Name Your Top 5 Favorite Artists

[TheOneManRiot]

Please take a moment to share your personal top 5 list of your all-time favorite comic book artists.

My fandom began in the early 80s when I was an elementary-age child barely old enough to read the comics I was getting, and from then up until about a year ago the art was always a distant second to me when prioritizing what I enjoyed about the medium. As long as I didn't find the art hideous, I didn't put much emphasis on it. Now I find myself paying much closer attention to art teams and even buying books solely because I was a fan of the artist. That being said, here's my top 5, in no particular order (and ~2 of these spots fluctuate occasionally):

1. Stefano Caselli
2. David Marquez
3. Alex Maleev
4. Stjepan Sejic
5. Mikel Janin

Phil Noto is currently flirting with a spot as he's someone who has really grown on me recently, and CAFU has done amazing on Iron Man (a book with fantastic coloring as well) so I need to check out more of his work asap.

Your turn:

[Dr. Skeleton]

I'm old school so...

Jack Kirby
Steve Ditko
John Byrne
John Romita
Jim Lee

[K7P5V]

For modern-day artists, Olivier Coipel tops the list...







If we're going old-school, then Ed McGuinness is one of my favorites...

[K7P5V]

Declan Shalvey is on the list for modern-day artists...







Another old-school favorite, George Perez (RIP)

[FFJamie94]

If we’re going old school, Ditko and John Buscema steal it for me.
While I love Kirby, he was better at creating something vast and spectacular. Buscema on the other hand was great at giving Characters a sympathetic edge. Just look at each of them draw Silver Surfer, Kirby is more mosterous, giving us an out of world character while Buscema was able to make him feel more human.

For modern artists, it’s folks like Stegman, Reis and Bagley. In fact Bagley is my Spider-man. Ultimate Spider-man still looks just as crisp and fresh to this day.

[CaptCleghorn]

Five definites may not ever be possible for me, but these five are very high on my list.

Barry Windsor-Smith for his ability to combine delicate detail with incredible power and fantasy.
Howard Chaykin for his innovative layouts.
Joe Sinnott for his fantastic run on FF.
Jaime Hernandez for his talent at using a minimum of lines to bring forth such expression.
Kevin Maguire for his fun facial expressions on JLI