Now that I've ridiculed the CBR list of Keith Giffen's inclusion in the 125 Greatest Artists of All-Time on the blog, it's only fair that I open myself up to an equal share of ridicule. So on the record, here are my top ten artists:

J.H. Williams III
Brian Bolland
Alan Davis
Adam Hughes
Kevin Maguire
Mike Mignola
Kevin Knowlan
Dan Jurgens
Dave Stevens
Steve Rude

If you couldn't tell, I like my art clean with pronounced chiaroscuro. I once really liked John Byrne and Frank Miller, but each is still active and I feel that their work has really suffered in the past decade.

I'm a big fan of Jack Cole, C.C. Beck, and Curt Swan, and would probably rank any one of them in my top 10 if I didn't associate them each with only one character. (That's probably a flaw with my thinking, not a critique of their ability or output. Certainly Dave Stevens isn't well known for anything other than Rocketeer.)

By all means, tell me I'm wrong, but be prepared to post your response list.

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Since I've always also read local european comics and some mangas (a lot less these days..) alongside US comics, I've always had a pretty wide type of taste as far as artists go.
Stylized or more realistic..I've not much problem going from Kyle Baker to Alex Ross

Anyway, on top of my head, I'd say Dan Jurgens, Ketih Giffen, Steve Dillon, Kevin Maguire are some of my favorites for regular on-going superhero comics.
But I'd also like to mention others like Adam Hughes, Alex Ross or Clayton Crain as amazing artists which art is always a delight to look at.
And finally Kyle Baker, Art Baltazar , Doug TenNapel and so many others (non-Americans however) as more direct inspirations and models for me

Scott Kolins, Ivan Reis and Nick roche

I admit that I didn't know who Nick Roche was until just a minute ago. But now that I look up his work, I have to say that I shouldn't be surprised to see him admired by someone named Astrotrain.

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Transformers are great well some are, last stand of the wreckers definately

i have to admit that I don't really have favorite artists as I often don't pay that much attention to the art itself. Actually I usually only notice it when it is really bad..though I guess I do a huge injustice by this to a lot of great artists..but I feel myself simply rather drawn to the text/dialogues instead of the pictures.

I've heard that from a lot of people over the years, Morgenstern, and it never fails to surprise me. I don't mean to criticize what you like, but it seems to me that you're missing most of a comic book if you aren't looking at the pictures. Sequential art is first and foremost a visual medium. I think that not looking at the art is like listening to television while staring at a blank wall: you're not really getting the whole picture.

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Don't worry I pretty much agree with you that I am "doing it wrong". I guess that might come from the fact that I never read comics as a child but instead spent a lot of time with books (I usually read the books a week). I started reading comics not much more than two years ago (few months before the Blackest Night Tie-In from Booster). Hence I am more drawn to the words and see the art more as a bonus. I have been trying to correct this fault for a while by forcing myself to spend more time looking at the actual pages before turning instead of jumping only to the next dialogue box, but it is still something I have to force myself to and does not come naturally. Also..sometimes I just don't find particular art attractive...for example I really did not like the look of the current (or now former) team on BG and found it outright ugly at times.


I think I mentioned it in the past that I would often like to see stories about Booster in novels instead of only comics (for the reasons mentioned above), but i also understand that I am one of the very few who would be interested in such a thing.

Oh, no! If looking at the art would make you stop reading BOOSTER GOLD, I take it all back! Cover your eyes! Just keep buying BOOSTER GOLD!

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Well if the current team had continued I actually might have switched to trades instead of Single issues, but with the return of Dan and Booster going digital you don't have to worry about that,