Discussing with Perry, he said he wasn't sure if Jim Lee was in his top 10...maybe not even Top 25 Artists, and I said "Do it. Write'em down."
So, I did first.
A hard, but an easy list as well.
25, not in ranking or order...well, a little bit with the first 5 grouping (Not putting a number 1), but after that, it's all a listing:
George Perez
John Byrne
Dan Jurgens
Ivan Reis
Carlos Pacheco
Salvardo Larocca
Jerry Ordway
Mark Bagley
Gary Frank
Tony Daniel
Doug Mahnke
Jan Duursema
Joe Bennett
Stuart Immonen
Mike Wieringo
Ryan Ottlely
Tom Grummett
John Romita Jr
Graham Nolan
Paul Pelletier
Neal Adams
Eduardo Risso
Alan Davis
Dan Mora
Todd MacFarlane
Here's the EXTRAs on the list I didn't include!!
John Romita Sr
Frank Quitely
Steve Dillon
Frank Miller
Mike Grell
Phil Jimenez
Mark Buckingham
JIM LEE
Rags Morales
Steve Sadowski
Jim Starlin
Mikal Janin
Jason Fabok
Kubert Brothers
Steve Skroce
Ed McGuinness
Ed Benes
Scot Kolins
Mike Perkins
Steve Epting
Bruno Redondo
Nicola Scott
Carlos Paguaylian
Sal Velluto
John Cassady
Mike McKone
MD 'Doc' Bright
Jim Cheung
Stefano Casselli
Russell Dautermann
Bob Layton
Steve McNiven
Ron Garney
Dale Keown
Ron Lim
Olivier Copiel
Ron Frenz
Quote from: Jimmy T on Mar 29, 2025, 07:06 PMDiscussing with Perry, he said he wasn't sure if Jim Lee was in his top 10...maybe not even Top 25 Artists, and I said "Do it. Write'em down."
Yes you did, and I need to do this. May get to it tonight, maybe
Quote from: Jimmy T on Mar 29, 2025, 07:06 PMTony Daniel
This is the guy that reminds me of Jim Lee/ Not all the time, but a lot. Good detail, though a little static in his figures at times. Not on the same level of static as Nicola Scott or anything, but yeah, at times. It will be interesting to see if he looks the same to me on Hush 2
Love Bob Layton and Rags Morales!
Okay, gonna have to make several passes at this, time wise, for artist that I enjoy more tan Jim Lee, but here is the start, at least
;D
Much like Jimmy, there is no particular order once I get outside my top 3 (even that top 3 changes positioning at times, though they stay at the top while doing so ;)), but the rest are just alphabetical...
And yes, I am putting at least two "clone" artist on my list (Sinnott and Andru), because I still enjoy them more than Jim Lee. And again, I am not trying to knock Jim Lee. He is a great artist, for sure, no doubt about it, but this is just a list of artist that I know I prefer. Not knocking down Lee as an artist, just praising MY artists
:)
1 - John Buscema
2 - George Perez
3 - Jack Kirby
Arthur Adams
Neal Adams
David Aja
Ross Andru
Sal Buscema
John Byrne
Greg Capullo
Olivier Coipel
Gene Colan
Darwyn Cooke
Gene Day
Steve Epting
Keith Giffen
Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Michael Golden
Tom Grummett
Stuart Immonen
Mikal Janin
Phil Jimenez
Kelly Jones
Andy Kubert
Joe Kubert
David Mazzucchelli
Todd McFarlane
Chris Mooneyham
Dan Mora
Mike Ploog
Keith Pollard
Joe Quesada
Frank Quietly
Ivan Reis
Esad Ribic
Darrick Robertson
John Romita Sr.
Alex Ross
Bill Sienkiewcz
Marc Silvestri
Joe Sinnott
Paul Smith
Walter Simonson
Kurt Swan
J.H. Williams III
Bernie Wrightson
I will also add John Romita Jr and Frank Miller to the list, but only their older style, so not sure they would qualify for being under the "prefer them to Lee" statement
;)
So yeah, I have about 40 artist above Jim Lee... currently. Unless he blows me out of the water on Hush 2, I don't see this changing much
Quote from: Gay Titan on Mar 31, 2025, 02:03 PMLove Bob Layton and Rags Morales!
Layton's Iron Man? THE AMAZING CLASSIC!!!
And Rags on JSA and Hawkman really brings it home!
Quote from: Perry on Mar 31, 2025, 04:45 PMOkay, gonna have to make several passes at this, time wise, for artist that I enjoy more tan Jim Lee, but here is the start, at least
;D
Much like Jimmy, there is no particular order once I get outside my top 3 (even that top 3 changes positioning at times, though they stay at the top while doing so ;)), but the rest are just alphabetical...
And yes, I am putting at least two "clone" artist on my list (Sinnott and Andru), because I still enjoy them more than Jim Lee. And again, I am not trying to knock Jim Lee. He is a great artist, for sure, no doubt about it, but this is just a list of artist that I know I prefer. Not knocking down Lee as an artist, just praising MY artists
:)
I demand you make your list into 25!!
I forced myself into making a cut of 25. So I insist you do as well. :D
When you are feeling better!
Quote from: Perry on Mar 31, 2025, 04:45 PMAnd yes, I am putting at least two "clone" artist on my list (Sinnott and Andru),
I got Ross Andru to sign a copy of one of my first ever comics, and I LOVE it to death! Web of Spider-Man 47!!
Quote from: Jimmy T on Mar 31, 2025, 10:50 PMI forced myself into making a cut of 25. So I insist you do as well. :D
;D ;D
Now as you noted, I originally said that I don't think Jim Lee would be in my top 25 favorite artist, and I think I have shown that he isn't :P ;) , but okay... you want to force my hand, change the game up into ranking my top 25 :P so let me see... I have to kill 21 from my last list... Man, that's hard because it really depends on what some of these guys are drawing and my mood, but... if I have to, I guess my top 25 artist that I enjoy over Jim Lee, again, as of right now ;D would be:
1 - John Buscema
2 - George Perez
3 - Jack Kirby
Sal Buscema
John Byrne
Greg Capullo
Olivier Coipel
Gene Colan
Steve Epting
Tom Grummett
Mikal Janin
Joe Kubert
Todd McFarlane
Chris Mooneyham
Dan Mora
Mike Ploog
Keith Pollard
Joe Quesada
Frank Quietly
Esad Ribic
John Romita Sr.
Bill Sienkiewcz
Walter Simonson
J.H. Williams III
Bernie Wrightson
Quote from: Jimmy T on Mar 31, 2025, 10:49 PMQuote from: Gay Titan on Mar 31, 2025, 02:03 PMLove Bob Layton and Rags Morales!
Layton's Iron Man? THE AMAZING CLASSIC!!!
And Rags on JSA and Hawkman really brings it home!
Agreed! For me, though, it was his Hercules mini-series.
Quote from: Perry on Mar 31, 2025, 11:43 PMQuote from: Jimmy T on Mar 31, 2025, 10:50 PMI forced myself into making a cut of 25. So I insist you do as well. :D
;D ;D
Now as you noted, I originally said that I don't think Jim Lee would be in my top 25 favorite artist, and I think I have shown that he isn't :P ;) , but okay... you want to force my hand, change the game up into ranking my top 25 :P so let me see... I have to kill 21 from my last list... Man, that's hard because it really depends on what some of these guys are drawing and my mood, but... if I have to, I guess my top 25 artist that I enjoy over Jim Lee, again, as of right now ;D would be:
It was hard to good bye to some, right? Sure was!
How no one even mentioned Andrea Sorrentino is beyond me!
Quote from: Jeff on Apr 06, 2025, 09:36 PMHow no one even mentioned Andrea Sorrentino is beyond me!
I do really like him, but my eyes find him (like another artist that I really like, Deodato) very repetitive in his work. But yeah, I can see how he is in anyone's "top of" list
:)
I loved Sorrentino on Green Arrow.
Then he did that Batman arc, and every instance of Batman and Joker was just a black/white lift from all of the Batman movies. Ruined him for me.
Not as bad as Greg Land though!!!
Quote from: Jimmy T on Apr 07, 2025, 03:59 AMI loved Sorrentino on Green Arrow.
Then he did that Batman arc, and every instance of Batman and Joker was just a black/white lift from all of the Batman movies. Ruined him for me.
Not as bad as Greg Land though!!!
Did you read Gideon Falls?
Quote from: Jeff on Apr 10, 2025, 02:14 AMQuote from: Jimmy T on Apr 07, 2025, 03:59 AMI loved Sorrentino on Green Arrow.
Then he did that Batman arc, and every instance of Batman and Joker was just a black/white lift from all of the Batman movies. Ruined him for me.
Not as bad as Greg Land though!!!
Did you read Gideon Falls?
I have not. It is in my wishlist on hoopla though!
Sorrentino does a lot... and I mean a lot... of photoshop picture editing that bugs some, but I personally still appreciate the look. Even if it does get repetitive. If you don't enjoy photo reference stuff, you are probably not going to be a fan of most anything he does.
One of my podcasters (who teachers art) call him a complete hack and if any of his students came in with art that looked like Sorrentino, he would fail them. I think that is a little harsh as I like the look (especially on horror titles) and I think his stuff can still be effective story telling, regardless of how much is original
:)