Traditionally, many artists can only draw the default angry, plain, happy, sad, shocked expressions with none of the subtleties in-between.
However, some artists excell in drawing facial expressions such as Will Eisner and Kevin Maguire.
Traditionally, many artists can only draw the default angry, plain, happy, sad, shocked expressions with none of the subtleties in-between.
However, some artists excell in drawing facial expressions such as Will Eisner and Kevin Maguire.
Personally, I thought Kieron Dwyer was great at capturing Cap's anguish (IMHO):
I'm going to throw Jaime Hernandez's name in here.
I’ll don the mask and wear the cape
If I am super, how can I wait?
EDIT Kevin Maguire already mentioned
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What I like with David Cockrum is that the faces of his characters are always very animated, very lively… very far from these artists that prefer doing pretty but liveless faces…
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
Alan Davis deserves mention
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
I thought the late Mike Wieringo was great at that.
The ones I recollect the most are already mentioned: Maguire and Davis for Superheroes. There is Paul Smith too.
Hernandez, a good one. I'd add Terry Moore to that for indy comics.
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Paul Smiths' Doctor Strange:
Neal Adam
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There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Chuck Jones?
I tend to think the traditional artists were better at drawing facial expressions than nowadays’ artists:
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
Definitely, another personal favorite would be...
Mike Zeck
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