List Who You Think The 10 Greatest Comics Are

[Timothy Hunter]

In terms of influence, draftsmanship, inventiveness. You could also list more.

Trying to be objective:

1. Will Eisner
2. Jack Kirby
3. Osamu Tezuka
4. R Crumb
5. Harvey Kurtzman
6. Dave Sim
7. Moebius
8. Frank Miller
9. Jim Steranko
10. Neal Adams

My personal taste:

1. Kyle Baker
2. Kim Deitch
3. John Hicklenton
4. Kevin O'Neill
5. JH Williams
6. Marc Hempel
7. Kentaro Miura
8. David Chelsea
9. Dave McKean
10. Michael Zulli

[Kirby101]

Good list. Except don't seems how Sim belongs there.

[Timothy Hunter]

Good list. Except don seems how Sim belongs there.

Cerebus was in context really successful for a self published comic. It basically set off the black and white comics boom of the 80s. It's possible the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wouldn't exist today if not for Cerebus because TMNT was part of that movement of indy comics

[Kirby101]

So you name him for the influence on the business, not his artistic side? Okay.

[Timothy Hunter]

So you name him for the influence on the business, not his artistic side? Okay.

Nope. Dave Sim is a great artist and in my opinion the best letterer in comics.

[Kirby101]

Nope. Dave Sim is a great artist and in my opinion the best letterer in comics.

Okay. I just don't see him influencing anyone like the others you name.
In fact his early stuff was all Barry Smith.

[numberthirty]

Good list. Except don't seems how Sim belongs there.

Along the same line as the length of Risso's run on 100 Bullets, I think I can see the logic behind that choice.

[MRP]

1. Will Eisner-the master craftsman who also articulated the art of the craft in a manner that allowed it to become disseminated, paving the way for McCloud's Understanding Comics which will also speak for generations to come
2. Jack Kirby-'nuff said
3. Joe Kubert-his personal influence, inventiveness and draftsmanship would put him on the list, add to it the influence his school has had and will have for generations to come and the number of artists who have been shaped by it and gone on to shape comics
4. Moebius-again by dint of his sheer inventiveness and draftsmanship, he makes the list, but he has also been a huge influence on generations of artists
5. Philippe Druillet-same as Moebius, but perhaps even more an icon of inventiveness and design in his comics
6. P. Craig Russell-his draftmanship, layouts and pure illustrative beauty are second to none, and his inking has helped make so many other artists more appealing
7. Milton Canniff-many of the earliest artists to enter the field of comics owe a debt to Canniff and his influence spread throughout comic books through them
8. Frank Frazetta-while his comic output was not as prolific as the others on this list, his influence on modern American art and visual storytelling is profound. His sense of design, layout, dramatic and dynamic anatomy and narrative tension have informed pretty much all of American adventure/horror/super-hero/fantasy/etc. comics
9. Alex Raymond-Raymond pretty much defined the look of adventure and heroic adventure comics form which modern comics were born.
10. Mike Migola-Mignola has brought a different aesthetic to comics and his distinctive style has reshaped the landscape of horror comics

and a few honorable mentions...Hal Foster, Burne Hogarth, Bernie Wrightson, Jeff Smith, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton, John Buscema, Neal Adams, Steve Ditko, Wendy Pini, John Severin, Barry Windsor Smith, Wally Wood, Herge, Windsor McCay

-M

[Zauriel]

I will skip the objective and post my favorite tastes.

My personal tastes:
1. Kaworu Watashiya
2. Uran
3. Naoshi Onizuka
4. Hiyoko Kobayashi
5. Junya Inoue
6. Okada Kou
7. Hijiri Rei
8. Cuvie
9. Momonosuke
10. Fuyuno Mikan
11. Lynn Okamoto
12. Ootsuka Reika
13. Tomo Takeuchi
14. Fujisaka Lyric
15. Takase Yuu