DC vs Marvel - Who has the Best Current Artist Roster?

[evangelionofasgard]

Currently as of January 2015 which of the Big 2 has the Best Roster of Artist?

MARVEL COMICS
esad ribic - jerome opena - olivier coipel - mike deodato jr - marco checchetto - gabriele dell otto - stuart immonen - alex ross - dustin weaver - jim cheung - steve micniven - daniel acuna - john cassaday - sara pichelli - david marquez - valerio schiti - ryan stegman - frank cho - mike choi - simone bianchi - ron garney - rags morales - humberto ramos - stefano caselli - adam kubert - chris bachalo - carlos pacheco - nic klein - marco rudy - salvador larroca - adi granov - mark brooks - nick bradshaw - kev walker - dale keown - tradd moore - Francesco Mattina - William Sliney - mike perkins - giuseppe camuncoli - stephanie hans - phlil jimenz - luke ross - mike del mundo - russell dauterman - paco mendina - yildiray cinar - walter simonson - gerardo sandoval - leonard kirk - chris sammee - david aja - steve pugh - declan shalvey - kris anka - mark bagley - phil noto - mile allred - lee garbett - david lopez - the dodsons - victor ibanez - alexander lozano - rock he kim - todd nauck - Mahmud Asrar - Leinil Francis Yu - carmine di giandomenico - steve dillion - alan davis - david yardin - greg land - joe mad - jason pearson (?) - Mukesh Singh - javier pulido - kevin wada -

DC COMICS
J h williams the 3rd - ivan reis - joe prado - jason fabok - greg capullo - jim lee - patrick gleason - david finch - cliff chiang - john romita jr - neil edwards - billy tan - paul pelletier - ethan van sciver - ken lashley - kenneth rocafort - rafa sandoval - guillem march - juan ferreyra - philip tan - lan medina - tony daniel - paulo siqueria - trevor mccarthy - gary frank (?) - howard porter - dale eaglesham - ryan sook - lee bermejo - darwyn cooke - aaron kuder - doug mahnke - juan jose ryp - emanuela lupacchino - ardian syaf - jae lee - cameron stewart - mikel janin - francis manapul - chad hardin - r b silvia - bernard chang - brad walker - jesus saiz - dexter soy - stjephen sejic (periodically) - carlo pagulayan (?) - eddy barrows - alex garner - ammanda connor - yanick paquette - adam hughes (?) -


if im forgetting anyone let me know ill add em to the list under the appropriate company

[dzub]

Marvel by an inch

[Jeremi]

It's real close by the virtue of Marvel having Greg Land who by his presence weakens the product considerably, but I think I'd still have to go with Marvel.

[Marvel_Is]

DC. Even DC's worst are better than Marvel's worst.

If I liked art more, I'd be a DC reader over Marvel.

[Shinglepants]

I don't feel I could give a fair opinion because outside of Jim Lee, Capullo, JHW3, Chiang and Romita Jr. I'm really not familiar with the DC artist's.

I look at Marvel though and the level of talent is amazing. Del Mundo, Skottie Young, Schiti, Ribic, Immonen, Opena, Hans, Walker -Just awesome. It's a shame they couldn't keep a hold of Shalvey and Tradd Moore though.

[Mighty Roman]

Marvel. They have some truly amazing artists such as Chris Bachalo and Olivier Coipel.

[mathew101281]

I think when DC was rolling out the new 52 they tried to establish a kind of house style. That didn't work and slowly but surely they have been becoming more diverse.

[Pat Thomas]

I like DC's more realistic style of art that's in most of their titles. I've gotten to where I actually like and respect what DC has done over the years, but I still
prefer the Marvel characters no matter how they are drawn.

[a moment closer]

I am biased because I read more Marvel and the art is great. DC has a lot of amazing artists as well. Many of these artists have worked for and will continue to work for both or independently so I'm grateful for the medium's talent regardless. Marvel wins my vote but it's so close.

[Lady Warp Spasm]

Not much of a DC reader either but for me, Mikel Janin is one of the best artists at the Big Two. Yanick is also excellent. From Marvel I'd say Chechetto (who is criminally underused), Walker, Ribic and Dauterman are the four worth my time and occasional dime. I wish Checchetto would wind up on Moon Knight or Bucky Barnes if either of them have series beyond this Secret Wars / Battleworld nonsense.

So I suppose because of my fondness for those artists, I'd say Marvel, despite the mostly unappealing storytelling / characterization right now.

[InformationGeek]

It's hard to really say. I could say that Marvel probably has the most unique group of artists working with them (though they do have some blandish artists I've ever seen working for them), but they don't have good enough writers to make use of the art.

[smokey]

Marvel. My picks: Phil Noto, Phil Jimenez, The guy who draws latest Elektra comic.

[DebkoX]

Marvel. DC always looks the same. Dark.

[InformationGeek]

Marvel. DC always looks the same. Dark.

Yeah. Gotham Academy, Justice League, Batman, Harley Quinn, Action Comics, Gotham By Midnight, Teen Titans, and Green Lantern Corps all look the same!

[People Of The Earth]

Marvel over DC...I do envy them Sandoval and Frank though.