Mr Wind Up Bird posted:

Superhero artwork is so boring. And while there are so problems with the art on Death of Superman it also kind of owns in a different way if you pay attention to how it builds and how the panel size changes until it's basically all splash pages as they beat on each other. It's not really groundbreaking storytelling, but it's kind of fun to watch.

Bad art is easy to spot because it's distracting or silly or, even worse, totally uninteresting. Boring art is never ok. You are drawing characters that can do anything and it's boring???? Ugh back onto the shelf you go. Picking on Rob Liefeld is easy and you know what? It's played out. If you are looking at his art you are reading a bad book stop it. Don't buy ugly books.

I think that it's a mistake to say that in order for something to be "good" art it has to look like it was drawn in the Renaissance. And so much depends on the whole team behind the art. Scott Kolins can look like a totally different artist depending on who is inking.

Anywhere here are some artists I dig:

James Stokoe



The first thing you notice when you pick up Orc Stain is how colorful everything is. But when you look a little closer you can see how tight his pencils are and how effective he is at conveying action. I kind of feel like he's drawing a lot from Kirby and Darrow but he does while feeling unique and fun. Also he does everything for Orc Stain! That poo poo is nuts!

Juanjo Guarnido



The Blacksad books are basically the best combinations of euro and american comics. Super crisp lines with beautiful watercolors on some of the most expressive and interesting looking characters I've ever seen in a comic. Wonderful noir style, fantastic story telling. Great great books in general.

Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa



More euro comics. They do such a good job with panel composition and creating expressive cartoon characters. Noa in sky doll is so expressive from her giant Disney eyes to her posture to her outfits. The amount of work that they put towards making her sexy without being sexual is something a hack like Ed Benes couldn't ever do in a billion loving years.

As far as bad art goes just pick up a floppy from just about any of the big 2. It's uninspired, flat, and totally lifeless. Occasionally a light shines though like Amanda Conner or Doug Mahnke but for the most part it's all interchangeable and people just eat that poo poo up I guess. Whatever.

zoux posted:

Are you asking me where I got five dollars?

Lurdiak posted:

Name an X-character Bowie wouldn't be great as.

catlord posted:

Is that Quicksilver? He looks like Jughead.

10 Beers posted:

Look at poor Spidey's right ankle! No way that twig supports him when he tries to walk on a wall!

Endless Mike posted:

Black Bolt and Karnak are the only Inhumans I ever found interesting before Ms. Marvel.

Mister Mind posted:

She's also an inspiration for Envy Adams from the Scott Pilgrim comics. (And then in the movie, Metric provided the music for Clash at Demonhead.)

Lobok posted:

Ah, a statue. Though I was pretty okay with Optimus Darkseid.

prefect posted:

The Leader blew up a whole town with a gamma bomb and only got about a half-dozen green people out of it. Most of 'em just died.

Teenage Fansub posted:

Also, he made some sonic blast out of playing Batman inspired death metal out of a chest-speaker. Also, he used a shark repellent.
Scott Snyder's All-Star Batman, people.

Flesh Forge posted:

Most of Ryan Kinnaird's style is creepy crotch-centric gross stuff. There is an actual tentacle rape scene in that comic iirc. Like I said he sucks real bad

Rhyno posted:

Well I dunno if these count since they were black and white to start but Bone and Scott Pilgrim are loving kick rear end rad in color.

purple death ray posted:

Everything counts.

Dick Trauma posted:

wiegieman posted:

Meggan becomes what others believe she is, and she's in love with Captain Britain because he believes she's a beautiful fairytale princess. It kind of makes sense that she would have a brighter style than anyone else in the picture.

Bombadilillo posted:

Called the Duck Knight Returns.

Also there are darkwing duck comics.

Also those comics are really really good.

Bombadilillo posted:

It sounded like they are doing a whole meta universe though. "Doubt be surprised if the Boys find a vine covered castle and an ancient vial of gummiebear juice" So I have no idea at this point. The writers were given free reign to use all content with the weird exception of Chip and Dale.

Jiro posted:

Oh really????? Hooded figure is going to be revealed as Jean Lorning giving the reason that she's doing all of this to bring super heroes closer together. And that mind wiping revealed Dr. Manhattan to have always been a villain!