to me, though). 

[jdandns]

For writer/artists, I got:

Chris Ware

John Byrne

Matt Wagner

Frank Miller (before his artwork turned nightmarish a la Enoch Bolles)

Gilbert Shelton

 

 

[jdandns]

1 minute ago, Mecha_Fantastic said:

Not that it matters, but I can only think of Marvels, Kingdom Come, and Justice, post 'fame'. Before that I know he did a Terminator comic at least, I think it may have been a miniseries. 

And Justice he painted over Doug Braithwaite's pencils, so I don't know how you count that (end product looked all-Ross to me, though). 

He also did those DC treasuries with Paul Dini, at least 5 of them (the Trinity, plus Shazam, and Justice League), and taken together, those comprise hundreds of pages of interior work.

 

[Cat]

Just now, jdandns said:

He also did those DC treasuries with Paul Dini, at least 5 of them (the Trinity, plus Shazam, and Justice League), and taken together, those comprise hundreds of pages of interior work.

 

 

Oh, and Mad Love, right? 

[Ken Aldred]

3 minutes ago, Mecha_Fantastic said:

 

Oh, and Mad Love, right? 

Bruce Timm.

Great issue.

Edited July 11, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

8 minutes ago, jdandns said:

Chris Ware

Great choice.

In my indie top 3, along with Charles Burns and Jaime Hernandez.

[Ken Aldred]

7 hours ago, oakman29 said:

I'm sure Tom Brady is his #1. Surely he can draw brilliantly too!

Golden or Silver Age war comic artist ?

So obscure I’ve never heard of him.

Edited July 11, 2021 by Ken Aldred