Which of your favorite artists' is their best cover? 2 2

[adamstrange]

Alex Toth

 

 

Channeling Frazetta

 

Frazetta was a Hal Foster fan and Toth was a Noel Sickles fan. Both of them evolved beyond these initial influences but I'm not aware of any real influence of either of them on the other.

[comicjack]

Cat-Man #2 is my favorite Quinlan cover and a bold choice for the artist, doing an overhead perspective shot from behind.

Everything about this illustration, shadows, street, roof, motion, is just right. An outstanding artistic achievement for the time...

 

 

Just love the whole cover,the colors used are just so different from most others!

[Straw-Man]

i'm with 'jack; love me some atypical color use.

[Jayman]

Saunders.

 

[Jayman]

Just love this Ditko cover.

 

[Flex Mentallo]

This Biro cover always tickles me.

 

 

[Boba]

Alex Toth

 

 

Channeling Frazetta

 

Frazetta was a Hal Foster fan and Toth was a Noel Sickles fan. Both of them evolved beyond these initial influences but I'm not aware of any real influence of either of them on the other.

 

The figure and lighting reminded me of something I've seen Frazetta do - this cover has a figure in almost the same pose only reversed.

 

http://www.comics.org/issue/216525/cover/4/

 

I'm sure you're right - there's not direct connection but as we all know artists keep swipe libraries which include other artists work they like a pose from.

 

 

[Jayman]

Hard to beat this Cole cover!

 

[adamstrange]

Alex Toth

 

 

Channeling Frazetta

 

Frazetta was a Hal Foster fan and Toth was a Noel Sickles fan. Both of them evolved beyond these initial influences but I'm not aware of any real influence of either of them on the other.

 

The figure and lighting reminded me of something I've seen Frazetta do - this cover has a figure in almost the same pose only reversed.

 

http://www.comics.org/issue/216525/cover/4/

 

I'm sure you're right - there's not direct connection but as we all know artists keep swipe libraries which include other artists work they like a pose from.

 

 

The Frazetta cover is a year later than Toth's AAW. It's possible of an occasional similarity but with these two superb artists I suspect it would be coincidental.

 

Frazetta, btw, is a known swiper of others' art with multiple instances of reuse of Foster poses as well as Wally Wood for the cover to Famous Funnies 213

[sfcityduck]

Alex Toth

 

 

Channeling Frazetta

 

Frazetta was a Hal Foster fan and Toth was a Noel Sickles fan. Both of them evolved beyond these initial influences but I'm not aware of any real influence of either of them on the other.

 

The figure and lighting reminded me of something I've seen Frazetta do - this cover has a figure in almost the same pose only reversed.

 

http://www.comics.org/issue/216525/cover/4/

 

I'm sure you're right - there's not direct connection but as we all know artists keep swipe libraries which include other artists work they like a pose from.

 

 

That cover is stereotypical Sickles/Caniff school, of which Toth was one of the biggest followers.

 

I don't see anything I'd view as Frazetta (or Foster) stylings in that cover.

 

Of the big three schools of comic strip action art (Foster, Raymond, and Sickles/Caniff), Foster was by far the hardest to emulate. Sickles/Caniff were far more emulated. And Raymond's influence was very broad.

 

P.S. Just noticed that the Toth cover predates the Frazetta cover.

Edited June 9, 2014 by sfcityduck

[Straw-Man]

Hard to beat this Cole cover!

 

 

lovely! i remember that'un.

[Straw-Man]

saunders.

 

[telerites]

saunders.

 

 

That is awesome, BP. Great cover and book.

[Flex Mentallo]

I like this Doolin cover

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

Richard Powers

[Badger]

This is my favorite Syd Shores cover.

[Badger]

Ok, it is actually a tie for favorite Syd Shores cover.

 

[Vision75]

I like this Doolin cover

 

 

 

Tyler just turned me on to this one....It's definitely on my want list. Nice copy Flex!

[sagii]

This is my favorite Syd Shores cover.

Love that cover! Crazy cool!

[sagii]

Since i also don't have a copy of Fantastic Comics #3, this has to by my favorite LOU FINE cover. Two dueling men, a woman bound to a giant Skull, and the striking red backdrop