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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 13, 2014 5:23:12 GMT -5
Who is the comic book artist that you think drew the most books ? I'm thinking that big John Buscema must be up there cause of his speed.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Oct 13, 2014 6:25:52 GMT -5
All told, I'd put my money on Kirby. Buscema has to have the most Marvel pages when you factor in all the 100+ issue runs he had on Avengers, Conan, Savage Sword of Conan, etc.
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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 13, 2014 9:32:07 GMT -5
George Perez is one of the few artists to draw both the JLA AND Avengers.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 13, 2014 9:40:59 GMT -5
I've gotta think Joe Kubert is pretty high on the list, what with the seven decade career and all.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 13, 2014 9:46:15 GMT -5
Curt Swan has to be high on the list, too.
Cei-U!
I summon four decades of Superman art!
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 13, 2014 11:17:48 GMT -5
I think that Buscema might be close, he was the go to guy to do fill ins. I believe he was doing 2 or 3 books at a time in the 80's.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 13, 2014 11:51:23 GMT -5
I don't have a count but in my mind it has to be John Severin, the guy was a legend.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 13, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -5
Another to consider: Though never a superstar, Irv Novick worked almost continuously from the early Golden Age through the speculator boom. He was the lead artist for MLJs superhero line before enjoying a long tenure at DC comics, initially working on war titles with Robert Kanigher before transitioning back to superheroes. His work on the post-Adam West era Batman is well-remembered by fans for its gothic tone.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 11:54:59 GMT -5
Some of the Archie stable of artists had long prolific careers as well.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 13, 2014 12:23:17 GMT -5
Another to consider: Though never a superstar, Irv Novick worked almost continuously from the early Golden Age through the speculator boom. He was the lead artist for MLJs superhero line before enjoying a long tenure at DC comics, initially working on war titles with Robert Kanigher before transitioning back to superheroes. His work on the post-Adam West era Batman is well-remembered by fans for its gothic tone. Irv Novick bgets love from me for his Batman and Flash work. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 13, 2014 14:22:35 GMT -5
Some of the Archie stable of artists had long prolific careers as well. -M I wouldn't be at all surprised if Dan DeCarlo turned out more pages than Kirby or Buscema. Cei-U! I summon Josie and Sabrina's daddy! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 15:36:12 GMT -5
Some of the Archie stable of artists had long prolific careers as well. -M I wouldn't be at all surprised if Dan DeCarlo turned out more pages than Kirby or Buscema. Cei-U! I summon Josie and Sabrina's daddy! DeCarlo is definitely one of the guys I had in mind when I mentioned that. -M |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 13, 2014 16:45:14 GMT -5
Didn't Buscema leave the comic industry for close to a decade before returning to Marvel in the mid 60s. He went into advertising work if memory serves and that alone probably has him lose the title as most prolific.
Kirby was doing 3 to 4 pages a day, everyday, from the late 30s thru his demise. He only briefly left the field for the Skymasters comic strip in the late 50s and his animation work at the very end
Kubert didn't start until what?, the late stages of WWII and took about 2 years off for the Green Berets comic stripe
Novick and Severin are great choices for long spanning careers but they didn't produce an exceptionally high number of pages a day . Shelly Moldorff might have as many pages as those 2.
I'd guess Dan DeCarlo was probably the closest rivel to Kirby in number of pages
Infantino,Ditko and Barks be in the top ten as well. And I'm sure there's some manga artists that could very well be at the apex
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 17:31:40 GMT -5
Neal Adams is still around some 50ish years later...
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 13, 2014 17:49:54 GMT -5
Other longtime vets include Mort Meskin, Jack Davis, Dick Dillin, and Paul Reinman. None are up there with the likes of Kirby, but they churned out some serious pages
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