GAF, show me some great comic art!
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Frank Quitely has a little bit of an issue with skin of humans looking like orange peels.
However, his panel composition is phenomenal. When he gets his A-game on, he's damn good.
David Aja is one of my favourite comic artists.
His work on Immortal Iron Fist and Hawkeye was brilliant.
However, his panel composition is phenomenal. When he gets his A-game on, he's damn good.
David Aja is one of my favourite comic artists.
His work on Immortal Iron Fist and Hawkeye was brilliant.
I've always liked this one by him though.
I personally found his work on Batman to be god-awful. It's the horrible wrinkly skin on the facial close-ups that really get on my nerves.
Lazy vs Crazy
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Yeah ok I'm'a go reread the first six issues of Iron Fist now.
Pai Pai Master
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I can't post most of my favourite examples but I love the work of Barbara Canepa and especially her Skydoll stuff.
Also a big fan of Leinil Francis Yu.
Also a big fan of Leinil Francis Yu.
ScHlAuChi
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Yep, nice guy, i met him and he did a nice sketch into my book:
http://realmods.online.fr/Comic/AlexAlice.jpg
http://realmods.online.fr/Comic/Siegfried.jpg
Mr. Poolman
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David Mack's work on Daredevil was incredible.
I don't know why, but I could never stand that art style. :/
Frezzato:
Inoue:
These two are simply beautiful.
Moral Panic
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Oyasumi PunPun
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Check out Keepers of the Maser and Vagabond then.
Deified Data
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No Mike Mignola? GAF, I am disappoint...
Rushersauce
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JK
^ the color is certainly a lot closer, yes. This picture is also very much along those lines as well:
Indeed, indeed, indeed. This picture by him is pure beauty. The longer I look, the more I like it.
And oh good, another Wolverine artist. They're great too, but still not perfect.
Why is it so hard to find a perfect picture of wolverine by different artists? There's always something wrong with each one. Like, everything about it might be perfect, but he has a horrible mask on, or maybe everything looks perfect, but he looks oddly short. Always just one or two things.
Indeed, indeed, indeed. This picture by him is pure beauty. The longer I look, the more I like it.
And oh good, another Wolverine artist. They're great too, but still not perfect.
Why is it so hard to find a perfect picture of wolverine by different artists? There's always something wrong with each one. Like, everything about it might be perfect, but he has a horrible mask on, or maybe everything looks perfect, but he looks oddly short. Always just one or two things.
Mr. Poolman
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That is great storytelling!
While not interior art, there's a few artists who do the covers for some of my favourite comics who's work is just fantastic and severely underrated.
Take Yuko Shimizu for instance. She's done the cover art for all issues of The Unwritten. She's capable of drawing these surreal scenes that capture something important about every issue.
And John Paul Leon. His work on the covers of DMZ captures the tone of each issue perfectly, with a gritty....kind of graffiti style.
Take Yuko Shimizu for instance. She's done the cover art for all issues of The Unwritten. She's capable of drawing these surreal scenes that capture something important about every issue.
And John Paul Leon. His work on the covers of DMZ captures the tone of each issue perfectly, with a gritty....kind of graffiti style.
Ghostandgoblin
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Great names all over this thread!
I have to say that the style of Reno (french artist, currently doing Aquablue) is very intriguing. I know he likes to use 3D to create his art but the final result is fascinating:
Wow, sooo jealous haha. Where was that?
Yeah, his work is brilliant, I want to try Seuls, his next big thing after the end of SODA.
I have to say that the style of Reno (french artist, currently doing Aquablue) is very intriguing. I know he likes to use 3D to create his art but the final result is fascinating:
anarckitty
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Locke & Key is a fantastic series with great artwork. Gabriel Rodriguez is the artist.
NinjaBoiX
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A mate lent me this recently, I'm not really into comics but it was brilliant! And the art looked as if Quentin Blake had taken up manga. Fantastic stuff.
onadesertedisland
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ScHlAuChi
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Comicsalon Erlangen 2012 (Germany) - its every 2 years, so the next one is this year and i hope some big french names will show up again. I also got a sketch from another master:
http://realmods.online.fr/Comic/BenoitSokal.jpg
http://realmods.online.fr/Comic/Canardo.jpg
Seuls is great, but i would wait till the series is finished, as its one big story, so better to read when its done or when theres an integrale, so you dont have to wait a year between each tome
Aquablue, eh? Very interesting art style indeed. I really don't care how artists get their work done, though completely hand-drawn usually looks better.
Romantically apocalyptic is great, but not hand drawn.
Cpt.Underpants
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Esad Ribic
Rafael Albuquerque
Jerome Opena
Greg Capullo, Tod McFarlane and a lot more
Rafael Albuquerque
Jerome Opena
Greg Capullo, Tod McFarlane and a lot more
RoninChaos
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subbing.
The guy who did the art for Bendis' daredevil run is getting copied a lot these days. Now I can't remember his name.
The guy who did the art for Bendis' daredevil run is getting copied a lot these days. Now I can't remember his name.
Prax
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I feel like although a lot of comics have great set pieces or illustrations, they don't always do a service to comics as medium because it limits actual flow from panel to panel.
A lot of the stuff I see here is like that, unfortunately. Really great detailed pieces and would be great as a singular illustration maybe, but I would hate actually "reading" that, as a lot of the time the composition and layout tries too hard to look good instead of actually being readable.
I think it just comes down to taste, but yeah. This thread is just about the visual art aspect after all.
That said, I love how Blacksad both looks and reads for example.
A lot of the stuff I see here is like that, unfortunately. Really great detailed pieces and would be great as a singular illustration maybe, but I would hate actually "reading" that, as a lot of the time the composition and layout tries too hard to look good instead of actually being readable.
I think it just comes down to taste, but yeah. This thread is just about the visual art aspect after all.
That said, I love how Blacksad both looks and reads for example.
Mr. Poolman
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Mangas are comics.
OrlanisWorks
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House of Mystery covers from Esao are consistently fantastic.
His artwork in general carries a lot of mysterious elements.
His artwork in general carries a lot of mysterious elements.
hendersonhank
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Bad enough it took that long to get to Mignola, but still not a single mention of Moebius???
lovely ladies
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Ghostandgoblin
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For me great comics are the one combining a beautiful art and great scenarios, both are as important to successfully tell a story. For example, Alex Alice's pages are not complex to read, your eyes follow naturally each curbs and lines he decided to draw to bring the attention of the reader where it needs to be. I personally find his skills as an illustrator/watercolorist/inker/story teller truly amazing. Same thing for Blacksad. So beautiful art doesn't distract me from the story as long as it's supposed to be here.
Well, here is maybe the perfect example, Masashi Tanaka's Gon, the first comic I ever "read". No text, not even a sound is written in this comic, pure ink. Yet you understand everything and follow the story for hundreds of pages:
Yep, that's one of the french classics. It started in 88 and had something like four different artist drawing it over the years. Reno, the last one is my favourite. And for the art, well as an illustrator myself I love to know the personal secrets of the authors I like, work references for later haha.
Kudos to you!
Eesh, um, hmm.
See, I guess the issue with manga is it's always very much the same. Certainly it has tons of variants, but it's all one established art style. The purpose of this thread is to introduce me and others to new and excellent examples of comic art (as well as simply showcase and discuss great comic art amongst those of you who are already comic gurus).
So while I won't try to disallow it, I don't know that it really fits the original purpose of this thread. If you feel that you have a manga piece that fits the original purpose of the thread, then feel free.
Basically I don't really want this thread full of manga any more than the other types of art.
Sir Garbageman
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Some of my personal faves:
Amanda Conner
Ryan Ottley
Stuart Immonen
Lionel Mandrake
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Alex Ross
Lee Bermejo
Edit: Jason Fabok apparently
Lee Bermejo
Edit: Jason Fabok apparently
Lee Bermejo
Oo, very nice, very nice.
BuddyJoeHooker
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Technosteve
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David Mazzucchelli Batman Year One, in my mind Eduardo Risso is an evolution of this style.
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