Who was the most prolific artist in the history of comics?

[bminor]

Jack Kirby springs to mind first.

Steve Ditko...

The final answer is probably someone I have not ever heard of.

Like the guy you drew Archie or Richie Rich.

Anyone have any ideas and facts to support their thoughts?

B.

If you switch the question to who was the most INFLUENTIAL artist, my guess it would be Jack Kirby.

[JonTheScanner]

Certainly not Ditko, Kirby's output must be substantially in excess of his.

If you get double credit for pencilling and inking the same page, I'd think Kubert is up there. And he's pretty high even if you don't get double credit.

[Drusilla lives!]

Oh please, you guys have doubts... I don't... Jack Kirby.  

Who was the second most prolific?  Now that indeed is another matter... offhand, I'd also lean toward Kubert.  But then bminor makes a good point with those Archie titles.  They do look like they were drawn all those years by one person don't they?  

Who was that, Dan DeCarlo?

And lets not forget John Severin, he had quite an output over the years.

[Geo (RIP)]

But then bminor makes a good point with those Archie titles.  They do look like they were drawn all those years by one person don't they?  

Who was that, Dan DeCarlo? .

Yes he was. All those artists talked about so far are up there.

Geo

[Drusilla lives!]

FYI...

The King 15k
DeCarlo 7.9k
Kubert 5.9k
Severin 2.2k

... approximate raw "anything" creds on GCD.  

This could be for just about, well... anything.  Anything from a simple inking job to a complete 100 page graphic novel.  Not to mention the "credit bloat" due to the substantial number of reprinted works by these fellows. I suspect this to be very true of DeCarlo... but also of Kubert and Kirby (not so much Severin).  But it is still probably a good indicator of a general level of activity in the field by each artist, and hence a good quick comparative measure.    

[Roygbiv666]

Wouldn't this be a deliberate "House Style" in effect?

But then bminor makes a good point with those Archie titles.  They do look like they were drawn all those years by one person don't they?  

[Drusilla lives!]

Wouldn't this be a deliberate "House Style" in effect?

But then bminor makes a good point with those Archie titles.  They do look like they were drawn all those years by one person don't they?  

True.  I just did a quick wikipedia bio check on DeCarlo and they do mention that he was the one responsible for that Archie house style... but nevertheless there are still a large number of personal GCD credits associated with him.   

[Drusilla lives!]

Infantino seems to be up there as well (over 4k anything creds)... more so than Cardy, who I thought would have more... must be bloat of some kind.

[narfstar]

A large number of Archie comics are not indexed but all Kirby work is.

[bminor]

Well, I was hoping it was Kirby and it looks like he's the man.

Just watched a interesting 51 minute talk on Kirby from last year sponsored by the Kirby Museum at at convention somewhere in England. He was quite a guy.
It is my hope someday to own one small piece of artwork by him.
Anyone have any that want to part with?
B.

[Roygbiv666]

I don't have any, but these people do:
http://www.comicartfans.com/ForSalesearchresult.asp?PM=1&txtSearch=jack+kirby&Order=

I'm debating getting an Aparo - the question is "Can I afford it?"

It is my hope someday to own one small piece of artwork by him.
Anyone have any that want to part with?

[narfstar]

Don't throw anything at me but I never cared much for Aparo's art. Poking around after your post, there are a lot of artists I do like from the Silver Age and boy do the prices vary. It is a matter of fan favorites I guess. I could not find anything by Bill Molno If I could afford it I sure would love the George Wilson cover to Dagar 10.