m2ak1 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1. Alex Raymond 2. Herge 3. Matt Baker 4.Jack Kirby 5.Sy Barry 6.John Buscema 7.Neal Adams 8.Wally Wood 9.Russ Manning 10.Bill Sienkiewicz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) For comic books only, and not comic strips: Jack Kirby Steve Ditko Neal Adams Barry Smith Bernie Wrightson Jim Steranko Robert Crumb LB Cole Johnny Craig Frank Miller Edited January 13, 2019 by namisgr The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Carl Barks Wally Wood Russ Heath Mark Schultz Richard "Spoon" Sprang Hal Foster Matt Baker Dan DeCarlo Jack Kirby Steve Ditko Decided to add an eleventh - the great Spanish artist, Jose Gonzalez. Edited January 14, 2019 by BitterOldMan Added Jose Gonzalez The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Favorites? Kirby Ditko Mignola Crumb Simonson Kurtzman Toth Sal Buscema Jack Davis Foster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan78 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Wrightson Baker Frazetta Wood LB Cole Neal Adams Schomburg Feldstein Johnny Craig Kaluta Sent from my iPhone ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Jack Kirby Jim Starlin Bernie Wrightson John Byrne Frank Miller Walt Simonson John Buscema Carl Barks Will Eisner Joe Kubert Honerable mention Neal Adams Steranko Harvey Kurtzman Kaluta Barry Smith Dave Cockrum George Perez Paul Gulacy Michael Golden Marshall Rogers 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff R. Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 In no particular order... Jack Kirby Steve Ditko John Romita Sr. Alex Schomburg Bob Montana Dan DeCarlo Stan Goldberg Matt Baker Curt Swan Adam Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newshane Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 In alphabetical order: Neal Adams Matt Baker Frank Frazetta Graham Ingles Todd McFarlane Moebius Alex Schomburg Bill Sienkiewicz Wally Wood Bernie Wrightston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Harry Lucey Bob Fujitani Carl Barks Walt Kelly Samm Schwartz Matt Baker Wally Wood Steve Ditko Dan DeCarlo Al Feldstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 hours ago, 1950's war comics said: 1.Kirby 2.* 3.* 4. Romita 5.* 6.* 7.* 8.* 9.* 10.* * nonexistent I would have thought Kubert would be in your list. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Cichlid Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) I couldn't give my top 10 without giving the runs that I associate with them so here it goes: 1. Arthur Adams- His copper age covers: He wasn't the best interior artist when it came to flow or storytelling, but his covers were unbeatable and he is the epitome of quality over quantity. 2. Steve Ditko- ASM 1-38: There was never a better fit for somebody than those early ASM issues. He was as much style as substance and he was a master of flow and story telling as well. You could just look at the pictures and not read the words and still know what was going on. 3. John Byrne / Terry Austin X-Men 108-143: I couldn't put Byrne w/o Austin. There is not an objectively better combo in existence that lasted this long. There was simply no way to improve upon the work these two did. 4. Mike Zeck- Punisher mini-series and Captain America: The Punisher mini in particular is, I think, the finest thing that involves the Punisher. It defined the character and showed that he could carry his own series. Zeck's artwork was forever attached to this in my mind. 5. Barry Smith- Conan 1-24: A lot of What I said about Ditko ASM applies here. Such a great fit and a perfect balance of style and substance. 6. Jim Lee- Uncanny X-Men 256-277 and PWJ 6-13: I thought he was the best of the "rockstar" lineup Marvel had at that time. These were also some of the first issues I saw on the newstand as a kid. To this day nobody has drawn a better Punisher or Wolverine. 7. Todd McFarlane - Hulk 340-345 and ASM 298-328: Nothing I can say here that hasn't been said already. I must add that IMO he fell off starting with Spiderman series. 8: Paul Smith Uncanny X-Men 165-175: Classy looking work and associated with some of the best stories in X-Men history. Didn't last long enough however. 9. Frank Miller/Klaus Janson- Daredevil 168-184: Perfectly balanced and each page had it's desired impact. Like Byrne and Austin these two just worked well together. I must say that anything after TDKR I am not a fan of. 10. Jack Kirby- Any Marvel prior to 1966. I love Kirby's pre-hero Marvel's and I love how his early super-hero stuff still has that pre-hero Marvel feel. Something had changed by the later FF issues. While still very good, they just lack the mystique of his early Marvel work. Honorable Mentions: Erik Larsen ASM 329-350 (I am probably alone on this.) JRJR- Daredevil 250-285 or so. Ron Lim's late copper Captain America and Silver Surfer stuff. John Buscema Wolverine 1-16 (I am probably alone on this as well) Marc Silvestri (Uncanny X-men 221-255) Rob Liefield- New Mutants 86-100. His stuff starting with X-Force became hard to look at, kind of like McFarlane on the Spiderman self titled series. Neal Adams DC stuff. Kaluta House of Mystery covers. Romita SR ASM Wally Wood Daredevil Dave Cockrum Uncanny X-Men I could go on but I've said too much already. Edited January 13, 2019 by Von Cichlid piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 hours ago, PopKulture said: How does Neal Adams NOT make everyone's list?? I guess because it specifically asks "favorite" instead of "greatest," but I'm still curious why at a glance half the respondents left him off. I know he's done some things at cons that irk people that wait in line to see him, but surely he is one of the most organic and skilled artists to ever grace the medium... I agree. If it was my favorite Batman artist , Neal Adams would b3 at the top of my list. The first thing that I would ever think of as far as artists period would be Frazetta and Wrightson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan78 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Jonathan78 said: Wrightson Baker Frazetta Wood LB Cole Neal Adams Schomburg Feldstein Johnny Craig Kaluta Sent from my iPhone If I get honorable mentions: Ploog, Brunner, McFarlane, Ingles, BWS, Sterenko, Walt Kelly, Barks, Biro, Zeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Great lists so far...here's mine in no particular order: Frazetta Steranko Wood Kirby Ditko Heath Williamson Adams Corben Wrightson and an honorable mention goes to Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, Bill Everett, Barry Windsor-Smith, Mike Ploog, Frank Brunner, Ralph Reese, John Romita, Tom Sutton, Alfredo Alcala and John Severin... Edited January 13, 2019 by The Lions Den Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, oakman29 said: I would have thought Kubert would be in your list. list was just for laughs ... i like everyone actually !! (except for liefeld) piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: list was just for laughs ... i like everyone actually !! (except for liefeld) I hear that! I really have like 20 or more favs, just couldnt fit em all. I mean who doesn't love Steranko, Joe Kubert, Neal Adams, Gene Colan. I could list more but you guys all know who they are. The Lions Den and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I considered doing a “no-love” list with just artists who had not been named! So many great creators in this hobby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slym2none Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 One of my faves that is rarely on any list: Anthony Castrillo. Say what you want about the man, his art was superb. -slym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: I considered doing a “no-love” list with just artists who had not been named! So many great creators in this hobby! ...and nothing’s stopping me, so... Mort Meskin George Tuska Wil Elder Basil Wolverton Joe Simon Joe Sinnott Evan Dorkin Marie Severin Ross Andru Krigstein Edited January 13, 2019 by KirbyJack Al was listed slym2none and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I'm with others here, favorite and most accomplished aren't always the same thing. The first ten favorites that come to mind follow, though there are probably others I could swap out depending on mood. Dan Clowes Robert Crumb Kim Dietch Herge Jack Kirby Thomas Ott Sean Phillips Eduardo Risso Alex Schomburg Alex Toth F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...