From your early days buying comics

[bretmaverick2]

Who were your favorite artists? I had four and they all had very different styles:

George Perez
John Byrne
Gene Colan
Don Newton

Who were yours?

[Zero Hunter]

Byrne and Perez for sure. Also I fell in love with Pat Brodericks art when he was doing Micronauts. Another that I always loved was Paul Smith. He was only on the X-Men for less than a year (165-175), but my god his art was fantastic. I wish Marvel had tied him down and given him a 5 year run it was so good.

[Babylon23]

My absolute favourite artist of all time is Jack Kirby.
Other favourites were Gene Colan, John Buscema, John Byrne, George Perez, Mike Grell, Keith Giffen and Alan Davis.

[caj]

Dick Dillin from Justice League of America during the 70s.

[FFJamie94]

The first writer I ever remember the name of was Brian Michael Bendis. Seeing how Ultimate Spider-Man was the first book I got on a regular basis, I would remember his name on New Avengers. Both were favourites of mine (although after Secret Invasion, NA wasn't as good).
Mark Millar was also another favourite of mine. I loved his Spider-man and Enemy of the State books and I still enjoy Civil War. My opinion of him has lessoned a bit, I still enjoy going back and reading his stuff, but there's a big disclaimer there.

Obviously Bagley would be a favourite artist, and I consider him to be the best Spider-Man artist. Every time he does that character, it feels ultra special.

[Tulku]

I know this question was posted in the DC thread, but my answer is Billy Graham. He drew a large chunk of "Panther's Rage." And beautifully. Baron Macabre, King Cadaver, Killmonger.

Oh, and while I am at it, going back to the 1950s, Joe Maneely. Died too soon. If he hadn't, I truly believe people now would be saying "who is Jack Kirby?" Maneely was so much better than Kirby, artistically. YMMV.

[married guy]

Jim Aparo was the first artist I noticed who I actively sought out. The man could draw anything.
Norm Breyfogle was another.

Then a little later I discovered Neal Adams, George Perez, Jack Kirby etc when I started back issue diving.

[Lee Stone]

Sienkiewicz (New Mutants), Cowan (Power Man & Iron Fist), and Jones (Micronauts: TNV).

[Jim Kelly]

I didn't get into super-hero comics until I was an old man of seven. Before that it was a lot of kid humour comics and one didn't know the names of most artists or writers back then. The ones I did know were Charles M. Schulz and Sheldon Mayer, N.C.S., because they signed their work.

The super-heroes I first read were mainly Batman and Superman--and the other heroes that appeared in their comics. For me the big one was Carmine Infantino. His name was often on the covers and I recognized his style and learned to draw like him. I found the names of other artists from reading the letter columns. But truthfully, I didn't know the names of them right off the bat, I only recognized the differences between one nameless artist and another.

For instance, I sometimes liked the art that was signed "Bob Kane"--even though it was inconsistent and not as slick as Carmine Infantino--but it took me years, decades even, to know who actually drew those panels.

[failo.legendkiller]

Tom Grummett on Superman, The New Titans, Robin, Superboy. He still is one of my favorite.

[MRP]

As a kid in the 70s, it was George Perez and Jim Starlin for me.

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[DanMad1977]

Jim Aparo was the first artist I noticed who I actively sought out. The man could draw anything.
Norm Breyfogle was another.

Then a little later I discovered Neal Adams, George Perez, Jack Kirby etc when I started back issue diving.

Jim Aparo in Batman and the Outsiders. Jose Louise Garcia Lopez drew a great Batman comics.

John Byrne 4ever. Neal Adams, Georger Perez.

Never been a fan of Kirby. Yes, I know its blasphemy, but without Stan he couldn't write a good story and his art was meh for me. At least in his beginnings, later on he got better and better and drew some good stuff.

[Riv86672]

Soooo many possible choices!

Three that come to mind immediately are Byrne, Perez, and Aragones…:



As a kid I could stare at their artwork for hours on end.

[K7P5V]

Definitely, these would be My Top (3) Three choices...

Ross Andru






Neal Adams







George Pérez

[K7P5V]

Definitely, these would be My Next Top (3) Three choices...

José Luis García-López/Dick Giordano







Carmine Infantino







Gene Colan