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As a whole, I think comic art is better now than it ever has been. The guys who were my favorite artists in the 70s, 80s and 90s (Byrne, Perez, Ordway, Jurgens, Alan Davis, Garcia Lopez, Buscema, etc) would still be among the best of the best who are working today, but IMO once you get past the top tier talent, the "average" artist (for lack of a better word) now is better than they were in the past.
As far as "old fashioned" is concerned, I think the Big 2 have moved away from having a house style, so there is a greater variety of styles out there. My tastes tend to veer towards the classic, so my current faves are guys like Gary Frank, Jimmy Cheung, Ivan Reis, Dan Mora, Nicola Scott, Bryan Hitch, Frank Cho, Steve Epting, Daniel Sampere, and (the under-rated) Fernando Pasarin.
But there are some guys (and ladies) out there who are quite different and very good. Here are a few:
Ed Mcguiness- figures are exaggerated, but does the animated style very well, and his art is always fun to look at.
Amanda Conner- another master of the animated style
Stjepan Sejic- digital artist extraordinaire
Lee Weeks- very modern but with a touch of Alex Toth
Chris Samnee- retro
Mikel Janin- crushing it on Detective- love his Batman.
Bruno Redondo- his art has a very cinematic quality. Check out his run with Tom Taylor on Nightwing.
Daniel Acuna- very different, painted look.
Stuart Imonen- his art has evolved a lot over the course of his career. Right now I don't think there is anyone short of Kevin Maguire who captures facial expressions better than Imonen.
I never cared much for the Image guys except Jim Lee, but Tony Daniel, who is obviously Lee-influenced puts out some excellent work.
Edited by John Wickett on 28 January 2025 at 7:15am
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