Who are the best precode horror & sci fi artists? 1 1

[Jayman]

Wally Wood

Superb artistic style with a fantastic body of work!

 

 

Al Williamson

And to slip in some SciFi Fantasy, this man is hard to beat.

 

 

L. B. Cole

Striking, Bold, graphic covers that pop out at you. How could one have ingored a cover like this on the newsstands?

 

[Jayman]

Harry Anderson

As was mentioned in the Ditko thread, tremendous talent that produced many a favorite cover and story.

 

 

Bill Everett

Simply One of the best!

 

 

Steve Ditko

Yes, I include Ditko because of his unique style that stood out from the rest. Even though (and I agree with others) he was still developing his style, you could pick him out of the crowd of other artists in a second!

 

 

[Jayman]

Graham Ingles

Dripping with ichor and gruesome details enough to make the devil shudder!

 

 

Lee Elias

A PCH workhorse if there ever was one, producing so many great covers!

 

 

Frank Frazetta

Not much horror output by Frank but a talent that cannot be ignored!

 

 

[Jayman]

Norman Saunders

Some of the best painted covers in the precode era.

 

 

Russ Heath

So many great covers and stories!

 

Joe Maneely

The great "What if he lived longer" talent that might have gone on to future fame!

 

 

[keever]

Anyone with Hollingsworth examples?

[Jayman]

Anyone with Hollingsworth examples?

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

[retrocomics]

Where's the Johnny Craig or Jack Davis love?

[BitterOldMan]

For precode horror, this Reed Crandall story from Out of the Shadows #9 ranks among my favorites.

 

[MrBedrock]

...who was the most Ghastly...

Ingels is my favorite* as well, but I don't own a single Ingels cover. Maybe I need to rectify that.

 

*clear favorite if we're talking horror; if we're talking sci-fi, too, it gets tougher; Wally Wood would be right up there.

[Flex Mentallo]

if we're talking sci-fi, too, it gets tougher; Wally Wood would be right up there.

 

 

I bow to popular demand.

[jimbo_707]

...who was the most Ghastly...

Ingels is my favorite* as well, but I don't own a single Ingels cover. Maybe I need to rectify that.

 

*clear favorite if we're talking horror; if we're talking sci-fi, too, it gets tougher; Wally Wood would be right up there.

[fifties]

Well you didn't post it his name, but Matt Fox is one of my favorites. His style in interior story illustrations has been compared to the old woodcutter method.

[Pat Calhoun]

[Pat Calhoun]

[Ken Aldred]

Johnny Craig seems to be quite underrated in the horror genre, but at EC he was great with the comparatively restrained, psychological horror stories, and not just the gory covers.

 

Wally Wood is my all-time favourite science-fiction comic artist.

[The-Collector]

Norman Saunders

Some of the best painted covers in the precode era.

 

 

 

 

Excellent choice. His work on Mars Attacks has to be one of most significant contributions of the era.

Edited March 23, 2015 by The-Collector

[KirbyJack]

We mustn't forget The King.

[Darth Corgi]

For precode horror, this Reed Crandall story from Out of the Shadows #9 ranks among my favorites.

 

 

Yes!Yes! Mine too. Reprint of this available in the the book Four Color Fear. Also used as the cover image first printing. Great art and expression in this one. So many great artists to celebrate. Nice thread.

[Darth Corgi]

...who was the most Ghastly...

Ingels is my favorite* as well, but I don't own a single Ingels cover. Maybe I need to rectify that.

 

*clear favorite if we're talking horror; if we're talking sci-fi, too, it gets tougher; Wally Wood would be right up there.

 

This book is as close to perfect as a horror comic cover can be. Beautiful copy Richard!