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[MenacingMonk]

Grank Quitely of course.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

When I think of Batman artists, I don't think of Jim Lee. When I think of Jim Lee, I think of X-Men.

Jim Lee is great at everything, but I think the quintessential Batman artists are Neal Adams, dikk Giordano, Jim Aparo, Marshall Rogers, and dikk Sprang. The Bronze Age guys were killing it for sure. So many great Batman artists: Greg Capullo, David Finch, Tony Daniel, Jim Lee, Norm Breyfogle (who I appreciate more now that I'm older; his style felt too "old school" to me in the mid '90s), and Don Newton (so underrated... just now discovering his Batman work).

 

[BXKingPin82]

Skottie Young is my favorite artist right now

That goofy lookin cartoon shyt is right up my alley

I even got a few of the little figurines they did off his covers

I aint home but i got this one at the crib from Nighthawk #1 (i think #1)

 

[nieman]

You buggin jim lee is the goat batman artist and other than maybe alex ross...goat superman too

Neal Adams

 

[Dillah810]

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

How does the original post have just one non-superhero comic (Sandman) listed as an essential?

We're currently living in the golden age of Brian K. Vaughan who is responsible for two of the five Eisner Award nominated Best Continuing Series with Saga and Paper Girls. Saga has won 4 of the last 5 Eisner's for Best Continuing Series. No other comic has won the award more than three times, and Saga isn't even completed yet. It's one of the most decorated comics in history. And Vaughan also won the award back in 2008 for Y: The Last Man!

Why not add some other classic non-superhero books such as

• 100 Bullets
• Blankets
• Bone
• DMZ
• Epileptic
• Essex County
• Fables
• From Hell
• Fun Home
• Hellblazer
• Locke & Key
• Lucifer
• Maus - this is by all accounts considered a work of art and a literary masterpiece, one of the best comics ever written. It's frequently featured on Best of 20th Century Literature lists. It is a disservice to all comic readers on this board for this to not be on the list
• Preacher
• Scalped
• Transmetropolitan
• V for Vendetta
• Valerian and Laureline
• Y: The Last Man

 

[MenacingMonk]

Because those were the most listed books by people on here.

And I only listed books that weren't ongoing. Sandman was the exception.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Because those were the most listed books by people on here.

And I only listed books that weren't ongoing. Sandman was the exception.

Superhero comics are fine, not my preference but I'm not about to trash them by any means, but 300+ pages of discussion and it is almost entirely about superhero comics?

 

[MenacingMonk]

Superhero comics are fine, not my preference but I'm not about to trash them by any means, but 300+ pages of discussion and it is almost entirely about superhero comics?

People read the non superhero stuff. It's just not as big.

 

[Majestyx]

Grank Quitely of course.

I'm not a jim lee stan, but hell no to anything Frank Quitley related. everybody has the face of an old white woman

 

[BXKingPin82]

Iron Fist out here fighting Ninja Turtles!


im jokin but seriously tho!

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm not a jim lee stan, but hell no to anything Frank Quitley related. everybody has the face of an old white woman

Not really but ok.

 

[Jello Biafra]

When I think of Batman artists, I don't think of Jim Lee. When I think of Jim Lee, I think of X-Men.

Jim Lee is great at everything, but I think the quintessential Batman artists are Neal Adams, dikk Giordano, Jim Aparo, Marshall Rogers, and dikk Sprang. The Bronze Age guys were killing it for sure. So many great Batman artists: Greg Capullo, David Finch, Tony Daniel, Jim Lee, Norm Breyfogle (who I appreciate more now that I'm older; his style felt too "old school" to me in the mid '90s), and Don Newton (so underrated... just now discovering his Batman work).

I think of dikk Giordano when it comes to quintessential Superman and Batman artist.

 

[parallax]

max needs to shut his hoe ass up. hes the one that put the bullseye on the backs of current mutants. i wish more people would call him on his shyt

 

[Jx2]

Officially DONE with Doc Strange. It's gone to complete shyt the second the new writer/artist team replaced Aaron/Bachallo.

This last issue ended with Mordo telling Strange to "Bring. It. On."