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Post by rberman on Jan 27, 2018 18:48:33 GMT -5
Ross and Sienkiewicz.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 27, 2018 18:56:03 GMT -5
Can't believe he wasn't among the choices on the list or that anyone had picked him, but the first one that came to mind was John Byrne. I'm really going to have to think on this one. I only regret not including Kubert among the choices, I missed it with that. As for the others mentioned that I left off- I made the choice to not list artists that drew the very book that they were working on. So Aparo doesn't make the cut because he wasn't really used much to sell other books with his cover art. IMHO , I don't think Cooke qualifies because he didn't draw enough covers of different books. My thinking was that it had to be an artist used specifically to sell the book based on the cover drawing. Cardy and Neal Adams sold many a subpar book with their cover art without contributing to the interiors. There was a period where Starlin wrote Stormwwatch and drew the covers and I bought them just for the covers alone. The inside was dreck. Edit* Some great cover artists were before my time so I missed them too. |
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Post by kirby101 on Jan 27, 2018 20:42:48 GMT -5
I love so many of these artists.
Picking one I'm going with Steranko.
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Post by berkley on Jan 27, 2018 21:33:12 GMT -5
I voted Steranko and "Other", and I'm making Frank Brunner my second choice:
There are other artists who have done more great covers but they've also produced more duds, so it's Brunner's consistency that makes me go with him along with Steranko. By the same token, I could have picked Bernie Wrightson or perhaps Barry Windsor-Smith.
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Post by MDG on Jan 27, 2018 21:41:37 GMT -5
Just saw that you can pick two, so went with "other" for Infantino
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Post by kirby101 on Jan 27, 2018 22:24:36 GMT -5
Barry Smith is in the running for my #2.
Of course always up for consideration, one Jacob Kurtzberg.
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 27, 2018 22:36:09 GMT -5
Can't believe he wasn't among the choices on the list or that anyone had picked him, but the first one that came to mind was John Byrne. I'm really going to have to think on this one. I only regret not including Kubert among the choices, I missed it with that. As for the others mentioned that I left off- I made the choice to not list artists that drew the very book that they were working on. So Aparo doesn't make the cut because he wasn't really used much to sell other books with his cover art. IMHO , I don't think Cooke qualifies because he didn't draw enough covers of different books. My thinking was that it had to be an artist used specifically to sell the book based on the cover drawing. Cardy and Neal Adams sold many a subpar book with their cover art without contributing to the interiors. There was a period where Starlin wrote Stormwwatch and drew the covers and I bought them just for the covers alone. The inside was dreck. Edit* Some great cover artists were before my time so I missed them too. Oh ok I get it now You mean cover artist with a great cover and not doing the interiors Gotta think on this |
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Post by berkley on Jan 27, 2018 22:54:06 GMT -5
I only regret not including Kubert among the choices, I missed it with that. As for the others mentioned that I left off- I made the choice to not list artists that drew the very book that they were working on. So Aparo doesn't make the cut because he wasn't really used much to sell other books with his cover art. IMHO , I don't think Cooke qualifies because he didn't draw enough covers of different books. My thinking was that it had to be an artist used specifically to sell the book based on the cover drawing. Cardy and Neal Adams sold many a subpar book with their cover art without contributing to the interiors. There was a period where Starlin wrote Stormwwatch and drew the covers and I bought them just for the covers alone. The inside was dreck. Edit* Some great cover artists were before my time so I missed them too. Oh ok I get it now You mean cover artist with a great cover and not doing the interiors Always a double-edged sword, for me, with the interior art being a disappointment compared to the cover. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 28, 2018 0:00:36 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 0:07:31 GMT -5
Considering we can do 2 and my first was other, I sued my second to cast a vote for my wife, she chose Alex Ross, who is among her favorite artists.
Among the other category I would also include Frazetta who had a lot of covers for Warren books, but rarely did interiors. He is bar none my favorite cover artist when it comes to paperbacks though, which he did more of than comics, but his covers for Creepy and/or Eerie for Warren would put him on the lis t of comic cover artists for me.
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Post by sacorn on Jan 28, 2018 2:44:27 GMT -5
Hmm, still thinking on this as there's so many greats already on the list, but the first to come to find for me is Glenn Fabry.
Will add my 2nd soon.
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 28, 2018 4:02:16 GMT -5
The more I think of it, gotta go with Alex Ross
Second place would probably go to Bill Sienkiewicz
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 28, 2018 12:44:15 GMT -5
Such a hard poll to complete! I went with Steranko because for me everything he did was great. I also love Kubert, Adams and Cardy but I feel they had some ho hum work from time to time. Steranko in my opinion did not do enough but maybe that is why his work stands out so much now. He didn't get overused.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 13:23:14 GMT -5
If Alex Ross did a Justice League of America and his first cover is similar to this picture and had a run of 100 or more comics ... i.e Grant (127 Comics) Morrison and had an excellent writer and all ... he would be my Number One Artist for the JLA.  Absolutely Breathtaking ... |
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Post by rberman on Jan 28, 2018 13:28:22 GMT -5
If Alex Ross did a Justice League of America and his first cover is similar to this picture and had a run of 100 or more comics ... i.e Grant (127 Comics) Morrison and had an excellent writer and all ... he would be my Number One Artist for the JLA. Did you like his Justice maxi? (I did.) |
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