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February 15, 2005
100 of my favorite artists
It started with everybody's favorite cartoonist-blogger-funnybook fan Fred Hembeck posting his "100 Swell Things About Comics" from 1983, and soon it became a massive series of Valentine's Day love letters from blogland to comics. Everybody and their grandmother is listing 100 things that they love about comics (You can see a few examples here, here, and here).
As usual, I am showing up to the party late, bearing the wrong kind of gift. The one thing I love the most about comics is that it's one of the few remaining media that relies on drawing. Sixty years ago you could pick up a Sears catalog or an issue of Life Magazine and find dozens of illustrations. Technological advances in photography and printing eventually slowed that flood of drawings to a mere trickle. It wasn't that long ago that cel animation was the only game in town; the success of Pixar's and Dreamworks' digitally animated films has turned the technique that brought us Sleeping Beauty and Bugs Bunny into a dinosaur. Soon it will be nothing but a fossil. But the act of telling stories by putting pencil, ink, brush, or whatever to paper is still alive and well in my beloved little world of comics! So without further ado, here are 100 of my favorite comic artists:
- Art Adams
- Neal Adams
- Mike Allred
- Sergio Aragones
- Peter Bagge
- Kyle Baker
- Lynda Barry
- Georges Bess
- Edvin Biukovic
- Phillip Bond
- Berke Breathed
- Charles Burns
- John Byrne
- Eddie Campbell
- John Cassady
- Paul Chadwick
- Frank Cho
- Dan Clowes
- Gene Colan
- Jack Cole
- Colleen Coover
- R. Crumb
- Farel Dalrymple
- Geoff Darrow
- Guy Davis
- Jack Davis
- Stephen DeStefano
- Steve Dillon
- Steve Ditko
- Julie Doucet
- Mort Drucker
- Will Eisner
- Steve Epting
- Duncan Fegredo
- Bob Fingerman
- Michael Gaydos
- Melinda Gebbie
- Dave Gibbons
- Matt Groening
- Tony Harris
- Sam Henderson
- Bryan Hitch
- Brian Hurtt
- Stuart Immonen
- Klaus Janson
- Phil Jimenez
- Jock
- J.G. Jones
- Gil Kane
- Jack Kirby
- Goseki Kojima
- Joe Kubert
- David Lapham
- Alex Maleev
- Don Martin
- David Mazzuchelli
- Dave McKean
- Mike Mignola
- Frank Miller
- Tony Millionaire
- Takumi Nagayasu
- Dustin Nguyen
- Kevin Nowlan
- Kevin O'Neill
- Carlos Pacheco
- Paul Pelletier
- Sean Phillips
- Paul Pope
- Eric Powell
- Frank Quitely
- Eduardo Risso
- Darick Robertson
- John Romita, Sr.
- John Romita, Jr.
- Steve Rude
- Jim Rugg
- P. Craig Russell
- Johnny Ryan
- Joe Sacco
- Stan Sakai
- Charles Schultz
- Seth
- John Severin
- Bill Sienciewicz
- Dave Sim and Gerhard
- Walt Simonson
- Jeff Smith
- Paul Smith
- Chris Sprouse
- Cameron Stewart
- Dave Stewart
- Mark Texeira
- Chris Ware
- Bill Watterson
- Chris Weston
- Mike Wieringo
- J.H. Williams, III
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Makoto Yukimura
- Mike Zeck
That was a lot of fun, and much easier than I thought it would be... Man, now I really want to read some comics!
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at February 15, 2005 05:15 PM
Comments
Are those in any particular order? And if so, does that make Art Adams best or worst?
I know who too many of those people are for my own good.
Posted by: Peat at February 15, 2005 08:02 PM
Actually they are in a particular order, it's an obscure-yet-effective cataloging system known as "alphabetical." Keep an eye out, I think it will be catching on everywhere.
Heh. Zing!
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at February 15, 2005 08:52 PM
Dick.
Posted by: Peat at February 16, 2005 11:51 AM
Dustin Nguyen? was he on 21 jump street?
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