Your Top, (#1), Favorite Comic Book Artist of all time, and why in 1 sentence

[bminor]

Jack Kirby


He was there practically from the beginning, defining and creating genres for four decades(or is is five)?

[darkmark (RIP)]

Wally Wood.


Because NOBODY got close to him in what he did.

[OtherEric]

Walt Kelly.

One of the best artists and storytellers both to ever grace comics.

[CBpop]

Carl Barks
 Because he took you on adventures around the world.
 

[Yoc]

That's an impossible question IMO.
My choice would vary depending on what age you asked me.
Today it's likely Walt Kelly as well but back in the early 80s it would have been Michael Golden or Mike Ploog.  Note the heavy Eisner influence on both.
Kelly was a master of composition and inking.  Nobody was better.

-Yoc

[Geo (RIP)]

WOW! Myself I like more then one, and the list would be pretty big come to think about it.


Geo

[OtherEric]

WOW! Myself I like more then one, and the list would be pretty big come to think about it.

Geo, the list of artists any of us like is long, or we wouldn't be here.  There's nobody named here yet that I'm not a fan of.  But the idea of the thread is to bite the bullet and pick just one.

With that said, your #1 is Al Williamson and we all know it. 

[Geo (RIP)]

WOW! Myself I like more then one, and the list would be pretty big come to think about it.

Geo, the list of artists any of us like is long, or we wouldn't be here.  There's nobody named here yet that I'm not a fan of.  But the idea of the thread is to bite the bullet and pick just one.

With that said, your #1 is Al Williamson and we all know it. 

O my, what gave me away?


Geo


PS: Like you Eric, not a bad name among them above.

[bminor]

I know it is impossible to pick just one. I have dozens of favorites myself.


But, the question is today, pick just one!

[Crimson-Blue-Green]

Jerry Ordway, because he drew many DC Comics I liked - "All-Star Squadron", "Infinity Inc." and he was an inker on "Crisis On Infinite Earths". 


That said, I have loads of respect for many others, including Will Eisner and Mort Meskin, both of whom had something to do with Sheena's creation. 

[Scarlet Pumpernickel]

Alex Toth. I love the way he develops each panel in relationship to the whole story, and his style is so simple and just perfect.

[Yoc]

Excellent choices all.
Meskin, Toth and Powell are in my top five as well.

[JonTheScanner]

Hmmm I guess I'll go with Al Williamson just based on art alone and because I like science fiction stories. But there are many others I like better on other types of stories.

[crashryan]

I've wrestled with this. So many artists I like: Wood, Williamson, Toth, Evans, blah blah blah. But I think if I had to choose one, it'd be Milton Caniff on the pre-war (1935-1939) Terry and the Pirates. A combination of superb Sickles-influenced art and action-packed stories with great characteris and complex stories were a perfect mix.

[OtherEric]

I've wrestled with this. So many artists I like: Wood, Williamson, Toth, Evans, blah blah blah. But I think if I had to choose one, it'd be Milton Caniff on the pre-war (1935-1939) Terry and the Pirates. A combination of superb Sickles-influenced art and action-packed stories with great characteris and complex stories were a perfect mix.

Did Caniff ever really do any comic book art, though, rather than reprints of his comic strip work?  (In no way arguing with the quality of his stuff, just wondering if he really qualifies as a "comic BOOK artist".)