hey guys im new to reading comics and im loving it so far. im a huge fan of good artwork so im making this general discussion to ask the seasoned readers who do you think some of the best comic book artists are? any suggested pick ups for me? thanks in advance
best comic book artists?
@sog7dc: J.H. Williams III is brilliant.
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Hey, welcome to the Vine! We can use all the recruits we can get, raising an army to take over the world in the name of our high general tyrannous isn't easy. We're going to need allot of cannon fodder... (kidding. :P)
The best writing can really be brought down by a bad artist, but a good artist can make a mediocre book awesome. :)
Well, my favorite DC artists are Ivan Reis, Jim Lee, and Greg Capullo.
My favorite Marvel artist are Steve Mcniven, Steve Epting. Those are the only ones that come to mind right now. For Marvel anyway.
Most people don't appreciate his art but I find Mike Mignola to be an awesome artist.
As for recommends. Hmm...
For DC I'm pretty new to there comics myself but I've gotta say: Aquaman (Geoff's writing is awesome. Don't believe what you hear about the character being lame. Johns been doing some awesome stuff with that comic, and Ivan Reis is doing the artwork.)
Batman is great!( Greg Capullo's the artist for that one)
And Justice League of America is just starting out. I think I might drop it. It didn't really intrest me, but I encourage you to check it out for yourself.
That's all I've been reading for DC, but Marvel's been doing some awesome stuff too.
Like: Guardians of the Galaxy. It's also just starting out and Bendis and Steve Mcnivin are a great team for it.
Avengers has been kind of mediocre, but again, I encourage you to try it for yourself. :)
I plan to start getting Deadpool after the new story arc starts. (#8) I hear i's pretty good and funny.
That's all I've got. :/
Cool to see your getting into comics and I hope this helps. :)
Gary Frank
Eddy Barrows
Kenneth Rockfort
Jim Lee
Ivan Reis
John Romita Jr (loves of people hate him)
Brett Booth
Tony Daniel
@sog7dc: I'll try to make a list and show the best pics I know!
Jim Lee:
Mike Deodato Jr.:
Stuart Immonen:
To just name a few...
How in the world has Francis Manapul's name not come up yet? Easily one of top five artists in all of comics. His Flash book is spectacularly drawn.
Strong support of basically all mentioned (my top: Ivan Reis).
Also want to throw in there some Nicola Scott, Dale Eaglesham, Mikel Janin, Andrea Sorrentino and Marcus To as some other fine artists.
Some of my personal favorites, Mike Mignola, Greg Capullo, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis, Esad Ribic, Gary Frank, Steve Mcnivin, Steve Epting, Paola Rivera, Jerome Opena, Francessco Fracavilla, Ryan Stegman, Alan Davis, Phil Noto, Paul Pelletier, Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Alex Maleev, Lenil Yu and I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
@thepieter: Probably my favorite up-and-comer. I want to see do an ongoing series.
I love all your suggestions, I will add a few that are missing from what i've read (and that you should read too) :
Frank Miller (sin city):
Juanjo Guarnido (blacksad):
Enki Bilal (Nikopol, Animal'z, ...) :
Dave Stevens (Rocketeer, Pin-ups):
Franquin (Spirou & Fantasio):
Phillippe Druillet (Delirius, Lone Sloane):
Jack Kirby (4th world, OMAC, fantastic 4, captain america, ...):
Tim Sale (Catwoman when in Rome, Batman halloween specials, ...):
Kevin Eastman (TMNT):
Have Fun :)
Rob Leifeld.
Jason Fabok, Ivan Reis, Esad Ribic, Phil Noto, Francis Manapul, David Marquez are some that come to mind as my favorites.
@firestarlord73194: Some more great choices
I don't know about "best" but Gleeson's art is definitely a favorite.
Patrick Gleason? lol ew.
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