ComicConnoisseur Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Who is your favorite artist for Spider-Man? He has some good ones over the years, Steve Ditko John Romita Jr. Mark Bagley John Romita Sr. Todd McFarlane Erik Larsen Ron Frenz Marcos Martin Huberto Ramos Ross Andru Get Marwood & I, kav, FoggyNelson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 I gave love to Mark Bagley. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Romita Sr. for me. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Its awfully hard to beat John Romita Sr! badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 John Romita Sr It took me a long time to really appreciate his art. Only once I developed an interest in Milton Caniff and noticed how well Romita implemented that classic style into his own work, especially the darker, grittier line and shadowing in his Bronze Age comics. Also, of course, there’s his exceptional page layout and storytelling ability. comicquant and badback83 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Excellent idea for a thread @ComicConnoisseur Whilst I'm partial to a bit of Romita, a bit of Ditko and more recently a bit of Garney, there is only one true Spider-Man artist, and that is this man: Spoiler And anyone who says otherwise is a big fat liar! Spoiler ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighRadArt Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Marcos who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spidey 62 Posted October 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) Humberto Ramos should not be anywhere near this poll. God awful. Aside from that, I voted for Romita Sr. Edited October 11, 2017 by Spidey 62 mr_highgrade, delekkerste, justafan and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Romita SR badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comic_memories Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 45 minutes ago, jsilverjanet said: Romita SR Definitely the bestest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmaz Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Great topic! So great I’m completely unable to vote. Grew up with Romita Sr and Andru so I love them both... but there’s no getting past the unmistakable stamp that Ditko put on the character. The thing is, after those guys? I do greatly appreciate Bagley’s work and I imagine if He were the Spidey artist of my childhood I’d be supporting him. I really think with so many great artists having had the title at some point, a lot of personal preference has to do with who was drawing the book when you first fell in love with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Romita is the man. Humberto Ramos should not be allowed to interpret Spider-Man - that's heresy right there! You missed Kirby since he had a few covers including AF15 and interiors in Tales to Astonish and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 minute ago, fmaz said: Great topic! So great I’m completely unable to vote. Grew up with Romita Sr and Andru so I love them both... but there’s no getting past the unmistakable stamp that Ditko put on the character. The thing is, after those guys? I do greatly appreciate Bagley’s work and I imagine if He were the Spidey artist of my childhood I’d be supporting him. I really think with so many great artists having had the title at some point, a lot of personal preference has to do with who was drawing the book when you first fell in love with it. I agree nostalgia has a lot to do with the vote. I was about 10 yrs old when I bought my first Spidey which was around issue #275 so I witnessed McFarlane and Bagley. McFarlane's take was my favorite for a long time, but fast forward 30 years and my perspective has changed quite a bit. Ditko was incredible but when you go from ASM #38 to ASM #39 there's such a dramatic change in Romita's style; use of color, body mechanics (Issue #86 ), perspective and how all those aspects support the narrative. I like to think of all the people seeing issue #39 on the newsstand for the first time, thinking "WTF is that!!!". Actually in those days it was more of a "Gee Willikers and Golly!!!". ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 The OP should have chosen some of the artists better covers greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 28 minutes ago, comic_memories said: 1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said: Romita SR Definitely the bestest! I say thee nay! comic_memories 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadacchino Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Bagley, hands down. At least for me ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 25 minutes ago, vadacchino said: Bagley, hands down. At least for me That's what I always say too. "Bagley, hands down. Put your hands down and let Ross Andru draw him instead." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoWitHurts Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I am partial to Romita Jr. and McFarlane for nostalgia to my youth but always loved Andru's work on it. Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikej61 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) I like Gil Kane, John Romita, and Mike Deodato Jr. (525) Edited October 11, 2017 by mikej61 ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 minute ago, mikej61 said: I like Gil Kane, John Romita, and Bill S (525) Good shout. Gil Kane should be on the list I think. delekkerste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
