/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4628633]

What are the best illustrated comics and manga in general /ic/?

[Anonymous No.4628641]

Steel ball run probably has the most beautifully consistent art throughout the entire thing

[Anonymous No.4628644]

>>4628641
SBR was araki's peak

[Anonymous No.4628656]

>>4628641
I don't know why but i don't like Araki's b&w work

[Anonymous No.4628758]

Wally Wood's EC Comics.

[Anonymous No.4628782]

Eating garlic improves your body odour.

[Anonymous No.4628825]

Al Williamson's Star Wars comics.

[Anonymous No.4628856]

>>4628633
Very few, if anyone, can compete with Bernie Wrightson in his field of illustration.

[Anonymous No.4628883]

absolute top-tier :
Moebius
Sergio Toppi
Taiyo Matsumoto

[Anonymous No.4628928]

>>4628656
For me it's always been the opposite, I hate how colored pages remove the intense contrast. It feels less surreal.

[Anonymous No.4628971]

>>4628656
for me it was just how cluttered some of the pages get, part 5 was a mess to read. MHA has a similar problem in certain arcs.

[Anonymous No.4628972]

The point of comics is to tell stories.
The best comics are not the ones with the most beautiful art, but the ones with the most meaningful art.

[Anonymous No.4628984]

And on those grounds, manga artists get points for sheer volume. As far as stories go, being able to put out 200 pages a year is definitely much better than 48.

But here's some Milo Manara.

[Anonymous No.4628993]

made in abyss is my current favourite manga, it is beautiful and has a great narrative and characters. my favourites are wazukyan and bondrewd.

[Anonymous No.4629104]

>>4628972
>The point of comics is to tell stories.
I understand that point. But then why do the best illustrators (Wood, Wrightson) always have me coming back for more, regardless of the storytelling?

[Anonymous No.4629119]

>>4628633
where to read Corto Maltese in english

[Anonymous No.4629214]

>>4628928
That's an interesting take, i personally don't like Araki's face too much i feel the model type face lose it's uniqueness and becomes boring pretty fast and his hatching makes it look stiff. But i don't know maybe i should give him another try, his fashion sense is fantastic.

[Anonymous No.4629216]

>>4628993
Hi pedobro

[Anonymous No.4629220]

>>4629119
Readcomiconline.to

[Anonymous No.4629558]

I really like Innocent's art

[Anonymous No.4629786]

>>4628633
Here are my personal absolute favorites:
>Moebius
>Alberto Breccia
>Katsuhiro Otomo
>Jose Antonio Munoz
Some old masters:
>Winsor McCay, Hal Foster, Wally Wood, Milton Caniff, Alex Toth, Alex Raymond, Burne Hogarth, Bernard Krigstein
Check these out too:
>David Mazzucchelli, Kerascoet, Cyril Pedrosa, JH Williams III, P. Craig Russell, Lorenzo Mattotti, Nicolas de Crecy, Oscar Zarate, Taiyo Matsumoto, Daisuke Igarashi
These artists have/had their strengths and weaknesses, but they're all pretty much top tier.
I have many other favorites that don't rank with these, but I tried to keep it brief.
>>4628972
This is far and away the best page in the entirety of Corto Maltese. It's all downhill from here. Second best is probably in the episode that takes place in the streets of Ireland.

[Anonymous No.4629795]

>>4628758
You beat me to Wally Wood

[Anonymous No.4629798]

>>4629795
This is some before its time coomershit.

[Anonymous No.4629853]

>>4629558
>Innocent
more info please?

[Anonymous No.4629874]

>>4629853
Innocent is about a family of executioners in 18th-century France.
The artist is Shinichi Sakamoto, who also drew The Climber/Kokou no Hito.
I personally don't like his art at all.

[Anonymous No.4629877]

Blacksad, early Hellboys, Vagabond

[Anonymous No.4629892]

>>4628758
>>4628825

damn, first time I ever heard of Artist's Edition. they're way too pricey for me though. does anyone know, if they're online, somewhere?

personally I like John Buscema most.

[Anonymous No.4631215]

>>4629798
Humanity has always had coomers, they just have way more outlets now.

[Anonymous No.4631224]

Surprised that Mike Mignola has not been mentioned yet, dude's popular even among japanese mangakas

[Anonymous No.4631275]

>>4629786
Amazing recs dude! I love Ronald Searle but he mostly does illustration books.

[Anonymous No.4631478]

>>4629786
Based. Finally, someone who actually reads comics. I already know about a lot of these guys and love their work, who else would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.4631515]

>>4631275
You might like Chris Riddell, he does kids books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6AVl1sogAA
To stay on comics, Jeff Smith. Bone is a classic but posting a single page doesn't do it justice.

[Anonymous No.4631676]

This man's boobs look very weird.

[Anonymous No.4631977]

>>4631275
>>4631515
Shaun Tan has made at least one comic (The Arrival); he also mostly draws children's books.
>>4631478
Jorge Zaffino, Joe Kubert, Jordi Bernet, Ryoichi Ikegami, Katsuya Terada, Gary Gianni, Jaime Hernandez, and Francois Boucq are all incredibly good.
For those that do things a bit different, check out Philippe Druillet, James Stokoe, Brendan McCarthy, Gianni de Luca, Sergio Toppi, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Suehiro Maruo.
If you have an interest in architecture, check out Francois Schuiten and Tsutomu Nihei.

[Anonymous No.4632003]

>No Franquin, Uderzo or Hergé mentioned
M'enfin, dis...

[Anonymous No.4632006]

>Also, no Juanjo Guarnido
Que pasa?

[Anonymous No.4632170]

I like the way Yusuke Murata draws

[Anonymous No.4632550]

>>4631515

[Anonymous No.4632561]

>>4629877

You should read threads before posting: >>4629877

[Anonymous No.4632747]

>>4631515
>>4631977
Thanks for the recs! I also like Slave labour comics like Jhonny and Lenore, they have that early 00's rawr exdi dark humour but i find it charming.

[Anonymous No.4632767]

>>4632003
>implying everyone in these threads doesn' t just list names
Nobody reads this shit. This is like a bunch of people talking about literature and everyone claims they read Plato and Infinite Jest for brownie points but what they actually write is teenage werewolf romance YA shit. Everyone always names this classic shit yet absolutely nobody actually shows any of it as an influence. It's literally all posing and lying on the internet. I'm absolutely certain at this point that people regularly recommend things they haven' t even read, let alone paid for. But they're the biggest fans ever.

It makes me particularly sick with Ghibli, everyone' s crazy about Ghibli but all they get from it is the aesthetics, it seems llke nobody gets what's underneath the animation. It's as surface level as it gets.

[Anonymous No.4632773]

This just dropped yesterday on the getcomics site, glorious Toppi art.

[Anonymous No.4632805]

>>4628656
Jojo feels different without color

[Anonymous No.4632812]

Kyohiko Azuma is another one that doesn't get much talk about. His coloring and backgrounds skills are pretty impressive despite the simplicity of the characters.

[Anonymous No.4634067]

>>4632767
That's odd, given that it's anonymous. I've seen most people read what they recommend, because they recommend the same two, three things.

[Anonymous No.4635433]

>>4629892
Maybe the fantagraphics books are more up your alley? not giant sized, just a collection of stories by the same artist

[Anonymous No.4635521]

>>4632170
I saw him draw this page on his stream, it looked so much better without all the digital shit added.
Shame really.

[Anonymous No.4635540]

>>4631224
Looks like shit