Who are the most under-rated Comic Book Artists?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I wouldn't consider Swan, Giordano or Aparo under-appreciated. They all have had numerous retrospective books and articles dedicated to them. And they all most definitely deserve them!

Good point on Breyfogle. I really liked his Batman stuff. It reminded me somewhat of a modern version of Infantino's raw pencils. Very ethereal, when not handled by a smooth inker.

Marshall Rogers does seem to get overlooked somewhat. Lots of love for him in The Batcave Companion book. Personally, of the modern Batman artists he's my favorite. I like Adams better overall, but Rogers drew the better Batman.

Don Newton was fanstastic, and had he lived longer, I think he would have gotten the accolades with more work and varied series under his belt.

Graham Nolan did a nice run on Detective back in the 90s with Chuck Dixon and Scott Hana. Real classic Batman-type stuff with the modern aesthetic. He left comic books to work on comic strips, unfortunately for us.

Jerome K. Moore is an artist who is rarely mentioned. He did the Green Arrow/Black Canary backups in Detective for some time in the 80s, and then eventually wound up on DC's Star Trek books. His realistic renderings are on par with Brian Bolland, and his ability to capture the Trek actors' likenesses were second to none. I'm not even sure what he's doing now.

Chris

[johnnystorm]

Yes LIGHTLE did some variants during the Legion arc recently

My bad!

Hey, how about Dick Dillin? What a run on JLA and all those characters per issue- not to mention Blackhawk?

Another guy I liked in the 70s was Mike Nasser, who did a handful of stuff and disappeared.

[Riffster]

Jose Luis who's doing some issues of JLA now
He also did these 2 pics for me


Mariah Benes the artists for Ms.Marvel she's pretty talented even compared to her brother Ed Benes

[kingdom warrior]

Sal Buscema.....Loved his 70's work for Marvel

[jaypiscopo]

Sal Buscema.....Loved his 70's work for Marvel

right on!

Don Heck too

check out Don Heck when he inked his own work-

Don Newton is a good choice

Dave Simons is a major creator-

[ctc]

>Jesse Santos

Oh, HELL yeah! Others I'd add:

-Carlos Esquezera
-Alex Nino
-Ron Smith
-Stan Sakai
-Ernie Colon
-Mike Sagara

Don C.

[thunderbolt]

Frank Espinosa

[aquatroy]

There have been a lot of great names mentioned. I want to second the Renato Guedes & Wayne Boring. Romona Fradon is a freakin Hall of Famer. Dave C0ckrum deserves more love. He had a big hand in shaping Marvel comics in the 80's and his LoSH stuff is legendary. Without Dave C0ckrum your don't get John Byrne or Mike Grell.

[Captain]

Eduardo Barreto....guy was incredible with anything he did from Batman to western stuff. Not sure if hes still in the business, or even if he's still around?

[kryptosmaster]

Alfredo Alcala (R.I.P.) was a master. Up there in the ranks with Nestor Redondo.
Although I really hated his art as a kid (he was given Kamandi at the end of it's run and I was so not liking it) I have fallen in love with his style now and wish he was still around to do more stuff today.
Rich

[GreenLantern9999]

Mike Magnolia (I know people know who he is I just feel he in under appreciated)
Eric Powell I loved his Action Comics run!
Pat Gleason beautiful work on GLC but I think his colorist ruins it for me.
and of course Art Baltazar!

[aquatroy]

Mike Magnolia (I know people know who he is I just feel he in under appreciated)
Eric Powell I loved his Action Comics run!
Pat Gleason beautiful work on GLC but I think his colorist ruins it for me.
and of course Art Baltazar!

Pat Gleason. I love his stuff! His work on the short lived Aquaman, Sub Diego arc was really good. DC needs to get that inker back on his pencils.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Eduardo Barreto....guy was incredible with anything he did from Batman to western stuff. Not sure if hes still in the business, or even if he's still around?

Seconded! I've always liked his stuff. He's kind of like a more dynamic Curt Swan, great with the characterization and quiet moments. He had the unfortunate task of following both Perez and Garcia-Lopez on New Teen Titans, but did a fine job. It was always a treat to see him draw Batman. He did some style-guide licensing work for DC for years as well, really the only other guy besides Garcia-Lopez to do much at the time. So that shows you he's got chops.

Chris

[johnnystorm]

Baretto just did a backup story in the current issue of Captain Action Comics #4 from Moonstone. Fantastic classic CA! A great artist.

[Surfsup]

I haven't heard a lot of praise for JH Williams III or Gabriel Hardman (Done some issues of Agents of Atlas). They are both outstanding artists, especially Williams III, his design work is superb.