American comic book art/artists

[Anonymous No.4491959]

Who are your favorite comic book artists /ic/? Why do you think that the scene in the states has taken such a massive nosedive in overall visual quality for the past decade?
I'm a really huge fan of Frank Cho's work. Does anyone know if his books are at all helpful? Has ever said what he did to get to where he is or should I just do the basics like grind fundies for a short eternity.

[Anonymous No.4492017]

>>4491959
Most of my favorite American comic artists are dead, which I guess explains the state of the industry.

One of the issues is excessive focus on capeshit in mainstream American comics. At one point there were a variety of genres in American comics, just like manga — romance, science fiction, horror, etc., which in turn led expression and craft beyond stagnant capeshit.

attached: One of my faves of all time, Wally Wood

[Anonymous No.4492373]

>>4491959
Mike Magnola and Slave Labour artists like Roman Dirge, Jhonen Vasquez, Dork etc. I don't know much about comics but those artists are huge inspirations.

[Anonymous No.4493266]

>>4491959
>I'm a really huge fan of Frank Cho's work. Does anyone know if his books are at all helpful? Has ever said what he did to get to where he is or should I just do the basics like grind fundies for a short eternity.

He wrote art instruction books? That's a first to me.

I did watch a few streams of him drawing some time last year and cruised through his IG feed. Very no-nonsense approach from what I remember. Funny easy going guy too.

His work is mainly from life models and reference. He faithfully copies anything that fancies him, so he is a good mixture of xerox + taste.

He has a process, so look at that if you want hints as to how he approaches things.

This is going to come across as some new age bullshit but try to reverse your approach. Rather than "grinding fundies", start with an idea and work backwards towards the fundamentals, to the extent that you need them.

To give a loose analogy, practicing scales without seeing how it is incorporated into music is the equivalent of "grinding fundies" without knowing how to apply it.

So do an exercise where you take one of his works that you like and work backwards, and do the same thing for one of your ideas. Loose idea sketch -> fundies.

[Anonymous No.4493276]

>>4491959
>>4493266
I like his "Drawing Beautiful Women". When I drew Loomis' female heads, more often than not they end up looking like trannies. I referred to Frank's female heads instead and Im quite satisfied.

[Anonymous No.4493286]

>>4491959
Does anyone have a good Frank Cho's guide? I seriously love his style and I want to learn seriously I want to learn his style

[Anonymous No.4493333]

>>4493286
Just copy what he copies.

[Anonymous No.4493369]

>>4493286
He draws in the basic Marvel style from 'drawing the marvel way' but has a better understanding of anatomy than that book shows.

[Anonymous No.4493378]

>>4493286
He does have a book. "Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method". It's in the artbooks thread.

[Anonymous No.4493418]

>>4493378
I cannot find it in the links fren, do you have a link? please

[Anonymous No.4493444]

>>4491959
God i want feel those forms

[Anonymous No.4493451]

>>4493266
>xerox

Fuck of and dilate.

[Anonymous No.4493670]

>>4492017
>Wood also taped up another note to himself: "Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up."
based?

[Anonymous No.4493747]

>>4491959
>Why do you think that the scene in the states has taken such a massive nosedive in overall visual quality for the past decade?

Idk if this counts as comic art, but this drawing Gary Villarreal drew is insane. I would totally read a comic in this art style

[Anonymous No.4493757]

>>4493747
Some more, this one's from francisco vasquez, although he's from Chile, but It still counts as comic art. There's a lot of good comic artist out there (some on par with some of the best mangaka in my opinion) they're just hard to find.

[Anonymous No.4493777]

>>4491959
Been a fan of Travis Charest's artwork since the 90s, where he was an Image guy, then he got his own european-influenced style. He is a slow artist, but values quality over quantity, and it shows.

[Anonymous No.4493800]

Dale Keown

[Anonymous No.4494008]

Adam Hughes

[Anonymous No.4494048]

was never a big collector when i was a kid but i always appreciated j scott campbell's work

[Anonymous No.4494059]

joe mad

[Anonymous No.4494083]

>>4491959
>Why do you think that the scene in the states has taken such a massive nosedive in overall visual quality for the past decade?

I don't buy/read comics anymore, but i remember everything becoming very bland/generic looking around the time you mention. I blame the editors. one Marvel artist (Jorge Molina) that actually went to the same college as me had a drawing style that was so fucking cool. I remember following his work on deviantart years ago and then soon after he started penciling for Marvel his work turned into this boring shit

[Anonymous No.4494089]

jim lee

[Anonymous No.4494138]

adam and andy kubert. I loved their work on the x men series trading cards

[Anonymous No.4494190]

mark bagley

[Anonymous No.4494218]

humberto ramos

[Anonymous No.4494220]

Chris Stevens does great stuff with Copic markers.

[Anonymous No.4494227]

and greg capullo

[Anonymous No.4494236]

>>4494008
adam hughes is awesome

[Anonymous No.4494463]

>>4491959
>Why do you think that the scene in the states has taken such a massive nosedive in overall visual quality for the past decade?

Because they hire their horrid SJW trash straight outa Tumblr of course.
Getting woke fucking destroyed comics and alienated their base.
They are taking a massive financial hit for it too (go woke go broke) but there’s obviously some kind of incentive for it as they certainly aren’t the only industry doing it.

(((Whoever))) is behind this has done it to fucking everything. Feels bad to see such destruction.

[Anonymous No.4494510]

>>4494463
You had me until the ((( ))). Woketards can take a hike and take the /pol/tards with them.

Attached: Great American artist depicting American Chad debating /pol/tard.

[Anonymous No.4494522]

>>4494510
I sincerely hope clueless boomer retards such as yourself get what's coming on the day of the rope (in Minecraft)

[Anonymous No.4494532]

>>4494510
Prove me wrong. Find a single SJW infected/destroyed industry that isn’t (((completely controlled))) by bracket-people.

[Anonymous No.4494569]

>>4494463
>>4494522
>>4494532

Holy shit say the word you chickenshit.
Nazi posters are so wimpy oh my god

[Anonymous No.4494586]

>>4493777
This guy's stuff is great and I've never heard of him. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.4494591]

>>4494569
>chickenshit
Not of you.
It’s illegal to name them where I’m from. That should tell you something actually...

[Anonymous No.4494594]

>>4493747
>>4493757
jesus christ, this is the good shit

[Anonymous No.4494656]

Skottie Young

[Anonymous No.4494838]

>>4493418
https://mega.nz/file/1xwX2CjI#tkLHCKBfUv8LshhQeJev7RkN2HC78JwBaxL5mA3F7T0
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=8AE6A83774B10A39DB03E812C92BC7CD