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Post by MDG on May 20, 2015 10:26:07 GMT -5
I can't ever think of Dave Berg without thinking of National Lampoons devastatingly spot-om MAD parody I can't describe it and do it justice, but if you've ever read it, you know EXACTLY what I'm referring to. Cei-U! I summon the cryptic comment! |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 20, 2015 10:29:05 GMT -5
That's the one, Marty!
Cei-U!
I summon the bull's-eye!
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Post by MDG on May 20, 2015 10:31:10 GMT -5
I think Johnny Craig is my favorite EC artist for the work he did at EC. And that may be that he didn't do many comics after that (and no, I don't count Iron Man).
Krigstein's a close second.
Davis and Kurtzman are probably two of my favorite artists of all time, but for stuff that did later/outside of comics. And I think Wood and Williamson did their best work later as well.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 20, 2015 10:41:33 GMT -5
Davis and Kurtzman are probably two of my favorite artists of all time, but for stuff that did later/outside of comics. And I think Wood and Williamson did their best work later as well. Although I love a lot of Woody's later work, I'm not sure he topped his work on Mad. In particular "The Mad Comic Opera" is probably my favorite work of his.  Al Williamson I agree. Secret Agent Corrigan is beautiful. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 20, 2015 12:48:06 GMT -5
I certainly couldn't question anyone's taste for picking any of the EC artists as a favorite. What other company could I say that for?
Personally I'd pick Wally Wood as my #1 followed by about a dozen others as #2
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Post by MDG on May 20, 2015 13:11:16 GMT -5
Davis and Kurtzman are probably two of my favorite artists of all time, but for stuff that did later/outside of comics. And I think Wood and Williamson did their best work later as well. Although I love a lot of Woody's later work, I'm not sure he topped his work on Mad. In particular "The Mad Comic Opera" is probably my favorite work of his. Al Williamson I agree. Secret Agent Corrigan is beautiful. Oh, yeah--I think Wood's work for Feldstein's MAD is his best work--I just don't consider it "EC." Corrigan is very good, but sometimes it seems too dependent on photo references. My favorite is his stuff for Warren and the King Flash Gordons in the 60s though he did very nice work into the 80s-90s. Hated that he became a "utility inker" later on--a waste of a great artist. |
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Post by fanboystranger on May 20, 2015 13:45:44 GMT -5
. Hated that he became a "utility inker" later on--a waste of a great artist. He did elevate John Romita, Jr's art, though. JRJr's stuff never looked better than when he was inked by Williamson.
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Post by MDG on May 20, 2015 14:15:42 GMT -5
. Hated that he became a "utility inker" later on--a waste of a great artist. He did elevate John Romita, Jr's art, though. JRJr's stuff never looked better than when he was inked by Williamson.
Most of his work from this time is very good, but... Interesting that he always autographed these pages " Inks by Al Williamson." I had a couple (since sold) signed the same way. |
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Post by fanboystranger on May 20, 2015 21:50:55 GMT -5
He did elevate John Romita, Jr's art, though. JRJr's stuff never looked better than when he was inked by Williamson.
Most of his work from this time is very good, but... Interesting that he always autographed these pages " Inks by Al Williamson." I had a couple (since sold) signed the same way. I think that's not just because of Johnny's respect for Al's work, but also because he was regarded like a king by that generation of artists. Even in the '90s, Williamson was still going to NYC (he moved to Northeastern PA at some point), and according to some accounts, it was an event whenever he stopped by. Joe Quesada, in particular, was one of his favorites-- he'd call him Jose and hang at the bar with him. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 20, 2015 23:19:15 GMT -5
Will Elder
All my favorite MAD strips are Elder. Klatchandhammer Kids. Ping Pong. Frank N. Stein. The two Sherlock Holmes parodies. (Which I sometimes read out loud with my best imitation of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. "Wrong again, Whatsit!")
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Post by berkley on May 21, 2015 0:22:21 GMT -5
Davis and Kurtzman are probably two of my favorite artists of all time, but for stuff that did later/outside of comics. And I think Wood and Williamson did their best work later as well. Although I love a lot of Woody's later work, I'm not sure he topped his work on Mad. In particular "The Mad Comic Opera" is probably my favorite work of his. ... Al Williamson I agree. Secret Agent Corrigan is beautiful. Certainly Wood's post-EC art became much less detailed, for the most part. I think it's a total travesty that Williamson had to work as an inker rather than drawing his own stuff. No disrespect intended towards inkers by that - probably the majority of my favourite comic book artwork has been enhanced by the work of inkers who weren't also the pencillers on any given comic - but Williamson was a master who should have been commanding top dollar for his expertise as a penciller. To me, every minute he spent inking someone else's artwork was a minute he could have spent drawing his own stuff, and therefore an irremediable loss. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 21, 2015 10:50:22 GMT -5
One of the dissapointing things about EC is that they had a great talent pool but I never really thought the format of their stories was a great showcase for artists. All those tiny little panels and walls of text didn't give the art much room to breathe.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 21, 2015 10:56:54 GMT -5
One of the dissapointing things about EC is that they had a great talent pool but I never really thought the format of their stories was a great showcase for artists. All those tiny little panels and walls of text didn't give the art much room to breathe. I absolutely agree with this. The sheer volume of word balloons in most EC stories was overwhelming. Having that group of artists work on those stories, but with a freer hand to let the art carry more of the storytelling weight would have been amazing. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 11:06:27 GMT -5
One of the dissapointing things about EC is that they had a great talent pool but I never really thought the format of their stories was a great showcase for artists. All those tiny little panels and walls of text didn't give the art much room to breathe. Wasn't that just kind of the style of the day though? |
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Post by MDG on May 21, 2015 12:13:06 GMT -5
One of the dissapointing things about EC is that they had a great talent pool but I never really thought the format of their stories was a great showcase for artists. All those tiny little panels and walls of text didn't give the art much room to breathe. Wasn't that just kind of the style of the day though? Pretty much, but since they got pre-lettered pages from Feldstein and mandatory layouts from Kurtzman, they were kind've locked into page design. (You can kind've understand why Toth didn't do much work there.) |
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