Who are the best comic book artists working today?
Bumping cause I would like to know too.
>>152884169I guess nobody kek
>>152884169Linnea Sterte is one of my recent favorites.
The Absolute line is killing it when it comes to art, that's the big draw.
>>152885803Who's your favorite?
>>152887015Difficult to say, but Javier Rodríguez is definitely wild.
>>152884169Me, in 6 years
>>152887015NTA, but Rodriguez
>>152885803Only about half the artists.
>>152884169asking the wrong website
This thread is really fucking sad.
>>152893437Why?
>>152896054I mean look at it.
>>152884169Nick DragottaDaniel Warren JohnsonMarco ChechettoDan MoraMathias BergeraBasic bitch answers, I know
>>152884169>>152884169sadly Humberto Ramos, I'm not joking
>>152897200>Marco Chechetto>Dan MoraNot really.>>152897333That's because you don't know better.
>>152884169There's none
>>152885482Is there anywhere to read her stuff online (even legally)
>>152901905Yes.
James Stokoe
>>152899792There are no artists?
>>152903246no good ones currently in the big two’s employbarely any in the indie scene either
>>152903324There'd still be a list of bests, moron. Also, clearly not the case.
>>152897200>Marco ChechettoBased agreed.
>>152884169Me.
>a bunch of names but no images>on an image board
>>152904638He's shit.
>>152907759Are you mentally ill?
>>152885803Not really. Dragotta is good and Martian Manhunter is inly good because of the art but the rest suck. Which is weird because Sherman was spectacular when he was on dark patterns.
>>152897200Checchetto is fucking awful.
>>152884169me
>>152884169God what an ugly fucking art style.
>>152884169Excellent choice OP. I love Javier Rodriguez and especially loved the Sorcerers Supreme book.
>>152884169I wouldn't know. I can't read
>>152884169So many cool outfits here
Jim Woodring
>>152914823Dis shit trippy asl, I'm really feelin it tho
luv the italians, chechetto, schiti, cappuciofabok, yu, cassaragomez of coursecarbone draws some sexy ladiesone guy i hate is ryp - that shit was trash
>>152914823the thick to thin inking to create value is masterful here
>>152911140>>152911157The duality of man.
>>152884169Jason Fabok
Ivan Reis
Tony S. Daniel
I was super hyped for Marco Rudy back in the day, along with JH Williams, but neither really got a great book.Most comic artists I really like seem to have started before the 2010s. I like Pepe Larraz or Jorge Jiminez but they're just competent artists, none of them really feel like they're doing anything fresh. It feels like most everyone but a handful is a Stuart Immonen style artist, competent, not super exaggerated or distinct. There's very little standout styles or talent that really feel like a hammer drop the way Sienkiewicz did or Then of the artists who do experiment, they're not particularly skilled. Like Nick Dragotta was the same artist who did that awful Peter and Norman screaming art everyone clowned on, but Absolute Batman is a big deal. The indies are a wasteland of really amateur art, bog standard boring stuff, or outright ugly work. With a few interesting gems in the rough. I do like Michael Fiffe and he's still active. No one really active in the last 6 years who I feel are interesting artists though.
>>152897350>>152907759>>152910178He's great at drawing faces, but his action sequences are dreadfully boring.
doug motherfuckin mahnke>>152917933fell off, not hot on his recent x-men work>>152917996punished frank says you're wrong
Jamal Campbell
>>152917698People will shit on this as "house style" or boring when it's some of the hardest art to pull off. It's beautiful and engaging to look at, though I wish we could get more flat colors and black and white
>>152918029>fell offThat's too bad, hmm. I haven't seen his work in a while, so I wasn't aware.
Dan Mora
Mirka Andolfo (don't ask me why)She has a few different styles she plays with, but this one is her less cartoony one.
Guillem MarchPic related is actually kind of a great example—hot women, cool stylized everybody else
>>152918029>punished frank says you're wrongThat was 15 years ago. Ultimate Spider-Man was boring to look at when he wasn't doing the face close-ups.
Clay MannThere are no trends to notice here.
David Finch
Jorge Jimenez
Pepe Larraz
>>152918519Jimenez's Harley was the only redeeming thing about Tynion's entire run.
Carlos GomezI'd argue his style has only gotten good recently, though.
I fucking love Nick Bradshaw, something about his style just appeals to the inner child in me that loves lots of detail and cartoony art. He's basically an Art Adams clone but one who can do books monthly and that's cool with me.
Alessandro CappuccioThis one might be a bit more of a team effort, but damn does it look good.
Freddie Williams
>>152918952based moony enjoyercabrone, fill in also doing great work
>>152909040Are you? That looks like shit.
Is being a comic artist worth the pay these days or like animation it is outsourced and pays little?
Marco ChecchettoI would argue some of his pencils get lazy though.
>>152919530If you're an artist you are far, far better off taking commissions.
Dexter OnionsNew blood, as I understand it. With him and Dan Watters on Nightwing right now, it's shaping up to be an all-timer, which I've thoroughly enjoyed so far. Babs is also a cute under Onions's pencils.
>>152919718based he draws a sexy sexy tatsu
Ton LimaAgain, some new blood.
Man.... /co/ used to have taste...
>>152919530almost every big two artist these days is from outside America.There's a handful otherwise.>>152919677that said, you get way, way more commissions if you're known for working on big characters. A lot of Marvel/DC artists who don't get big two work can stay afloat because they worked on Green Lantern or Wonder woman 20 years ago and have fans willing to pay them $1000 or more for an inked page of art
>>152919770>>152918952>>152917933>>152917698Those are all I could think of so far for what I'd consider the "best" pencils in the industry right now (I had to shave a few of the "You's" because "spam" reasons). My cut-off point was around 2017-2018, to keep it as modern as possible. Otherwise, I could have added a few others. My other criteria was they had to have been doing some consistent level of pencils post-2020. I don't really count fill-in artists unless they're doing a decent amount of work. Cover artists don't count either. There's probably a few I've "missed", but if I've not really read too much of their work myself, I don't really include them. Jim Lee also doesn't count because he's only done one miniseries in the past 10 years. I didn't include guys like Gary Frank or Doug Mahnke because I don't find their styles overly appealing. Gary Frank's art looks good at a glance, but his faces are so overdetailed it enters uncanny valley territory. Doug Mahnke has always been decent to me, but I've never liked his proportions or the way he draws faces. Other guys like Dragotta, etc. I just don't really care for. I'll post more if I remember any I was forgetting.
>>152920005he says while not contributing take your (you) and leave, you turbo faggot
>>152920214Just remembered one:Max Fiumara
>>152920442Contribute with more shit?
>>152920707another retard that shits on everythingcan't post anything (you) like ahaha
>>152920005Not really.
>>152922141Yes really. 15 years ago you wouldn't be seeing Tony Daniel and some of the no names that are even worse posted in a best artists thread.
>>152919548His best work was his Punisher & Avengers World work.His recent stuff is still very good but clearly slightly less refined.
>>152917966Batwoman Elegy was absolutely great and the following new 52 run was also firmly good.
>>152917556>Jason FabokWhat the fuck has he been doing since Three Jokers???
>>152917933That image is Tyler Kirkman not Daniel.
>>152922593A lot of people here are retired Wednesday warriors or normies or started in the 2000's and have guys like Fabok, Finch, and Daniels as standards for capeshit.
>>152922720see>>152896764Johns convinced him to go to Ghost Machine where he's currently making comics no one's gonna fucking read.
>>152920214>faces>facesMakes sense why you picked these other unimpressive artists as bests. Because they draw pretty faces.
>>152922738I can understand liking Fabok because while boring and unremarkable he's a safe house style type guy but Finch and Daniel are just terrible and these Tom Lima or Alessandro Cappuccino nobodies are even worse.
>>152922691>Batwoman Elegy was absolutely greatIt most certainly was not, it was at best decent. But he did Promethea, Sandman Overture and Seven Soldiers of Victory so that guy you replied to must have some really shit taste in comics
>>152885803I like Dragotta and Javier Rodriquez the rest are kinda whatever, I don't like the Wonder Woman artist at all.
>>152922749>if a comic s good but no one's around to read it ...
>>152922814Didn't Absolute Batman also have Marcos Martin art?
>>152923121Yes
>>152922769the black pill is that's largely what matters to people in regards to artists. You can explain Frank Quitely being a master at composition and storytelling but to most people it's ugly and they're gonna wonder how he got a job.
>>152923110>goodin terms of art sure. There's barely a plot.
>>152923418i wish comics stopped caring about photorealismt. manga reader
>>152923430i was just referencing if a tree falls and no one is around to hear it...
>>152923418Very unfortunate.
>>152923249So that's more than just Dragotta and Rodriguez.
>>152923418Although there are some loud people on the internet that don't like him, he is a respect artist with a lot of highly acclaimed work under his belt and actually gallery shows something these pretty face artist never achieve, nor can they afford to work slow like he does and apparently be as expensive as him.
>>152923438they haven't in a while anon. The peak of that was the 2000's. the big popular guys are cartoonier these days.
>>152923630Not really, anon.
>>152923580Sure.
>>152923438We should have comics of all types, but capes should be more kinetic and cartoony.
>>152922769>I like bad artOkay bro.
>>152923418>Frank QuitelyJesus fucking christ. lmao This is why /co/ is such a shithole nowadays.
>>152923664nah. Show me where all the photorealistic art is in comics.Stuff like Jim Lee or Dan Mora or Jorge Jiminez isn't photorealism.
>>152925809>nowadaysanon what are you getting at, that comic is from like 2 years after /co/ was made and was praised here back then.
>>152925809Quitely's demonstrating some good poses and body language there. He's the anti-Jim Lee when it comes to how relaxed his people look.
>>152925897It looks like a fucking Meatcanyon skit, goddamn.
>>152922749Nah, Rook is decent. Nothing crazy, but it's got a decent enough excuse for the characters to do what they do. Johns' paneling is still top-tier in that book, and he'll immerse you regardless.
>>152925917Easy solution is to just have him draw characters without faces.
>>152926080>Same shitty artist>Same shitty artYep, you're retarded.
>>152925809>>152926080Dude was great here.
>>152885482>not moebius #12yawn
>>152884169Sana Takeda
>>152927203There are better ways to get (You)s.
>>152927265You should've posted a different page. I swear I could pull out my copy of edena and find that half of those panels were spiritually traced.
>>152927238Not anymore. Her art is kinda sloppy now.
>>152927203Who are Moebius 2-11?
>>152925811Really? Jim Lee is cartoony?
>>152928361Stylized.
>>152919530Being a comic artist has never been worth the money unless you strike it big with an original series.
>>152884169Cyril Pedrosa
>>152926783Face it, you have plebeian tastes.>>152928361He's not like Disney or Warner Bros, but they did take his X-Men designs and turn them into a cartoon without too many modifications. He's far from Alex Ross.
>>152930835>I like bad artIt's not hard for you to say, anon.No one will judge you here.
>>152928361You have to be 18 to be on this board, zoomie.
>>152931246It's plebeian by definition to make "Do the faces look good" your only criterion.
>>152931336>StrawmanYep, you're a retard.
>>152920214Olivier Ledroit
>>152922732My bad. Seems impossible to find any Deathstroke images not from his issue 1. I was sure he did those Wonder Woman issues, but I guess not.
>>152931336Why are you arguing with that faggot? He's just pushing buttons and doesn't have any kind of genuine stance.
>>152931973>SamefaggingYou've only been making asinine comments. What's your point?
I feel like there really isn't a "house style" anymore. And I think I miss it. Different artists certainly had their own distinction but Marvel and DC kind of had a consistent look. I miss that sort of pseudo realistic but kind of cartoony look they had.
>>152932917I hate house style about as much as I hate inconsistent art within the same series, and I hate shared universes. There isn't a real house style now, but there does seem to be an enforcement of some kind that has multiple artists drawing boring art.
>>152933067>I hate house styleLooking though this thread, I think you love it.
>>152933184I didn't post all of these.
>>152933067Post art you like then.
>>152918153Agreed. It's impressive and eye-catching. Cape comics tend to be very character-focused, so it always stands out when a penciller can actually draw appealing characters. Mangaka and the big 3 figured this out decades ago.
>>152922769Filtered
>>152917698>>152918153>>152934445
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>>152932917The hasnt been a house style at either of the big 2 since like 1985 lol
>>152919548This dude is fucking awful
>>152918775>>152918519Man it’s crazy how fast he fell off. His art from the zdarsky run got progressively worse and his art for fraction has been atrocious. Talk about burning out.
>>152917996He’s one of the worst costume and character designers I’ve seen in years and his art is boring as fuck.
>>152935625The 90s weren't HOUSE but they were fairly complimentary.
>>152934445This looks like shit.>>152935554So does this.
There's something about Dan Mora that I really just don't like. He's a competent artist. I'd even say rather good. But I don't like him. I don't like how comics look.
>>152934380These >>152884169>>152885482>>152902988>>152914823>>152925809>>152930710>>152931522and many others.
>>152936239>working today >posts a PCR cover from 44 years ago
>>152935770That’s just not true and it’s always funny when people say “the 90s” when they mean 88-94 Marvel and 95-2000 Image.
>>152936387PCR is all I had on hand.
>>152936413so the 90s
>>152936438>house style>image
>>152936239How about try posting art from "the modern era". That's what the thread is about.
>>152935581Stunning, love it.
>>152935652I don't think he's fallen off. He's altered his style a bit, for sure.
>>152916256>>152918952>CappuccioGenuinely awful. I'm baffled that people like his art.
>>152937501yes you've said as much how many times ITT
>>152937695I haven't. He overuses the shitty bloom effect, uses a ton of 3D models and photobashes for backgrounds, and looks like poser models for characters as well. Then his characters look ugly and sloppy.
>>152935913He's a good figure artist and that's about it. Obviously appealing vharacters are very important to big two superhero comic art, but he never seems to have learned how to really be dynamic or when to go harder on detailing/shading and perspective that gives cape comic art it's bite. I get he and other Latin/Spanish artists are manga inspired but it doesn't feel like that either. He could use a layout guy to really boost up his compositions more and push his boundariesLike compare it to something like this>>152935581it feels like there's a lot more weight and push to it.I get that "house style" feel is tired to a lot of people these days, but the new generation of comic artists seems to not have any of it and thus rely on stuff like traced models(especially for cityscapes, it's awful nothing looks like a superhero comic book city anymore) which is technically correct but loses the DNA that cape comics kept even across various styles.
>>152936768>>152936427
You guys have shit taste. I'm so sorry.
>>152937501"people" don't. But there's some weird shill that really wants that Mckay to be the next big thing so he desperately shills Moon Knight.
>>152940362>>152940362>>152940362
>>152940362It seems to have fans.
>>152937501Cast pearls unto swine and all that. I don't think the pencils carry it alone. The coloring is easily what brings the art to something special.
>>152943375This ain't no pearls.
>>152938639>"house style" feel is tired to a lot of people these daysThe only people I've ever seen say or express this is on this dogshit board. It's pretty typical for sour oldfags to be complete midwits that can't enjoy something for what it is—real Brevoort of them, honestly. No wonder most comic book artists take the piss on fat chud neckbeards.
>>152943711>Good angles>Dynamic poses>Detailed line workThis page is fine. lol
>>152943749>Good anglesNot particularly. It's got this weird not-quite-German expressionist thing going on that doesn't work, since a lot of the backdrop is cropped out and it's fucking traced.l and has all these shitty eyesore colors.>Dynamic posesThey're pretty limp.>Detailed line workWhere? Foreground art is sloppy and backgrounds are clearly traced/photobashed.>This page is fine. lolFine, not great? Not pearls?
>>152944127Right, right, but what are the infinity stones?
>>152944322Another terrible page.
>>152944397Sure, sure, but what is the One Ring?
>>152944127>German expressionismI could explain how you're wrong, but you wouldn't even understand it if I told you.>>152943375>Pearls unto swine. Apt
>>152942875I don't think so, just a few lost shills.
>>152944452>I could explain how you're wrongYou? Not possible. You're not qualified.
Fabok is the best in the bizz right now. Not even a competition.
oh the mackay hater is back
>>152944654Pic is from ten years ago, and not that great.
>>152917556>>152917698>>152917933This stuff is competent but boring and unremarkable as is the case with most House Style
>>152925976It's the definition of mid, the characters are paper thin and the toyetic concept is uninspired
>>152944654This looks so generic and boring, I don't get how people can be excited about these dull house style type guys.
>>152945320>>152945511>>152945537>>152945650>SamefaggingIt's unreal. lol
>>152945511Ivan Reis actually has dynamic art, his pages actually portray movement well and lumping him in with the rest of the "boring" or "house style" guys like Fabok or Cecchetto or McNiven or Tony Daniel is incredibly stupid. If you want boring artists look at Dexter wordfilter or Sara Piccheli or Valerio Schitti.
>>152933067Having consistent house styles is good when the main selling point is the brand and the characters, when the readers are buying every issue every month and sticking around the consistency is a part of the appeal to a degree, it's comforting if you are that type of reader.
>>152945692I'm only 2/4 and it's not samefagging if it's replying to two separate comments.
>>152945733I'm not terribly familiar with his work, I'm just judging it based on that single page which if you're gonna use to sell people on him isn't all that impressive. I don't read capeshit all that much either so I'm not really impressed by the typical splash page hero pose bullshit which a cursory google makes it seem like it's his forte
>>152946390I didn't post it, I made it clear I don't have a good opinion on the others he posted. And yeah, it's a very random page he chose, don't get why.
>>152945692I'm only the first one (best one).
No love for James Harren?
>>152947122Definitely one of the GOATs, just wish he was paired with better writers.
>>152947122He's kino.
>>152945692I just wanted to say none of those are me.
fuckass thread
>>152918212Same face syndrome.
>>152951052That's a whole lot of comic book artists really
>>152946390>>152946490Same person arguing with themselves btw.
>>152950896It's really pathetic. The most vocal anons have shit taste, and everyone else is too much of a faggot.
i like tradd moore>>152952430then post something
>>152953400This guy is pure shit.
>>152938639I think the main "problem" with Mora's art nowadays is how stretched thin he is. He does tons of covers, he pinch hits for multiple series, his output just isn't as focused as it was back when he was the dedicated artist for a single book like World's Finest. Good for him for getting that paycheck, but the appeal has definitely worn thin.
>>152918104Very cool
>>152951659Take your meds schizo troon
>>152909040Why are they protecting the Epstein HQ
>>152955833Nope
>>152953968He's better than most of the artists posted ITT.
>>152914823this hurts my brain, I love it!
>>152957314He's legit garbage.
>>152957314Is this even modern? Anything pre 2010 is pretty much archaic at this point.
>>152955103I don't understand people complaining about a good artist actually putting out tons of work. You know how much I wish Ed Benes did anywhere near the amount of work Mora does? Now, he's more or less retired and just does commissions, which is fine, but I wish he was still doing capeshit.
>>152958952Because his work is suffering as a result. Imagine if Benes put out more work but his faces weren’t as precise and his linework was lighter. You might not like him the same as the work you know him for.
>>152958885It’s from 2020 anon, just because it’s flat colors doesn’t mean it’s from the 70s.
>>152897333>we've gotten into Ramos apologists posting hereHe's been terrible for like 20 years. I was bitching about him in 2013 or 2014. Fuck outta here.
>>152925809Best artist of this century by far. Absolutely filtered.
>>152944654Love Fabok. Shame he only seems to do small bits here and there.
>>152959207Idk, his stuff in Williamon's Superman has been pretty fucking solid. Check >>152938639
>>152959544I don’t think it’s great.Even that post is a critique that is in that chain of replies.
>>152959428I don't know about best, but he is great.
I'm going to go with Alex Ross. He is still working today.
>>152962260He's better than ever.
>>152963173This. Fantastic Four: Full Circle is terrific.
>>152957314wow
>>152963870It really is
>>152960746Anon was saying that pic was an example of Mora when he gets a good layout guy working with him.
>>152957314This guy's art looks like diarrhea.
>>152967760which recent artists are bettername 20
>>152967760rude
