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John Byrne
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Posted: 14 August 2025 at 9:03pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Another artist I just learned about.

Good stuff!!!

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Conrad Teves
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Posted: 14 August 2025 at 9:24pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Nice!

Doesn't look to me like he's overly influenced by Anime/Manga either. There's so many of those, it's nice to see.

Never heard of him either. Thanks for the heads up!

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Charles Valderrama
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Posted: 14 August 2025 at 10:15pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

Very solid artist but haven't been interested in the books he's drawn for present day DC or Marvel.

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Brian Miller
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Posted: 14 August 2025 at 11:34pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

He’s been around for quite a while. I’ve been an admirer of his for years.

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 14 August 2025 at 11:45pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

As it happens, you drew a variant cover for X-MEN#100 back in 2000, and he was the interior artist (in fact you drew a character that he designed!)

(And this fact makes my head nearly explode - he's now been in the industry longer than you were at that point in 2000!)

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Petter Myhr Ness
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Posted: 15 August 2025 at 7:05am \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

Noticed him first when he did BIRTHRIGHT, Mark Waid's failed attempt to reboot Superman (again). Didn't like the story, but the art looked great.

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James Woodcock
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Posted: 15 August 2025 at 7:55am \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

He’s a solid artist when given time to do his stuff - I really like his art.
It tends to suffer the longer he stays on a title and then gets refreshed
when he moves to a new one.
There was a time I would buy issues just because he drew them.

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