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  • Why was George Perez so high? I think John Byrne, who came up about the same time, has had a much bigger influence.

    And where's Frank Miller?

    Totally unfamiliar with Greg Land. I should check him out.

    Including Liefeld? What a joke. His "effect" has been pretty much washed out. Besides, the impact of Image is pretty well covered with Lee and McFarlane already (and justifiably) on the list.
  • Liefeld deserved his place on this list; "21 artists who changed mainstream comics for better or worse.

    I might have found a spot for Vince Colletta over George Tuska as a representative of the "I don't want it good, I want it Thursday" school of art.
  • Hmm. I'd totally drop Greg Land, and I think Frank Miller would be a much better choice.

    If you haven't seen Land's work, it looks great--until you realize he's basically tracing photographs from magazines and other media. (seriously, google Greg Land tracing--tons of hits).

    I'd have ranked Eisner much higher, probably right after Kirby.
  • ClarkKent_DC said:
    Liefeld deserved his place on this list; "21 artists who changed mainstream comics for better or worse.

    I might have found a spot for Vince Colletta over George Tuska as a representative of the "I don't want it good, I want it Thursday" school of art.

    The "comments" section has a long Liefeld-bashing thread and contains some pretty funny links that are worth checking out. Strong Language Warning for the first link.

    http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

    http://gone-and-forgotten.blogspot.com/2007/09/classic-gone-and-for...

    http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/ill-lyteracy/rob-liefeld-shoo...

    The Alan Moore bashing in the third link is particularly amusing.
  • There seems to be more Liefeld-bashing than Moore-bashing going on in the comments on that page...
  • Doc Beechler said:
    There seems to be more Liefeld-bashing than Moore-bashing going on in the comments on that page...

    I was referring to Liefeld's own Moore-bashing in the third link I posted. He basically accuses Moore of being a whiney, mercenary business man with no loyalty to his collaborators. Funny stuff.
  • I would have had Neal Adams higher myself, and along with Frank Miller there, I would have found some way to include Gene Colan, Alex Toth, and/or Gil Kane
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