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Post by Nowhere Man on May 25, 2016 2:16:55 GMT -5
It's hard for me to pinpoint, but I'm pretty sure it was John Byrne. I was gifted one of the early editions of The Dark Phoenix Saga around 1987/88 (along with Iron Man: Demon in the Bottle) and this was probably when I decided to get serious about following the then current titles. Around 1989 I got Byrne's Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus and that certainly hooked me. (Fast forward 25 years and I'm getting banned from his forum for calling him out on his lack of empathy for the Kirby family/Marvel agreement. Fun!)
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Post by Dizzy D on May 25, 2016 3:40:43 GMT -5
Not sure, probably Andre Franquin or Willy Vandersteen. Possibly Goscinny/Uderzo or Morris. My parents had a lot of European comics and those come to mind first.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on May 25, 2016 5:28:24 GMT -5
Easy one: Carl Barks! I got my mom's old swedish Donald Ducks comics from the mid 50ies and was instantly hooked by the long format adventures of Scrooge and co.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 25, 2016 5:42:35 GMT -5
It's hard for me to pinpoint, but I'm pretty sure it was John Byrne. I was gifted one of the early editions of The Dark Phoenix Saga around 1987/88 (along with Iron Man: Demon in the Bottle) and this was probably when I decided to get serious about following the then current titles. Around 1989 I got Byrne's Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus and that certainly hooked me. (Fast forward 25 years and I'm getting banned from his forum for calling him out on his lack of empathy for the Kirby family/Marvel agreement. Fun!) I'm not sure but I think that getting banned from his forum might be a badge of honor. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on May 25, 2016 6:48:29 GMT -5
While Ive read comics as far back as I can remember, they were all in one homogenous grouping, comics. Be they British weeklies, war comics, classics illustrated, MAD, or superheroes. However at about 13 or 14 I was assaulted by 2 artists in particular, George Perez on Avengers, and Dave Cockrum on Legion of Superheroes(Australian B+W reprints) and the rest is history. In hindsight you could also add John Buscema on Conan, Don Martin, and Frank Miller on Daredevil(I think I was there from his second issue as artist and read the %&*# out of that book)as artists who shaped my mind.
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 25, 2016 7:03:37 GMT -5
It's hard for me to pinpoint, but I'm pretty sure it was John Byrne. I was gifted one of the early editions of The Dark Phoenix Saga around 1987/88 (along with Iron Man: Demon in the Bottle) and this was probably when I decided to get serious about following the then current titles. Around 1989 I got Byrne's Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus and that certainly hooked me. (Fast forward 25 years and I'm getting banned from his forum for calling him out on his lack of empathy for the Kirby family/Marvel agreement. Fun!) I'm not sure but I think that getting banned from his forum might be a badge of honor. I'm in the same company as Mark Waid and Peter David. You're spot on.  |
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Post by MDG on May 25, 2016 10:49:42 GMT -5
Well, initially, Superman and Batman got me into comics. But as far as a creator who got me interested in thinking about behind the scenes, probably Robert Crumb and Jack Davis, at around the same time.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 10:54:49 GMT -5
Steve Englehart and Dick Dillin on Justice League of America, Bob Rozakis and the rotating artists on Teen Titans in the 70s. My first comics were JLA 149 and 150, Batman Family 16, and Teen Titans 48. From there, I was hooked!
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Post by dbutler69 on May 25, 2016 12:55:08 GMT -5
I think it would probably be George Perez, though Paul Levitz can take some of the blame, too.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 25, 2016 14:08:46 GMT -5
In the beginning I paid no attention to the credits. Re-reading my collection at age 13, I realized that I could recognize the styles of various artists. Since my collection was mostly Marvel then, I guess the answer is Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.
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Post by JKCarrier on May 26, 2016 0:02:58 GMT -5
Probably Steve Englehart. Two of the earliest comics I can remember buying were Captain America #153 and Avengers #105, and they both just knocked my socks off.
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Post by berkley on May 26, 2016 1:42:23 GMT -5
It's hard to say for sure since I would have been so young, but probably Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, since their FF are the earliest comics I remember being really captivated by, even though I didn't really pay attention to writers and artists at that age.
I can be more definite as to the creators who got me back into comics at the age of 13 after a few years of having given them up for the most part: Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner. I can even pin it down to a specific issue, Doctor Strange #4, which blew me away so much I started buying comics again after reading it.
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Post by dupersuper on May 26, 2016 3:51:09 GMT -5
Beats me. Like Star Trek and Star Wars, I don't remember a time when comics weren't a part of my life.
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simayl
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Post by simayl on May 29, 2016 6:06:07 GMT -5
Herb Trimpe's Hulk
Jim Starlin's Captain Marvel
Don McGregor and P Craig Russell's Killraven
Steve Englehart's Captain America
Dave Cockrum's Legion of Super-Heroes
Bob Haney and Jim Aparo's Brave and Bold
Roy Thomas's Avengers
Roy Thomas and John Buscema's Conan the Barbarian
Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's Tomb of Dracula
Len Wein and Dick Dillin's Justice League of America
Steve Gerber and then Steve Englehart's Defenders
the list goes on...
What can I say I'm a Bronze Ager!
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Post by Icctrombone on May 29, 2016 6:52:34 GMT -5
Welcome to CCF, simayl ! Nice list of artists. Those were the days.
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