A few of my fav's (and that have had a major impact on the industry):

NEAL ADAMS--If I had to choose just one, it'd be Neal.IHis heroes looked like the Gods they were meant to represent.
STEVE DITKO---here's a cat who applied Aristotle's principals to his craft.'nuff said.
BERNI WRIGHTSON--his early stuff fromthe 70's holds an emotional resonance that just stays with you.
FRANK MILLER--early stuff up to DKR.Sin City stuff too.But he lost it with 300 and DKSA
MARSHALL ROGERS--draws the definitive Batman
MIKE ZECK--there's almost a Zen simplicity to his work--very few lines but such range of emotion--- the dude is highly underrated
DAVE GIBBONS--his work on Watchmen is undisputed.
PAUL GULACY--used Bruce Lee pics for reference and made it work.
GIL KANE---every bit as innovative as Kirby and Adams---and was responsible for a major new direction and how the artform was looked upon.Gorgeous, breathtaking stuff.
DAVID MAZZUCHELLI--his work is so cinematic ,that u actually come out feeling you've been watching a movie.Outstanding.

Who are your favs?

rumiko takahashi

reed waller

r. crumb

lynda barry

milo manara

anything by



Garth Ennis

Allan Morre

Frank Miller

David Latham

Hideshi Hino

Peter Bagge


fer starters



r. crumb as a rule

bill sienkiewicz, circa "new mutants" and "elektra assassin". shit was like reading an acid trip.



i dig daniel clowes, too - and chris ware is pretty freakin phenomenal.

Anxiety said:

Yeah that's when sienkiewicz really came into his own as an artist.back when he was doing Moon Knight he was just an Adams clone.
[This message was edited Mon Jul 12 12:31:50 2004 by silentflute]

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

what did lynda barry do?

silentflute said:

she does stuff like this.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

But, Handsclaps... Isn't he... a "porn-artist"?

silentflute said:

Neal's late sixties/early seventies stuff is just amazing.

Ditko is a groundbreaking artist, without whom there would have been no Frank Miller.

As for Frank, I think he's a great artistst, but I'm not into his non-Marvel work. I tried Sin City, but that kinda story just ain't my scene.

Paul's Master Of Kung Fu is classic. He's still doing good stuff, currently on Catwoman. His art style seems to have stagnated, but it hasn't devolved like, say John Byrne's.

David did some AWESOME art on Daredevil and Batman: Year One. His men are sexy.

Besides them, I love:

Barry Windsor-Smith : His late eighties/early nineties Marvel, Valiant and Image stuff was spectacular.

Jim Steranko : Like Neal Adams, an artist doing some groundbreaking, innovative stuff in the late sixties.

Jack Kirby : Like Steve Ditko, BUT very dependant on who's inking.

Jim Starlin : His seventies stuff is just amazing.

John Byrne : His seventies and eighties stuff is just uncanny!

George Pérez : He still has what it takes.

Phil Jimenez : A really good artist.

Paul Smith : He did some inspired work in the eighties.

Steve Epting, Lee Weeks and John Romita, Jr. Three guys who are just really good at their craft.

Jim Lee : He slacked off a bit in the late nineties, but have you seen his Superman?

Cynthia Martin Her mid-late eighties stuff at Marvel and DC...

Bill Sienkiewicz His Moon Knight and New Mutants stuff...

I probably forgot someone...

Oh, right...

Alan Davis :

Carlos Pacheco and Bryan Hitch : I just LOVE that slick look these two otherwise different artist have in common. Their men are sexy.

Leinil Francis Yu : Although I think he slacked a bit on Superman: Birthright

Keith Giffen : His late seventies AND early ninities stuff was very good, even though vastly different.
[This message was edited Mon Jul 12 13:22:12 2004 by scififilmnerd]

scififilmnerd said:

LOL!!yeah there's alwys some forgotten.

I've got a lot of respect for Kirby --he's one of the founding father,but...I've never really dug his art (yeah I know folks are gonna lose their mind)

Byrne's stuff has always been hit or miss for me.Loved his stint on the HULK though.

George Perez is cool,but his stuff was a little too bland for me.

Now Jose Luis Garcia Lopez--that's someone i forgot to mention.

I'm not too into anything post 1988.
Hated Mcfarlane and Rob Liefield.I do like some of Jim Lee's stuff though.Also Tim Sale--loved SPIDER-MAN :BLUE.

scififilmnerd said:

keith stuff was cool--way out there--loved it.

POOK said:

what about Romita sr pook?

scififilmnerd said:

in some sense, yes, but i really love his style.

silentflute said:

IT GOOD TOO!

BUT CLASSIC GOOD

POOK LIKE JUNIOR WORK ON PUNISHER WAR ZONE!

HE MAKE WAR WITH BIG GUN!

ALSO HE DRAW SPIDEY NICE

REALLY SMALL WEB

IT LIKE ANTI MCFARLANE

rob liefeld almost single handedly destroyed the art


his inability to draw a foot is still on full display


they actually . . .

pay him for that scratch

shausler said:

THAT HIS VERSION OF SHADING

MILLION LINE FOR NO REASON!

ALSO EVERY FEMALE CHARACTER LOOK LIKE SKINNY ROB WITH BOOBS

THEN FADE SHADOW FOOT

REAL POINTY LIKE MARC SILVESTRI WOLVERINE

POOK said:

Pook you are one in a million.

silentflute said:

He came into his own under Miller. As did Klaus Janson (sp?). Mazzuchelli was pretty humdrum until then, but yeah he got real good.

Sienkiwicz was great in Elektra and The New Mutants when he had that gig.

What about John Totleben?

2the9s said:

Hmmm-i've only seen his work on Swamp thing.Definitly unique--but not a fav of mine.What else has he done?

Re: Mazzuchelli--agree with uo a 110%.Miller definitly inspired him to a new plateau.

silentflute said:

I was mainly thinking of his work on SwampThing. That one with the blue planet, and the one where he was raped by the planet. I think they were both him.

Hey! Were you and Cakes at the show last night?!

In no particular order...here's my favs...of all time.

Jack Kirby
Joe Kubert
Arthur Adams
Frank Miller
Todd McFarlane
Joe Quesada
John Buscema
Alex Ross
John Romita Jr.
Jim Lee
Joe Madureira
Stéphane Roux
Pat Lee
David Nakayama
J. Scott Campbell
Travis Charest
Michael Turner
Bret Booth

2the9s said:

Nah bro--we're not into the big venues.we'll probably check out one of the aftershows though.U?

silentflute said:

Oh yeah.. never know who we would bump into at those aftershows.. some old friends.. right? Woudln't want them to think i may threaten them again.. LOL!
[This message was edited Tue Jul 13 13:30:39 2004 by BabyCakes]

BabyCakes said:

silentflute said:

yea, woudlnt' want to have you stick up for anyone again and go crying to big poppa!
[This message was edited Tue Jul 13 13:35:49 2004 by BabyCakes]

BabyCakes said:

only person I'd ever stick up for is you doll.