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Best Comic Book Artists of All Time

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The_Ghost
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:27:22 AM

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Here are a few of my favorite comic book artists in no particular order:

JIM LEE (X-MEN, BATMAN & ROBIN, SUPERMAN)
JOHN BYRNE (FANTASTIC FOUR, AVENGERS, SUPERMAN)
GEORGE PEREZ (CRISIS ON INFINATE EARTHS, AVENGERS)
MIKE ZECK (PUNISHER, CAPTAIN AMERICA, SECRET WARS)
TOM PALMER (AVENGERS)
MIKE DEODATO JR. (INCREDIBLE HULK, AMAZING SPIDERMAN, MOON KNIGHT)
TODD MCFARLANE (INCREDIBLE HULK, AMAZING SPIDERMAN, SPAWN)
THE KUBERTS (GHOST RIDER)
MIKE McKONE (GREEN LANTERN)
IVAN REIS (GREEN LANTERN)
SHANE DAVIS (SUPERMAN/BATMAN)
EMILIANO SANTALUCIA (MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE)
RON FRENZ (AMAZING SPIDERMAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA)
ERNIE CHAN (INCREDIBLE HULK)
MARK TEXIERA (GHOST RIDER, WOLVERINE)
JIM APARO (BATMAN)
ALEX ROSS (JUSTICE)
NORM BREYFOGLE (DETECTIVE COMICS)
PAUL GULACY (LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT)
JIM NUNN (AGENT 33)
MICHAEL TURNER (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA)
DAN JURGENS (SUPERMAN)
BRET BREEDING (SUPERMAN)

Who are your faves?

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Shadowdodger
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:24:37 PM

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In no particular order:

Michael Turner
Todd McFarlane
Jim Lee
Pat Lee
Don Figueroa (sp?)
Alex Milne

I'm sure there are others, I'm just "drawing" a blank right now.
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oakman29
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:47:51 PM

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NEIL ADAMS!

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Philli
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:40:18 PM

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Adam Kubert.

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dunleavy75
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:24:28 PM

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Hey! A Philli sighting!!!

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ukblueky
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:33:27 PM

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Jim Lee
Mike Zeck (His cover were awesome,His Cap annual with Wolverine is still one of my top 3 favorite covers of all time)
Todd Mcfarlane
Ivan Reiss
Alex Ross
Micharl Broussard
Norm Breyfogle (to me his Batman is THE BATMAN)
Michael Turner
Kenneth Rockafort
David Finch
Marc Silvestri
Ed Benes (To me he is the most underappreciated artist of today.His stuff is always top notch.)
Frank Frazetta

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plex
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:46:28 AM

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Some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned:

Bill Sienkiewicz
Dave McKean
Guy Davis
Arthur Adams
Sam Keith

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drakesfuture
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:20:23 AM

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I am just doing this off the top of my head.

Madureira
Phil hester
Perez

These three popped immediately to mind because it takes me three times longer to read a comic drawn by these guys. I spend so much time drinking in each panel.

Oh man, I saw Art Adams listed above my list. He's another one. I love his art.

I dislike Kelley Jones in general--but absolutely loved his work on Batman about a decade or so ago.

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icarus201
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:02:33 PM

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I've probably listed them before, but WTH, might as well go again. Mostly oldschool;

Neal Adams, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Jim Steranko, Paul Gulacy, George Perez, Jim Starlin, Frank Miller, John Buscema, John Byrne, John Romita Sr. and Walt Simonson.

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Locutusatwolf359
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:10:26 PM

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Alex Ross is my favorite. I wish he would do more than covers but I KNOW it takes a long time to paint what he does.

I also like:
Jim Lee
George Perez

I only like McFarlane's art of the Hulk.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:44:56 PM

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Jack Kirby...It doesn't matter if he's "good" or not or even whether you like or despise him. He still did more for the industry then any other comic artist.

Will Eisner

Jim Steranko

Frank Frazetta

John Romita Jr...the way he used to draw, not how he draws now.

David Lloyd

Hal Foster

Wally Wood

Steve Ditko

Reed Crandall

Barry Windsor-Smith

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thomas4d4
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:10:11 PM

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My favorites growing up were

Neal Adams
Steve Ditko
Barry Smith
Jim Steranko
Frank Frazetta
Basil Wolverton
Lou Fine

to name a few.

Some odd ball artists I have avidly followed are

Tony Salmon
Sandy Plunket
Kevin Nowlan
Charles Burns
R.Crumb
Art Spiegelman
Art Adams

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meangreenninjame
Saturday, May 22, 2010 1:04:42 AM

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Stan Sakai
Steve Epting
Alex Ross
Jim Lee
Ethan Van Sciver
Michael Turner
Jim Steranko
Adi Granov

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Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:17:24 AM

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George Perez
Joe Madureira
Olivier Coipel
Steve McNiven
JRJR
John Buscema
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
Jim Lee
Alex Ross
Dale Eaglesham

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dunleavy75
Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:22:44 AM

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Then - Kirby
Now - Coipel

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mojorisin63
Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:20:49 PM

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mine are as follows
adam and andy kubert(never really cared for joe, his style always looked too scribbly)
jim lee
joe mad
neal adams(the books he drew are so damn expensive!)
art adams
john buscema
john byrne
todd mcfarlane
joe q
john romita and jr.
stuart immonen
charlie adlard
gil kane
and im sure many more but cant remember anymore

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Mookie89
Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:18:25 PM

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George Perez (The main reason I am a lifelong DC fan)
John Byrne (Who did the finest Fantastic Four run ever)
Joe Kubert (He seems to be a love or hate artist. I think he drew the toughest looking men in comics)
Jack Cole (more for his good girl art than Plastic Man)
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (everything that comes out of his pencil is beauty)
Michael Golden (Avengers Annual #10 was one of my first comics ever. So pretty)
Brian Bolland
Jim Aparo (My favorite Batman artist)
Tom Grummett
Mike Wieringo (/sigh. Such a loss)

And in the humor column:
Jack Davis
Sergio Aragones
Matt Feazell (Ok, not a great artist, but I love everything he has done)
Dan DeCarlo