20 Art Adams
Arthur Adams (born April 5, 1963) An American comic book artist (and writer). His first big break, some say was the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries Longshot. His interior work includes a number of Marvel’s major books, like The Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, X-Factor, Fantastic Four, Hulk, and Ultimate Comics: X, including books by other publishers, like Action Comics, Vampirella, The Rocketeer and The Authority. Adams has also illustrated books featuring characters for which he has a personal love, such as Godzilla, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Gumby( for which he won an 1988 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue!).
19 Frank Cho
Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, (born 1971) is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator. He is probably most known for his series Liberty Meadows, but his work is as recognizable as Hughes in books like Shanna the She-Devil, The Mighty Avengers and Hulk for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment. Cho is noted for his figure drawing,i.e. fanservice like depiction of well-endowed women. Conversely, he usually depicts himself as an APE, so he recognizes where his impullse come from, obviously..
18 Walt Simonson
(born September 2, 1946) is the American comic book writer and artist most associated with a run on Marvel Comics’ Thor from 1983 to 1987, where created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he began in 1972 as a school thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and a personal favorite, Orion.
He is married to Louise Simonson a comics writer, with whom he collaborated as penciller on X-Factor from 1986 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film!
17 Michael Turner
(April 21, 1971 – June 27, 2008)[2] was a comics artist known for his work Fathom, on Witchblade, Superman/Batman, Soulfire, and various covers for DC Comics and Marvel Comics.His linework was impeccable and his level of detail was fantastic. His comic Fathom, is still considered his best work.
16 Steve Rude
(December 31, 1956) is a comics artist that takes a big influence from Alex Toth and Jack Kirby. His lines and story telling are amazing, and in 1981, Rude and writer Mike Baron (Florida Man) created Nexus, an independent science fiction comic book with a large supporting cast. I rememberhte first issue had a record in it, one of those flexible things… for the series, Rude designed many distinctive alien races, including the Thunes, the Amphibs, the Quattros, the Giz, the Demons, and others.
His work for DC Comics included collaborating with writer Dave Gibbons on the World’s Finest miniseries for DC in 1990. DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz has noted that Rude’s artwork “plays on Norman Rockwell’s Americana, while his sleek sequential storytelling owes a debt to the work of Alex Toth.”
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