21 Artist Who Changed Mainstream Comics (for better or worse)
source: http://www.avclub.com/articles/reinventing-the-pencil-21-artists-who-changed-main,30528/
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1. Jack Kirby
Simply put, no artist had more of an influence on American comics this century than Jack Kirby. The former Jacob Kurtzberg was a restless self-improver, a workaholic, and a veteran idea man who created an art style that was highly distinctive and a massive influence on the rest of the industry. It’s easy to forget that by the time he and Stan Lee transformed Marvel Comics into a culture-shifting powerhouse, he’d already been in the business for more than 25 years. Though Kirby is rightly remembered for the miracles he worked in superhero comics, with his exciting fight-staging, efficient storytelling, cosmic scope, and love of crackling energy and unthinkable technology, he also drew everything from sports comics to romance tales to Westerns. Whether they embraced his style or deliberately forsook it, every comic artist for decades was defined by the lessons they learned from the man called “The King Of Comics.” Constantly pushing himself further (among other pioneering developments, he was one of the first comics artists to incorporate collage and photographic backgrounds into his work), Kirby’s value to the medium is incalculable. The modern comics industry simply wouldn’t be the same without him.
The top 10 are:
- Jack Kirby
- Steve Ditko
- George Pérez
- Alex Ross
- Mike Mignola
- Carmine Infantino
- Greg Land
- George Tuska
- Jim Lee
- Carl Barks
Check the link for the 11 other artist.
Simply put, no artist had more of an influence on American comics this century than Jack Kirby. The former Jacob Kurtzberg was a restless self-improver, a workaholic, and a veteran idea man who created an art style that was highly distinctive and a massive influence on the rest of the industry. It’s easy to forget that by the time he and Stan Lee transformed Marvel Comics into a culture-shifting powerhouse, he’d already been in the business for more than 25 years. Though Kirby is rightly remembered for the miracles he worked in superhero comics, with his exciting fight-staging, efficient storytelling, cosmic scope, and love of crackling energy and unthinkable technology, he also drew everything from sports comics to romance tales to Westerns. Whether they embraced his style or deliberately forsook it, every comic artist for decades was defined by the lessons they learned from the man called “The King Of Comics.” Constantly pushing himself further (among other pioneering developments, he was one of the first comics artists to incorporate collage and photographic backgrounds into his work), Kirby’s value to the medium is incalculable. The modern comics industry simply wouldn’t be the same without him.
The top 10 are:
- Jack Kirby
- Steve Ditko
- George Pérez
- Alex Ross
- Mike Mignola
- Carmine Infantino
- Greg Land
- George Tuska
- Jim Lee
- Carl Barks
Check the link for the 11 other artist.
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DeliaTheArtist
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Of everyone on the list, Alex Ross and Jim Lee are my favorites. I'm also a big fan of Adam Hughes and Joe Madureira who are sadly not on the list :(
- 2 years ago
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smurph25
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I'm adding this to my "Superhero Central" group if you don't mind JulyJones:
http://current.com/groups/superhero-central/ - 2 years ago
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JulyJones
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smurph25:
Cool! thats fine by me. I didn't know the group existed...joining it now.
- 2 years ago
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JulyJones
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remanns
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I would also add Frazetta and Hogarth. Perhaps Wally Wood.
- 2 years ago
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remanns
