MicShazam

This is specifically about the drawings and the colouring. Not the writing.

Who are your favorite artists within any area the comic book medium? Show some panels and tell us what about it appeals to you.

I'll post some myself later, but I'm trying to get my scanner working so I can grab something to show directly from my comic book shelves.

Trollheart

I've always been a big fan of Kevin O'Neill's work on 2000AD, especially on Nemesis the Warlock. He's just so the opposite of organic: everything he draws has sharp edges and angles. You can imagine he's actually a robot.

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MicShazam

I definitely see those sharp edges and angles. It's a very exaggerated way that the characters move and pose.

When I think robotic exactness, I first and foremost think of Roger Leloup's Yoko Tsuno comics. I believe he was an architecht and you see that in the way he illustrates machinery and buildings. His characters have a stiffness about them, but I liked his work a lot despite that.




No idea how well known Yoko Tsuno is outside of Europe. I grew up with these.

The Batlord

I honestly haven't gotten to the point where I'm following artists. Most of the time it's either a series I'm checking out or a writer. That said some of my favorite art was from Batman comics since he really lends himself to comic book art.

Neal Adams kind of blew my mind when I started reading his Batman stuff from the 70s. Gone was the camp of the 60s Batman show, replaced by a moody, noirish style full of detail and negative space. Basically this was where Batman entered the modern age, and every iteration of him since has been heavily informed by Neal Adams' style.





Tim Sale is another artist I found through Batman, specifically the Long Halloween graphic novel, which was the second Batman story I ever read. I've never seen another artist like him tbh. The linework, the colors, the overall approach to drawing a superhero comic. It's just so lush and beautiful to look at.

And hella props to his work on Spider-Man Blue as well.

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Trollheart

The thing about O'Neill is that his art fits the world of Termight (where Nemesis is set: spoiler, it's later revealed to be Earth, wow big surprise!) where everything is harsh and tough and seems mechanised to the max. I of course also (ahem) enjoy Frank Frazetta's work...

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The Batlord

@MicShazam - I don't know about the rest of the world, but in America if it's not a superhero comic then just assume we don't know about it.

I hadn't read your posts before I posted mine so for a second I thought we'd both name dropped the same guy.

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MicShazam

I especially like the first picture in your post. It has a very Will Eisner kind of quality to it, and I just love the way he did urban settings in his Spirit comics.

It looks pretty old to me. 60's?

I like Frazetta too. I'm also a fan of Frank Thorne's work, but most of it is entirely too NSFW for this place.

The Batlord

Will Eisner's another guy who's been on my shortlist for a long time, but I've just not gotten to him yet. The Spirit and A Contract with God will have to be checked out before the year is out.

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MicShazam

It's been years, but I used to read a lot of his Spirit comics. They're pretty funny and have some incredible title page illustrations at times.



I also liked how the stories didn't always follow Spirit himself as a main character. Sometimes they would be these little short stories about various other people of the city.

Trollheart

Literally, the 80s: 1980-1989.
Very true, especially his "warrior women" type ones. And let's not forget our man Vajello....

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