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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 3, 2014 12:21:58 GMT -5
My #1 favorite artist would be Wally Wood. Probably it was his work in the early Mad magazines I saw first via the paperback reprints. Then his work on the early Daredevil stories and of course Thunder Agents. When I finally saw his EC work I was blown away.He was a master of just about any genre. His machinery rivaled Kirby,his women rivaled Matt Baker.His heroes exuded both strength and grace.His humour art was damn funny.Did he have a weak spot? Not in his art that I can see,only in his personel habits that led to his tragic end
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 12:23:12 GMT -5
My absolute favorites, of course, are John Severin, Marie Severin & Russ Heath. Also very, very high on my list are Nick Cardy, Curt Swan, Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Kurt Schaffenberger, Murphy Anderson, Basil Wolverton, Gene Colan, Tom Sutton, Pat Boyette, Ramona Fradon & of course loads of others. Post-Silver Age, I share Slam's esteem for Don Newton. Also way up there for me are Mike Zeck, Val Mayerik, John Byrne (through the '70s, at least), Keith Giffen (back during his Kirby klone era), Gene Day & I'm sure lots more who aren't coming to mind at the moment. No love for Buscema?
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 12:26:38 GMT -5
My absolute favorites, of course, are John Severin, Marie Severin & Russ Heath. Also very, very high on my list are Nick Cardy, Curt Swan, Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Kurt Schaffenberger, Murphy Anderson, Basil Wolverton, Gene Colan, Tom Sutton, Pat Boyette, Ramona Fradon & of course loads of others. Post-Silver Age, I share Slam's esteem for Don Newton. Also way up there for me are Mike Zeck, Val Mayerik, John Byrne (through the '70s, at least), Keith Giffen (back during his Kirby klone era), Gene Day & I'm sure lots more who aren't coming to mind at the moment. A hearty "Heck, yeah!" to everything you said.
But I wanted to single out Kurt Schaffenberger, who doesn't get nearly enough exposure. His work on Lois Lane, especially. I would never have thought of reading Lois Lane when I was a kid, and I never had an issue of Lois Lane until two years ago. But I picked up a few issues cheap on eBay and I now think Lois Lane is one of the most amazing comic books ever. Largely because of Schaffenberger but also because of the totally insane stories.
(And mentioning Lois Lane reminds me of the Rose and Thorn backup and I realize nobody has mentioned Dick Giordano!)
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 12:28:42 GMT -5
And let's not forget Frank Robbins!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 12:32:40 GMT -5
I think highly of him as well, but my appreciation for his work is more inker-dependent than that of the artists I listed. Assuming you mean John, though as it happens that's true of Sal as well. Which has nothing to do with the immense talent involved, of course.
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Post by Jesse on May 3, 2014 12:57:03 GMT -5
I know he did a lot of amazing work for EC but the one that I always think of when Bernard Krigstein's name is mentioned is the parody of Bringing Up Father in one of the comic book issues of MAD. It is brutal, examining the real-life consequences of the domestic violence depicted in the funnies. When Maggie hits Jiggs with a rolling pin, it's really not a laughing matter. I don't think I've ever read that but I would love to see a scan.
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Post by thebeastofyuccaflats on May 3, 2014 13:40:11 GMT -5
I don't actually wade in the older waters much, but I have enough to appreciate the following folks: King Kirby, Gil Kane, John Severin, Steranko, Joe Orlando, Dick Giordano, Joe Kubert, Kurt Schaffenberger (keep meaning to get around to that bio Twomorrows did of him one day).
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 14:10:04 GMT -5
I know he did a lot of amazing work for EC but the one that I always think of when Bernard Krigstein's name is mentioned is the parody of Bringing Up Father in one of the comic book issues of MAD. It is brutal, examining the real-life consequences of the domestic violence depicted in the funnies. When Maggie hits Jiggs with a rolling pin, it's really not a laughing matter. I don't think I've ever read that but I would love to see a scan. I don't have a scan but the whole story is online here.
You'll have to scroll down, past some other Krigstein stuff (including the MAD version of From Here to Eternity), down to MAD #17.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 14:50:21 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever read that but I would love to see a scan. I don't have a scan but the whole story is online here.
You'll have to scroll down, past some other Krigstein stuff (including the MAD version of From Here to Eternity), down to MAD #17.
Color stories in MAD! I didn't know those existed back then. They sure didn't when I was a kid.
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Post by Jesse on May 3, 2014 14:53:54 GMT -5
I don't have a scan but the whole story is online here.
You'll have to scroll down, past some other Krigstein stuff (including the MAD version of From Here to Eternity), down to MAD #17.
Wow that was brilliant thanks.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 15:06:35 GMT -5
Of course, my favorite story from the old MAD comic book is The Klatchandhammer Kids, with art by Bill Elder. I'll see if I can find a link to that.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 3, 2014 15:07:48 GMT -5
I don't have a scan but the whole story is online here.
You'll have to scroll down, past some other Krigstein stuff (including the MAD version of From Here to Eternity), down to MAD #17.
Wow that was brilliant thanks. Mad was a standard comic for the first 23 issues. Gaines switched to magazine format to avoid the Comic Code.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on May 3, 2014 16:32:06 GMT -5
Good choice. Hal Foster never gets enough credit for his influence on sequential art. Very consistent artist. I wonder how in the world he was able to get reference for a lot of the images he drew for Prince Valiant. Especially from certain angles.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 16:51:01 GMT -5
I never saw how Unbelievable Hal Foster was until your post. Wow!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 16:54:08 GMT -5
Same. I've heard of Prince Valiant but thought it was something else. That looks amazing.
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