Not A Clone Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 7 hours ago, Jerkfro said: Nice to see that (rightly and properly) John Romita Sr is winning and winning easily. "Poor" Humberto Ramos I certainly get why a lot of people don't like Humberto Ramos. It's nothing like any off the other Spidey artists. I absolutely hate Manga, which obviously is a huge influence on him, but for some reason his style grew on me & I like him now. (Still hate Manga). I met him once about 5 years ago. Super nice guy, very friendly. He's probably one of the only non-traditional style comic artists that I can stomach these days. He can certainly pack a lot of action into a single frame. He does like drawing big skinny feet though, & close ups on his characters usually have the huge, round eyes. From the list, Ditko is easily the most important, but Romita Sr & Andru were my personal favs. Not a fan of Marcos Martin & I really don't get how Erik Larsen got any votes. Taste is a funny thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I find Ramos’ artwork quite dated-looking, being influenced not just by manga but also by a style used in video game character design at that time. ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 4:25 PM, kav said: Compare that manly MJ to one of my females Sweet OA FoggyNelson and kav 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 2:36 PM, kav said: The Don Heck of his generation, IMO. LOL FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 If Mcfarlane is in that list so should Art Adams & Mike Golden. Although Mcfarlane copied the heck out of AAdams spidey, golden is responsible for the famous spaghetti web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury Man Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I think McFarlane captures Spiderman's movement and contortions well- yes it's exaggerated, but fits with the character. Not a huge fan of how he draws other characters. Romita Sr. is still the best Spidery artist. I would take Ramos over many of the current artists producing Marvel art at the moment (Mike Del Mundo and Sara Pichelli spring to mind). Not A Clone and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Mercury Man said: I think McFarlane captures Spiderman's movement and contortions well- yes it's exaggerated, but fits with the character. No it doesn't! 1 hour ago, Mercury Man said: Not a huge fan of how he draws other characters. Yes. I include the character 'Spider-Man' in this. 1 hour ago, Mercury Man said: Romita Sr. is still the best Spidery artist. . Tied with Andru. 1 hour ago, Mercury Man said: I would take Ramos over many of the current artists producing Marvel art at the moment (Mike Del Mundo and Sara Pichelli spring to mind). Me too. There's good and bad Ramos. Good Ramos suits quirky Spidey stories. The last decent Spidey artist I saw was Ron 'Back in Black' Garney. Most since have been horrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newshane Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 11:32 PM, kav said: I just cant get past this McFarlane-aside from the manly MJ, someone really needs to teach that guy to draw hair: and breasts, btw and hips. And clothes. and-aw damn Yep. He should have TOTALLY taken anatomy lessons from Steve Ditko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystafo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I really loved Ron Frenz's work...kind of subdued and a little more realistic, I feel. Also loved Bagley, mostly because he was drawing ASM when I was subscribing but his Venom was also the best IMHO. Big and muscular but not to beastly and hunched over with just the right amount of tongue/teeth/spit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, newshane said: Yep. He should have TOTALLY taken anatomy lessons from Steve Ditko! Ditko's women looked like women, not dudes. And the clothes looked like clothes. The breasts didnt look like they were glued on from a giant barbie doll. And the hair? Well it looked like hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineCollector Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 34 minutes ago, Mystafo said: I really loved Ron Frenz's work...kind of subdued and a little more realistic, I feel. Also loved Bagley, mostly because he was drawing ASM when I was subscribing but his Venom was also the best IMHO. Big and muscular but not to beastly and hunched over with just the right amount of tongue/teeth/spit. I get that you like what you grew up with, but Bagley was the reason I quit Spidey. He drew Spidey's head like an olive on a toothpick, and the rest of the body was just as gangly. His composition is fine, I just don't care for the execution. Get Marwood & I and kav 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystafo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, FineCollector said: I get that you like what you grew up with, but Bagley was the reason I quit Spidey. He drew Spidey's head like an olive on a toothpick, and the rest of the body was just as gangly. His composition is fine, I just don't care for the execution. I can understand that point of view...I though his feet were pretty terrible too (not Liefield tier, but...). But he was THE artist for so much Marvel Spidey merchandise for such a long time...had to have some following I'd wager. I did not like Ultimate Spidey as much as ASM when it comes to him, though. Edited September 22, 2018 by Mystafo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) On 9/20/2018 at 2:03 AM, Not A Clone said: I certainly get why a lot of people don't like Humberto Ramos. It's nothing like any off the other Spidey artists. I absolutely hate Manga, which obviously is a huge influence on him, but for some reason his style grew on me & I like him now. (Still hate Manga). I met him once about 5 years ago. Super nice guy, very friendly. He's probably one of the only non-traditional style comic artists that I can stomach these days. He can certainly pack a lot of action into a single frame. He does like drawing big skinny feet though, & close ups on his characters usually have the huge, round eyes. From the list, Ditko is easily the most important, but Romita Sr & Andru were my personal favs. Not a fan of Marcos Martin & I really don't get how Erik Larsen got any votes. Taste is a funny thing. Ramos might not be a Spider-Man artist but was actually quite popular on Impulse for DC Comics before he did Spider-Man. Edited September 23, 2018 by ComicConnoisseur 1950's war comics and Not A Clone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not A Clone Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 1:20 PM, Get Marwood & I said: No it doesn't! Yes. I include the character 'Spider-Man' in this. Tied with Andru. Me too. There's good and bad Ramos. Good Ramos suits quirky Spidey stories. The last decent Spidey artist I saw was Ron 'Back in Black' Garney. Most since have been horrific. Stuart Immonen did the majority of the last couple of years. He was awesome. I guess he "retired" from comics after his last issue though. ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyAnime Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 My favorite artist is Todd McFarlane, that was just when I started reading comics and I love the creepy spider as it captures Spider-Man! Signature: mangafan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) If only Neal Adams had done a few issues of spider man in the silver or bronze age. He did a few avengers and Ex-Men-some spider man would have been epic. Edited September 25, 2018 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I was a fan of McFarlane at this time but looking at this image I can't imagine why. Just awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Roberts Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 10/11/2017 at 4:04 PM, Get Marwood & I Are Not Dead said: Good shout. Gil Kane should be on the list I think. No kidding. Gil Kane with Romita inks is the best ever. If you don’t believe it, check out issue 90. Unca Ben and Mystafo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Roberts Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 4:13 PM, ComicConnoisseur said: Ramos might not be a Spider-Man artist but was actually quite popular on Impulse for DC Comics before he did Spider-Man. Ramos completely blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Jerkfro said: I was a fan of McFarlane at this time but looking at this image I can't imagine why. Just awful A lot of those 1990s hairstyles didn't age well. Remember the mullet? lol. Edited September 26, 2018 by ComicConnoisseur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
