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Some Favorite Artists

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I’ve written a lot on this blog about the great Filipino comics artists and the influence and inspiration that they have given me. This time around, I wanted to share the art of some of the non-Filipino comics artists whose work I admire and have inspired me greatly.

Michael Golden – He worked on the Micronauts, X-Men, Batman, and the works of his I liked best: Avengers Annual #10 (featuring the X-Men) and The Nam.

David Mazzucchelli – He did so few comics work, most accessible of which was Daredevil Born: Again, and Batman: Year One, the latter of which I consider to be damn near as perfect as comic book art can ever be.

Barry Windsor Smith – Barry’s Conan artwork was greatly inspiring to me for as long as I can remember. I still remember going back many times to Alemar’s in Makati when I was a kid just to browse “The Masters of Comic Book Art” and ogle at Barry’s magnificent artwork. He went on to do even more amazing work for The X-Men, Wolverine, and Storyteller.

Goseki Kojima – The artist of the legendary Lone Wolf and Cub.

The inspirations I get come from all over the place, and not just comics. I’ll write about more about them in another post.

Comments

14 Responses to “Some Favorite Artists”

  1. Jaime on January 24th, 2008 2:18 am

    I would also consider works of David Mazzucchelli as my inspiration. His style of drawing is like storyboard illustration, sweet and simple. If I’m not mistaken, most of his other non-comics work were for advertising.

  2. Rod Samonte on January 24th, 2008 2:49 am

    Gerry,
    I’m a big fan of BWS too. I have the complete original publications of Conan. Of course, after he quit Conan, I continued collecting the series as he was replaced by the likes of Alcala, Zuniga, Nebres and Ernie Chan. And I love his color work in Epic Illustrated which is also in my collection.
    Rod

  3. Reno on January 24th, 2008 10:16 am

    Mazzuchelli is a really damn good artist. His work on Daredevil was sensational but when he did Batman: Year One it just blew me away. This may be considered blasphemous by some, but in my opinion he improved on the simplified way that Alex Toth drew.

    Another artist whose stint in the comics world was brief but still did stunning work was Rodolfo Damaggio. I think he mostly does concept art and storyboards for movies now. You should check out his art, Gerry.

    http://homepage.mac.com/damaggio/PhotoAlbum18.html

  4. auggie on January 24th, 2008 10:38 am

    Rod,

    Nakailang issues ba yung EPIC ? meron ka ba ng premiere issue ? yung drowing ni FRAZETTA ng mga ROMAN soldiers sa ibabaw ng fortress ? meron ako No.2, yung ki CORBEN, my one and only Epic.

  5. Gerry Alanguilan on January 24th, 2008 10:58 am

    Auggie… meron ako nung first issue ng EPIC na may Frazette cover. Ok din sya. Yung first story is a somewhat adult-ish Galactus story written by Stan Lee, with art by John Buscema and Rudy Nebres, with painted colors by Rick Veitch. Other artists include Jim Starlin. Basically, regular Marvel artists doing more “mature” stuff.

    May artwork din from Arthur Suydam, Ernie Colon, Mirko Ilic, Ray Rue, Leopoldo Durarona, and Wendy Pini.

    Pero ang prized possession ko na Epic ay issue #7, with a Barry Windsor Smith cover, gallery and article. Meron ding Neal Adams, Dean Motter, Tim Conrad, John Bolton, Pepe Moreno, even more Jim Starlin, etc.

  6. Gerry Alanguilan on January 24th, 2008 11:00 am

    Thanks Reno! I’ll check him out…

  7. Rod Samonte on January 24th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Gerry, Auggie,
    Meron ding akong Epic #7, at yung isa pang issue na si BWS din ang cover issue #16 with a story titled The Beguiling. I think that’s all I have of Epic as I didn’t particularly collect it or was it because they were hard to come by even then?
    Rod

  8. Robby Villabona on January 24th, 2008 6:53 pm

    Among the ‘minimalist’ artist, I also like Tim Sale.

  9. Eusebio Yu on January 24th, 2008 7:49 pm

    Speaking of Epic, let’s not forget the wonderful work of Chris Claremont and John Bolton on ” Marada the She-Wolf “. Count me in as a fan of BWS. How come no one mentioned his masterpiece ( in my opinion )” Weapon X “, which is probably the definitive origin of Wolverine.

  10. Ed on January 25th, 2008 11:08 am

    Now I see where you get those “pamatay” detail influences. Hehehe.

    Man, magagaling mga faves artists mo ah. What if gawa tayo ng entry mga “top 10 personal favourite comic/non-comic artists”? I’ll start listing down all my faves sa blog ko. :D

  11. Gerry Alanguilan on January 25th, 2008 12:25 pm

    Ed: Oba! Basta may matching graphics ha?

  12. Gerry Alanguilan on January 25th, 2008 12:27 pm

    Eusebio… definitely Weapon X. Nalimutan ko lang ilista, pero kakatingin ko lang sa kanya kani kanina. :D

  13. John Beatty on January 26th, 2008 9:34 am

    I consider Michael Golden to be probably my favorite. The rest you’ve listed are great also.

    And let’s not leave out another great master of comic art, my friend, Mike Zeck!

    -JB

  14. Gerry Alanguilan on January 26th, 2008 9:53 am

    Mike Zeck yeah! I’ll most likely feature him on this blog very soon. :D