Hot Topic: Styles of Comic Artwork

[necrogal]

hmm hard to say, it depends on the comic most comics look good in an manga style while other would look good with a bendable style dramatic or so on.. Depends on comic.

[Jared Lee]

I prefer the style that I first glanced at and said to myself; this is comics.
That was Jim Lees work in X-men. The number one selling comic of ever at one time.

I like other artist, but to me Jim Lee style is the definitive comic style.

That doesn't seem to be an option.

[Popninja]

However, he wasn't my favorite stylized artist. That honor goes to Norm Breyfogle. He has to be the most underrated artist ever. He had just the right mix of realism and style. There are a few modern artists I really enjoy because they take it back to basics and do a heck of a job. There are some though that are a tad too basic and some that try too hard for realism. And some just try to be too stylish. Just puts me off reading a good story.

Breyfogle was one of a few guys that actually turned me off of DC in general. Just did not like his style at all. At all. He and Kelley Jones pretty much ran me off of Batman and/or Detective Comics.

[Jcatlett76]

Breyfogle was one of a few guys that actually turned me off of DC in general. Just did not like his style at all. At all. He and Kelley Jones pretty much ran me off of Batman and/or Detective Comics.

I still stand by my Breyfogle admiration but I am right there with you on Jones. He was an example of over stylized. Man...those bat ears were just insanely silly lol. I've seen Jones on other stuff and it wasn't so bad at all. I think it's the style he chose for Batman that turned me off.

[CrazyDiamond]

All I know is I don't like the stuff that the put in comics today. Too slick. Feels like no feeling or atmosphere there. I'm talking about mainstream comics mind you. Still a lot of fresh young artists out there.

[sadman2000]

Semi-Realistic. Artists Leinil Yu, Phillip Tan, Neal Adams and Greg Capullo and many others have art that for me, is a joy to look at.

[Terminator X]

I chose cartoony, but that's just out of those categories. I like all types of art and comic art, but my absolute favorite is stuff kinda like Paul Pope does. That doesn't really fit into any of the categories above, I'd say.

[shannonh]

"Early 90's comic greats" is not an option so I will NOT vote.

[Emperorsteele]

Well Shannoh, it's hard to describe "90's style" because there was a lot going on. A lot of artists followed in Jim Lee's footsteps, some rather unconvincingly if not unsuccessfully (Glares over at Rob Leifeld). Eastern works were starting to influence American comic artists. Some artists, in an attempt to distance themselves from looking like a Jim Lee clone, started making their works more cartoony or simplified.

I guess if there was a "staple" that describes 90's comics art, it's random cross hatching. And that would be a by-product of trying to render things realistically or believably... whether the artists realized this or not. Some did it just because It's what Jim Lee did and it looked cool >_>

[Matt001]

Can I vote for me? Yeah. It's me.