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Blair Herd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 April 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 326
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | 1
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Not sure if this has been discussed anywhere else. My first time starting a topic in all my years here. Congrats to our host for being number 4. Although most here would elevate even that....
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/12/20/2014-top -50-comic-book-artists-6-4/2/
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Steve De Young Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 3508
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | 2
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As long as the three ranked above JB are guys like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Wally Wood, I don't think anybody will have cause to complain. Hopefully that's the case, and not some flavor of the month artist. In fact, I think our host might quibble with being ranked above Neal Adams.
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Jason Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | 3
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With all due respect to JB, NOBODY should be above Neal Adams. (OK, maybe Joe Kubert.)
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John Byrne
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 4
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I can't get that link to work, but me above Neal??? No… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no… no…!!!
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | 5
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With all due respect to JB, NOBODY should be above Neal Adams. (OK, maybe Joe Kubert.) ======= A while back I started a thread of top 10 writers and artists of all time. Of all artists, JB was my personal number one. I haven't missed an issue of JB's work since Alpha Flight 24. I can't say I've been that loyal to any other storyteller.
If I were to do the list from a more historical perspective my top 10 would look like this.
Steve Ditko Jim Lee Carmine Infantino John Buscema John Byrne Wallace Wood Will Eisner Joe Kubert Neal Adams Jack Kirby
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Christophe Malgrain Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | 6
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The words better and best have little meaning to me as far as comicbook artists are concerned. What does it take to be a good artist ? Objective skills at anatomy, perspective, etc.but most artists know their basics, yet everyone has their favorite artist. There's something more than just the skills that has made JB my favorite artist for nearly 35 years. Neal Adams may be said to have a more realistic way of rendering anatomy, but realism is one approach among others. I for one recognize Adams' talent, but his work simply does not talk to me. JB may not be the best artist in the world, but he is my FAVORITE, the only one whose work really makes me dream.
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 2:42pm | IP Logged | 7
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Here's their #4-50 for their artist list. Two of the top three would be Jack Kirby and George Perez, but I can't think of who the third might be.
4 - John Byrne 5 - Neal Adams 6 - Jim Lee 7 - Steve Ditko 8 - J.H. Willaims 9 - Alex Ross 10 - Frank Miller 11 - Moebius 12 - Mike Mignola 13 - Will Eisner 14 - John Romita Jr. 15 - John Buscema 16 - David Mazzucchelli 17 - John Romita Sr. 18 - Jim Steranko 19 - Bill Sienkiewicz 20 - Alan Davis 21 - Walter Simonson 22 - Darwyn Cooke 23 - Arthur Adams 24 - Wallace Wood 25 - Stuart Immonen 26 - Brian Bolland 27 - Mike Allred 28 - Gil Kane 29 - Bryan Hitch 30 - John Cassaday 31 - Fiona Staples 32 - Dave Gibbons 33 - David Aja 34 - Greg Capullo 35 - Gene Colan 36 - Todd McFarlane 37 - Jim Aparo 38 - Chris Bachalo 39 - Barry Windsor-Smith 40 - Joe Kubert 41 - Olivier Coipel 42 - Carl Barks 43 - Ivan Reis 44 - Tim Sale 45 - Steve McNiven 46 - Curt Swan 47 - Jaime Hernandez 48 - Dave McKean 49 - Alex Toth 50 - Paul Pope
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Jeremy Simington Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | 8
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This link to the article should work correctly.
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Blair Herd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 April 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 326
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | 9
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Thanks for providing a workable link..
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Geoff Lander Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 3:39pm | IP Logged | 10
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John Byrne was my Jack Kirby growing up, and he got my top vote. I'm glad he placed so high.
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Steve De Young Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | 11
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Forgetting about the rankings for the moment, I do agree with a lot of what they have to say about JBs art.
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Blair Herd Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 20 December 2014 at 3:57pm | IP Logged | 12
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For me, JB's X-men got me into comics. From that point on his art defined the characters and their worlds for me. Number 1 for me.
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