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I'm sure this has been done before but not anytime recently, I think.

Who are your top 5 favorite artists?

My list:

5. Barry Windsor Smith
4. Neal Adams
3. Jim Steranko
2. Will Eisner
1. Jack "King" Kirby

I'll bite. But I have to classify them...


No order.

Modern:

Alex Maleev
David Mack
Dave McKean
Jim Cheung
Ethan Van Sciver

Classic:

Jack Kirby
Jim Steranko
Steve Ditko
Will Eisner
Neal Adams

Cartoonists:

Chris Ware
Jason
Charles Schultz
Bill Waterson
Winsor McKay


Barry Windsor-Smith is up there...but Ditko stuns me with some of his stuff.

I always like threads like these whenever they come up!

I cannot put mine in any particular order though, with all the different styles of artwork around, it doesnt seem fair to say one mayb be better than another. Although this is just what I believe.

These are only a handful of the artists I like, and there are some who I will have stupidly missed out here.

Mike Allred
Chris Bachalo
John Romitta Jr.
Mike Mignola
Terry Dodson
Steve Ditko
Frank Miller

Just for a bit of fun, I like these two artists:
Roger Cruz
David Lafeunte

There are more I like as well, but these are the guys I look out for!

I love everyone except Howard Chaykin

mine are in no particular order...but 5 is sooooo limiting i've actually got about 25 i could list lol

art adams
Joe Q
Mark Texeira
alex ross
steve mcniven

well here are mine cant pick just five


steven hughes
drew hayes
james obarr
Jim Steranko
kyle hotz
jim lee
jg jones
glenn fabry

Easy for me....

5. Alex Ross
4. Joe Madureira
3. John Romita Jr.
2. Steve McNiven
1. George Perez or Olivier Coipel

Jim Lee draws a fantastic Batman too btw...solid artist.

Even *gasp* Rob Liefeld?

Hmmm...

1. Ryoji Minagawa
2. Kelley Jones
3. Jim Aparo
4. Akira Toriyama
5. Darby Conley

Additional people who could be on the list: Tomas Giorello, Bill Waterson, Doug Mahnke... and perhaps even Raphael (cheap, so cheap! But... we all love early 16th century paintings, don't we? Good ol' Raffaello. Or are we Turner people here? No, not Michael Turner! Joseph Mallord William Turner, the AMAZING lanscape painter.)

I agree, I freakin hate his art.

My favs:

Michael Turner - I only wish he did more interiors
Humberto Ramos
Yu

pretty much everybody else.
I just hate Chaykin

1.Neal Adams
2.John Romita
3.Ditko
4.Bernie Wrightson
5.Alex Ross
There is more but you only said 5

If you can list more go for it, I just thought 5 would be easier.

1. John Byrne (way above all else!)
2. Bill Sienkiewicz
3. Todd McFarlane
4. Jim Lee
5. Alex Ross

Also, Michael Turner, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Neal Adams, Jack Kirby, Bruce Timm, Mark Texeira, Frank Miller, Mike Zeck and Norm Breyfogle.

1. Jim Lee, always will be my fav.
2. Michael Turner
3. Alvin Lee
4. Chris Bachelo
5. Humberto Ramos

Like most have others that I dig but those are my fav's.

My faves (not necessarily in order):

Jack "King" Kirby
John Byrne
Frank Miller
George Perez
Jim Lee

Greg Land
Michael Turner
Alex Ross
Adam Hughes
Bryan Hitch

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Tony Moore!
I love that dudes art!

Tony Moore
Jim Lee
Jerome Opena
Greg Land
Kierwon Dwyer (bad spelling)

Oh yeah add Jim Lee to mine too!
+ the late Micheal Turner

I have no idea how I could have forgotten those two..

ahhh... permission to list more than 5... thanks 'ep'.

Travis Charest
Alex Ross
Jim Lee
Jason Pearson
Ariel Olivetti
Tim Sale
Adi Granov
Steve Dillon
Frank Miller

In no order
Marc Silvestri
David Finch
Jim Lee
Todd Mcfarlane
Joe Benitez
Steve Mcniven
Butch Guice
Kenneth Rocafort

These are the names that I keep a look out for when buying books.

I'm not real familiar with the new artist so most of my choices are dated.

Barry Smith
Neal Adams
Kevin Nowlan
Basil Wolverton
Jaime Hernandez

Honorable mention;

Tony Salmons
Jim Steranko
Charles Burns
Paul Smith
George Perez
Sandy Plunkett
David Mazzucchelli
John Cassaday
Esad Ribic
Adi Granov
Mike Mignola