TOP 10 COMIC BOOK ARTIST

RCMerchant · February 15, 2019, 05:27:22 PM

In no order-

!. Will Eisner-creator of the Spirit.
2. Jack Kirby
3. Bill Elder
4. Jack Davis
5. John Severin
6. Russ Heath
7. Bernie Wrightson
8. Steve Ditko
9. Basil Wolverton
10. Dick Ayers

Jack "King" KIrby art

Pacman000 · February 16, 2019, 09:08:37 AM

I want to say Windsor McKay, but I'm not sure he worked on any comic books, just strips & animation.

Allhallowsday · February 16, 2019, 04:30:40 PM

No BASIL GOGOS?

RCMerchant · February 16, 2019, 07:27:13 PM

Gogos-I wouldn't call him a comic book artist-more of a painter....
I reckon comic strips count-so yeah-Windsor McKay.

Allhallowsday · February 16, 2019, 09:24:15 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on February 16, 2019, 07:27:13 PM
Gogos-I wouldn't call him a comic book artist-more of a painter....
I reckon comic strips count-so yeah-Windsor McKay.

I know yer right, but I still love them FM covers.

The Burgomaster · February 25, 2019, 07:41:02 PM

1. Jack Kirby
2. Neal Adams
3. Gene Colan
4. Mike Ploog
5. John Romita
6. John Buscema
7. Jim Steranko
8. George Perez
9. John Byrne
10. George Tuska (specifically as an IRON MAN artist in the 1970s)

Pacman000 · February 26, 2019, 07:05:25 PM

In no order:

Windsor McKay
Charles Shultz
Walt Kelly
Hal Foster
Alex Raymond
Al Capp
Jeff Smith
Scott McCloud
Osamu Tezuka

I may edit this to add/remove named & to provide explanations of my choices.

WingedSerpent · February 27, 2019, 09:24:56 PM

One of my favorites is Ethan Van Sciver. His run on Green Lantern with Geoff Jones are some of my favorite superhero comics of recent years.

RCMerchant · March 04, 2019, 10:58:01 AM

Quote from: Pacman000 on February 26, 2019, 07:05:25 PM
In no order:

Windsor McKay
Charles Shultz
Walt Kelly
Hal Foster
Alex Raymond
Al Capp
Jeff Smith
Scott McCloud
Osamu Tezuka

I may edit this to add/remove named & to provide explanations of my choices.

No offense- all great artists- (except I'm not familiar with the bottom 3), but, technically, they're newspaper comic strip artists.
When it comes to newspaper strip artists, I lean towards Chester Gould's Dick Tracy.

TensionSplice · March 11, 2019, 10:15:05 PM

I quite like Jean Giraud aka Moebius, the variety of styles and mediums that he used was incredible.

Ticonderoga 64 · April 21, 2019, 04:08:54 PM

In no particular order:

John Romita
John Buscema
Jim Starlin
George Perez
John Byrne
Marie Severin
Jim Steranko
Mike Ploog
Frank Miller
Art Adams

frank · April 24, 2019, 08:23:24 AM

Will Eisner
Don Martin
Carl Barks
Gary Larson
Ralf König
Jorge Cham
S. Harris
Herge
Uderzo and Goscinny
Probably Jeff Smith

... I don't fit here...

RCMerchant · April 24, 2019, 01:02:01 PM

Quote from: frank on April 24, 2019, 08:23:24 AM

Will Eisner
Don Martin
Carl Barks
Gary Larson
Ralf König
Jorge Cham
S. Harris
Herge
Uderzo and Goscinny
Probably Jeff Smith

... I don't fit here...

I wouldn't say that... I mean, my #1 artist is Eisner!
And I'm crazy about anything MAD orientated- and Don Martin is the Man!

RCMerchant · April 24, 2019, 01:17:36 PM

Ah-what the heck!
Ten More!

11. Mort Drucker
12. Don Martin
13. Rich Corben
14. Drew Friedman
15. Grahm Ingels
16. Joe Kubert
17. Matt Fox
18. Herb Trimpe
19 . Chester Gould
20. Pat Boyette

FatFreddysCat · April 24, 2019, 02:05:03 PM

I've been out of the comic book loop for a long time but just off the top of my head, back in the day I would buy anything that George Perez drew. He's best known for his long association with DC's New Teen Titans in the '80s but he worked for Marvel on Avengers and Fantastic Four (to name just a few) for many years as well.

I loved his style, he could draw pretty much any super hero character (and his ladies always had a certain, shall we say, "va-va-voom" element to them)... he was THE MAN as far as I was concerned.

I just read recently that he has announced his retirement from comics, I'd say it's well deserved.