If there was a Mt. Rushmore for the comic hobby.. 1 1

[Ken Aldred]

5 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

Interesting change of image.

You’d suspect the presidency to be a closed shop, recruiting from within, and as a Brit it’s interesting to see what they’d look like, somewhat more disinhibited than usual, while attending a Masonic gathering.

Edited July 19, 2018 by Ken Aldred

[zzutak]

Four people who made significant contributions to the advancement of the hobby (not the art form)?  My vote would be (in no particular order):

• Steve Borock
• Ernst Gerber (author of the Photo Journals; as Dr. Lecter observed, "We begin by coveting what we see")
• Robert Overstreet
• William Sarill (the father of comic book restoration, for you young'uns out there)

[Robot Man]

13 hours ago, mr_highgrade said:

I would go with Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel, Bill Gaines and Jack Kirby. 

Lee and Gaines were my first thoughts. After that, a little stumped. Siegel is a logical choice but you can't leave out Shuster... Maybe Bob Kane but he was kind of a tool. Kirby is good although I'm more of a Carl Barks fan.

Tough choices...

[Ken Aldred]

10 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Maybe Bob Kane but he was kind of a tool

Shouldn’t be included.

Swipe artist who got lucky with having a more talented collaborator; Bill Finger, later Jerry Robinson.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2018 by Ken Aldred

[HENRYSPENCER]

Seigel/Shuster

Bob Kane

Stan Lee 

Jack Kirby

Edited July 19, 2018 by HENRYSPENCER

[HENRYSPENCER]

For the hobby...

 

Chuck Rozanski

Dave Anderson

Steve Geppi

Jon Verzyl

[shadroch]

1 hour ago, Ken Aldred said:

Shouldn’t be included.

Swipe artist who got lucky with having a more talented collaborator; Bill Finger, later Jerry Robinson.

 

 

At least he drew.

[Ken Aldred]

30 minutes ago, shadroch said:

At least he drew.

Not well enough for a place on Mount Olympus, or Rushmore, nor for the final look for Batman, which was Finger’s design.

[shadroch]

3 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said:

Not well enough for a place on Mount Olympus, or Rushmore, nor for the final look for Batman, which was Finger’s design.

[Aweandlorder]

Kirby, S Lee, Frazetta, W Eisner

[Harley Troy]

Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Frank Miller

[snitzer]

16 hours ago, revat said:

Weird way to pose the initial question?

the actual hobby? 

The first person to do bags and boards.

the first person to open a actual comic book shop

whoever invented CGC

F me. Bags and boards. ? 

[littlebull]

For real...Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane Bill Finger

[tv horror]

On the other hand.

 

[littlebull]

Yeah, but I would put Ditko over Lee.

[AJD]

A few nominations for Frank Miller here. Sure, he did some great stuff, but without Will Eisner there'd have been no Frank Miller.

[tv horror]

A few covers honouring Mt Rushmore.

 

[kav]

I picked Kirby and Swan for being prolific main face artists for the 2 major comic companies thru the GA SA BA and CA, then Lee and O Neil as the most influential writers of those companies.

[Black_Adam]

I'll throw in a vote for Bill Gaines. He didn't write or draw but I believe he helped plot a ton of stories, was the heart and soul of EC and fought tooth and nail against censorship in comics. He has to be at least as important as Teddy Roosevelt, right?

[oakman29]

2 hours ago, Aweandlorder said:

Kirby, S Lee, Frazetta, W Eisner

I like the cut of your jib.