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Posted on 19-02-2009 00:52 |
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Who are some of your favorite comic book artists? You can list a top ten, or just talk about some of your favorites. Here's some of mine (not exactly in order) :
Jim Lee
Tim Sale
Andy Kubert
Neal Adams
Michael Turner
There's also others I like including Mark Bagley and Scott McDaniel. Mike Deodato Jr. does some really good work too, I'm not sure if he's ever worked for a DC title though.
NOTE: I put this in the Batman Comics section because I figured at least most of us would probably name an artist(s) who've drawn a Batman title sometime. You don't have to name a Batman artist though if you don't want to. |
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Posted on 19-02-2009 07:34 |
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I don't know any comic book artists except Stan Lee but that's because growing up my brother liked Marvel more than DC, so I grew up with Spider-Man and the X-Men. I'm glade I like DC now though. The Batman universe is way more awesome.
Wait, can the artist be someone who drew the characters for the comics? Because I want to thank whom ever came up with the idea and drew the Penguin. That person is a genius.
Some of the styles of the Batman comics are pretty cool too. I like the more realism and in depth of color. I own two, I guess you could call them graphic novels, they have the Joker in them: The Killing Joke and The Man Who Laughs. I read "The Killing Joke" twice, because the first time I just went through it and looked at the pages. Penguin makes a cameo appearance when Batman goes around showing people Joker's "Wanted" picture.
Then of course, I own four comic books with Penguin starring in all of them. I've read those like a thousand times over. But the ones that I own are greatly detailed and nicely colored, very well drawn and stuff. The thing I usually worry about is reading the bubbles when people are talking. That's why I look through at the pictures first and the go through a second time and read.
Hello Gotham. I'm Erin. Ozzy Cobblepot's Biggest Fan. Love you Pengy!
Betcha never, betcha never, betcha never thought we'd get this far.
Betcha never, never ever, betcha never thought you'd touch my heart.
Betcha never, betcha never, betcha never thought I'd surrender.
Betcha never thought you'd ever get with me.
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Posted on 19-02-2009 11:15 |
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erin wrote:
I don't know any comic book artists except Stan Lee but that's because growing up my brother liked Marvel more than DC, so I grew up with Spider-Man and the X-Men. I'm glade I like DC now though. The Batman universe is way more awesome.
Wait, can the artist be someone who drew the characters for the comics? Because I want to thank whom ever came up with the idea and drew the Penguin. That person is a genius.
Stan Lee is a writer, dear. We're talking about pencilers. And like most Batman villians, Penguin was invented by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the latter of whom was the first artist to draw him.
My Favourite comic artists:
Jim Lee has got to be my hero, the complexity of the lines and shading he puts into each and every piece of work is mind boggeling.
John Romita Jr. This is the guy who turned me on to comic books. When I was 10 I picked up an issue of Amazing Spider-man that he had drawn, and I was captivated by the clean simplicity of his style.
Dave McKean. I ADORE the artwork in Arkham Asylum, I just can't read that book enough.
Alex Ross. Every one who know's of him knows he's a genious.
I'm also getting more into Lee Bermejo after reading Joker.
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Posted on 20-02-2009 11:29 |
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Jim Lee (First time an artist made my jaw drop)
Andy Kubert (Liked his Batman vs. Predator and the Batman and Son art)
Tony Daniel (The most recent Batman artist)
Greg Capullo (Spawn)
Akira Toriyama (Dragonball Z)
Jim Aparo (Grew up with his style)
Norm Breyfogle (Grew up with his style)
Graham Nolan (Came after Aparo)
Tom Lyle (Early Robin series in the 90s)
Bruce Timm (Animated)
Jim Calafiore (Gotham Underground)
Brian Bagley (when he did Amazing Spider-Man in the 90s)
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Posted on 20-02-2009 12:20 |
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Alex Ross then David (forget last name, he did the art for Year One), and then there's Tim Sale...
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Posted on 20-02-2009 12:31 |
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Tony Daniel
Matt Wagner
Andy Kubert
Lee Bermejo
Freddie E. Williams II
Tim Sale
Jim Lee
Scott McDaniel
Whilce Portacio
Frank Miller
THE KING IN YELLOW OL 4 ADMIN!!!
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Posted on 20-02-2009 15:17 |
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TMMWrites wrote:
Alex Ross then David (forget last name, he did the art for Year One), and then there's Tim Sale...
David Mazzucchelli (I happen to have Year One sitting on my desk lol)
Anyway, I can't belive I forgot to mention Tim Sale! His use of shadow is amazing. I guess there are benefits to being colour blind! lol
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Posted on 20-02-2009 15:48 |
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kpangilinan wrote:
Jim Lee (First time an artist made my jaw drop)
Tom Lyle (Early Robin series in the 90s)
Ha ha, I remember when (before I really bought Batman comics) I used to flip through the pages of Hush issues as they were being sold in stores. At first I was disappointed to see a change of artists from Scott McDaniel when I saw the first chapter, but eventually I grew to love it, and was amazed at just how cool the art looked.
I used to be a big fan of Tom Lyle also. There was an actual time years ago when I never bought Batman comics, I always bought Spider-man ones. I was really into the early - mid '90s books. Tom Lyle did some work with a Spider-man title called simply Spider-man, it was really good.
Tim Sale's art is really intriguing to me because it's different from your average comic book art. I also like how he has his own style for each character, really cool. |
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Posted on 21-02-2009 11:55 |
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uh lets see....
as of late I love Darwyn Cooke's art
there's also
Bruce Timm
Matt Wagner
Tim Sale
all the more classic artists too like
Bob Kane
Will Eisner
Jack Kirby and others I cant think of....
can you tell i love the more cartoon-like art??
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Posted on 22-02-2009 09:00 |
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Talented as he is, I reckon Alex Ross is overrated, and a lot of his work can be quite ugly to look at.
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Posted on 22-02-2009 18:48 |
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I don't question if Alex Ross is a great artist or not, but personally I don't care too much for the way he draws a lot of characters. |
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Posted on 25-02-2009 00:46 |
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1) Tim Sale
2) Alex Ross
3) Darwyn Cooke
4) David Mazzucchelli
5) Ed McGuinesse (forgot last name, Superman-Batman, Volume 1)
6) Dick Giodano
7) Bruce Timm
8) Bob Kane
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Posted on 15-04-2009 20:29 |
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heh this is kind of funny my friend's relative is andy and adam kubert.
I like
Joe Kubert (see his cover art with andy kubert on batman 664.)
Bruce Timm.
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Posted on 16-04-2009 14:08 |
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Robin456 wrote:
heh this is kind of funny my friend's relative is andy and adam kubert
So he'd/she'd be related to Joe Kubert too? That'd be awesome. They're a family of great artists. |
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Posted on 17-04-2009 13:18 |
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yeah were also best friends too no more info on my friend i don't want him to be stalked for info on his great uncle (great as in his mom's uncle) |
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Posted on 20-04-2009 01:16 |
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Ed McGuinesse is a fan of my art on DeviantArt. I don't know if I said already. I'm really proud. I am getting Dark Victory this week!
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Denny O'Neil without a doubt; his comics in the 70's were almost 3D in look and he gave Batman the toughest look I've seen up until Frank Miller and his take on Batman |
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Posted on 23-08-2009 15:57 |
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Buckeye Bat wrote:
Denny O'Neil without a doubt; his comics in the 70's were almost 3D in look and he gave Batman the toughest look I've seen up until Frank Miller and his take on Batman
Denny O'Neil is a writer. I think the artist you're thinking of is Neal Adams, who drew the Batman comics during Denny O'Neil's run as writer.
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Posted on 24-08-2009 13:36 |
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Does anyone else remember the Glen Orbik Shadow of the Bat covers? GORGEOUS. I wish they'd give that guy more work.
JG Jones always puts out astounding work. It's still a bit of a bummer that he didn't finish Final Crisis.
And Jock is pretty sweet too. Gotta love him.
The Kuberts put out really commendable work too but they seem to miss deadlines a lot which is kinda disheartening.
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Posted on 29-08-2009 11:18 |
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My personal favorite is Neil Adams for nostalgic reasons. I'm 43 and best remember the classic covers of the 70's. Some are now iconic poses of the caped crusader used on various merchandising still today. |
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