BEST*ARTIST OF 2014
Last Year’s Winner: Stuart Immonen
There were so many great artists this year, I feel guilty only recognizing four of the following:
Nominees:
- Daniel Acuna- (Uncanny Avengers (vol. 2) #1-5)
- Philip Andrade- (Siege (vol. 2) #1-5)
- Ario Anindito- (House of M (vol. 2) #3, Wolverines #12, 16)
- Kris Anka- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #600, Wolverines #7, 14)
- Mahmud Asrar- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #600, All New X-Men (vol. 1) #37-41)
- Chris Bachalo- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #600, Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) #30-35)
- Mark Bagley – (All New X-Men (vol. 2) #1-3)
- Al Barrionuevo - (Storm (vol. 3) #9)
- Elmo Bondoc- (Deadpool vs. Thanos #1-4)
- Roland Boschi- (X-Men (vol. 4) #23-26)
- Nick Bradshaw- (Wolverines #1-2)
- Phil Briones- (Storm (vol. 3) #8)
- Reilly Brown- (Deadpool & Cable: Split Second #1)
- Juan Cabal- (Wolverines #17)
- Andy Clarke- (Wolverines #3-4)
- Iban Coello- (Age of Apocalypse (vol. 4) #4-5)
- Paul Davidson- (Magneto (vol. 3) #18-21)
- Mike Del Mundo- (All New X-Men (vol. 1) #37)
- Vanessa Del Rey- (Scarlet Witch (vol. 2) #1)
- Carmine di Giandomenico - (All New X-Factor #19-20, X-Tinction Agenda #1-4)
- Juan Doe- (Wolverines #8, 15, 17)
- Salvador Epsin- (Deadpool (vol. 3) #41-44)
- Marco Failla- (House of M (vol. 2) #1-2, Spider-Man & the X-Men #2-6)
- Alti Firmansyah - (Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde #1-3)
- Jorge Fornes - (Amazing X-Men (vol. 2) #15-19)
- Javier Garron- (Cyclops (vol. 3) #9-12, Inferno #1-5)
- Mike Hawthorne- (Deadpool (vol. 4) #1-4)
- Rock He-Kim - (X-Force (vol. 4) #14-15)
- Victor Ibanez- (Storm (vol. 3) #7-11
- Stuart Immonen- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #600)
- Frazer Irving- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #600)
- Scott Koblish- (Deadpool (vol. 3) #40, Deadpool: Tres Punto Uno, X-Men ‘92 #1-4, Deadpool‘s Art of War #4)
- Ariela Kristiana- (Wolverines #11, 17)
- Mark Laming- (Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) Annual #1)
- Greg Land- (Uncanny X-Men (vol. 4) #1-2)
- Matteo Lolli- (Deadpool‘s Secret Wars #1-4)
- David Lopez- (All New Wolverine #1-3)
- Jonathon Marks- (Wolverines #5, 10, 17)
- Jason Masters- (Wolverines #6, 13)
- Ed McGuiness- (Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha #1, Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega #1)
- Todd Nauck - (Nightcrawler (vol. 4) #10-12)
- Peter Nguyen - (Wolverines #9)
- Mike Norton - (Years of Future Past #1-5)
- Humberto Ramos- (Extraordinary X-Men #1-5)
- Esad Ribic- (Secret Wars #1-9)
- Gerardo Sandoval - (Age of Apocalypse (vol. 4) #3)
- R.B. Silva- (Spider-Man & the X-Men #4)
- Andrea Sorrentino- (Old Man Logan #1-5)
- Ryan Stegman- (Uncanny Avengers(vol. 4) #1-3)
- Ramon Villalobos- ((E is for Extinction #1-4)
- Nicole Virella- (Return of the Living Deadpool)
- Gabriel Hernandez Walta- (Magneto (vol. 3) #14-17)
- Skottie Young (Giant-Size Little Marvel: AVX #1-4)
Second Runner-up…
Chris Bachalo!* (10 points, 3 first place votes)
For two decades now, Bachalo has been blowing minds, from the point he hit the scene on Age of Apocalypse and the original Generation X, to these days, when he’s been giving the goods on Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) with his own unduplicated style. There have been years he only drew a single X-book, and he finishes on the medal stand, where he belongs.
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First Runner-up…
Victor Ibanez! (11 points, 3 first place vote),
Talk about range… Ibanez had Storm arguably looking her best in years while rocking the classic Mohawk look, and at the same time, has the capacity to give us some bizarre and savage monsters on the page, from the cyborg Davis Harmon, to the always freaky-as-hell Kenji Uedo. Definitely deserving of recognition.
But your winner this year…
The Voters’ Pick for Best Artist of 2014 is…
Andrea Sorrentino! (12 points, 2 first place votes)
Andrea Sorrentino first started to get noticed working on some of the X-Men Annuals the past few years, and in 2015, he penciled Chapters 4 and 5 of “The Black Vortex”, as well as laying out some gorgeous panels in “Old Man Logan”.