Favorite X-artists?

[nx01a]

How could I forget the fantastic John Romita Jr???

JR Jr. is another one whose art was great back in the day but which I don't like now. After his nice second [third?] stint on Uncanny in the early 300s, I don't know what happened to his art.

[yogaflame]

JR Jr. is another one whose art was great back in the day but which I don't like now. After his nice second [third?] stint on Uncanny in the early 300s, I don't know what happened to his art.

I'll agree on this too. I think ultimately, the passion of youth and trying to establish your career is more conducive to lots of creative output. Once you've 'made it', and the drudgery sets in, especially after decades and decades, it's easy enough to shift into 'good enough' mode and just get that bread. Not saying all artist get worse over time, for some it may be the exact opposite, but I can see that being a common route.

[From The Shadows]

Bachalo's Death/early Generation X work is hyper-detailed brilliance. His later work is too cartoony combined with his obsession with putting women in miniskirts with metal studs or in outfits with necklines plunging so far past their bellybuttons that Dagger would blush. And what's that stuff that's always flying around whenever he draws fights? Ash? Snow? Mud? It's everywhere, and it's messy.

He was a DC/Vertigo artist before he did pencils for Gen X and kept that style for most of that run but when he started drawing X-Men it had a more bubbly cartoon look. I actually didn't mind it. But what he does now lacks detail and looks rushed. I actually remember the sludge whatever it is getting tossed around even in his early work actually. That's definitely been doubled.

[From The Shadows]

Carlos Pacheco





The Bishop mini was actually pretty good if I remember correctly.

[Vishop]

JR Jr. is another one whose art was great back in the day but which I don't like now. After his nice second [third?] stint on Uncanny in the early 300s, I don't know what happened to his art.

Honestly, JR jr was the only artist during Claremont's run whose art I found pretty unstable or sketchy and not suited for the type of aesthetics Cockrum, Paul or Silvestri brought to UXM.

[nx01a]

He was a DC/Vertigo artist before he did pencils for Gen X and kept that style for most of that run but when he started drawing X-Men it had a more bubbly cartoon look. I actually didn't mind it. But what he does now lacks detail and looks rushed. I actually remember the sludge whatever it is getting tossed around even in his early work actually. That's definitely been doubled.

Bachalo's said in interviews that his cartoony style was influenced the manga-inspired style of Joe Mad. I went over to Wikipedia to confirm I remembered that right...
During his time on Generation X, Bachalo's artwork underwent a change. Heavily influenced by Joe Madureira, Bachalo's characters became more cartoony and manga-like, with large eyes, heads and hands. He gravitated towards extremes in anatomy, drawing characters that were previously portrayed as bulky, short, or thin as even more so.

As for his current stuff? I dunno. He'll always have my love and respect for his early work, though. It's still beautiful. I think he needs Mark Buckingham to ink him again.

[Shadowcat]

Top 11 X-Artists

1. Alan Davis
2. Bill Seinkewicz
3. Carlos Pacheco
4. Paul Smith
5. Art Adams
6. Mahmud Asrar
7. Phil Jimenez
8. Chris Bachalo
9. Olivier Coipel
10. Pepe Larraz
11. RB Silva

[From The Shadows]

Bachalo's said in interviews that his cartoony style was influenced the manga-inspired style of Joe Mad. I went over to Wikipedia to confirm I remembered that right...
During his time on Generation X, Bachalo's artwork underwent a change. Heavily influenced by Joe Madureira, Bachalo's characters became more cartoony and manga-like, with large eyes, heads and hands. He gravitated towards extremes in anatomy, drawing characters that were previously portrayed as bulky, short, or thin as even more so.

As for his current stuff? I dunno. He'll always have my love and respect for his early work, though. It's still beautiful. I think he needs Mark Buckingham to ink him again.

Buckingham was a great inker. And I didn't know he changed his style because of artists like MAD but I had my suspicions.

[gambitxremy]

Chris Bachalo,
frank quitely,
Jack Kirby,
Stuart Immonen
Jerome Opeña

[shooshoomanjoe]

Nothing beats the 1990s classic artists:

Jim Lee on X-Men
Whilce Portacio on Uncanny X-Men
Rob Liefeld on X-Force
Alan Davis on Excalibur
Marc Silvestri on Wolverine
Mark Bagley on New Warriors

[shooshoomanjoe]

JR Jr. is another one whose art was great back in the day but which I don't like now. After his nice second [third?] stint on Uncanny in the early 300s, I don't know what happened to his art.

Which is odd because he went to work on Spider-Man after and it was great.

[From The Shadows]

Leinil Francis Yu

[K7P5V]

My Top 3:

Marc Silvestri





Jim Lee





Jae Lee

[Fokken]

I remember picking up that issue specifically because of that gorgeous billowing mane.

[From The Shadows]

Jae Lee

His art was so unique in the beginning, its beautiful now but I sort of miss his older stuff.

I remember picking up that issue specifically because of that gorgeous billowing mane.

I still have the series.