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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:14 am 
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"This artist can REALLY draw horror comics." What artist completes that sentence for you?


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:15 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:16 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:17 am 
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Stephen Bissette.


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 Post subject: Horror comics artists
PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:23 am 
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All of the above, plus...

Kelley Jones
Sam Kieth
Francesco Francavilla
Alex Maleev (his adaptation of Stephen King's "N." is probably the scariest comic I've ever read).
Gene Colan
Eric Powell

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:31 am 
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Monk wrote:
All of the above, plus...
Alex Maleev (his adaptation of Stephen King's "N." is probably the scariest comic I've ever read).


this. i peed.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:20 am 
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Sanho Kim


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:23 am 
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John Bolton

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 Post subject: Horror comics artists
PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:35 am 
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Can't beat Jack Davis and Graham Ingels:

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Jack Davis. First name that came to mind.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:02 am 
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Jim Aparo and Joe Kubert were as great with horror as they were with traditional superheroics.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:03 am 
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Tom Sutton.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:51 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:02 pm 
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:20 am 
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Can't disagree with a single name listed so far, but most definitely this:

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Stephen Bissette.


I'd add Neil Vokes to the list.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:44 am 
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Bolgani Gogo wrote:
Tom Sutton.

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LOVE Tom Sutton's work! :thumbsup:


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 Post subject: Horror comics artists
PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:40 am 
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Russ Heath isn't thought of primarily as a horror artist, but he could excel at the genre:
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By the way, in case anyone hasn't read "Process of Elimination", the Bruce Jones story from which the above page is taken, it's available here: http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2010/07/ ... heath.html


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:54 am 
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Back in the 70's Richard Corben was an adolescent boy's best friend, but in addition to his penchant for golden bozos he was capable of incredible drama:
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The above page is from In Deep (also written by Bruce Jones) the finest story ever published by Warren Magazines. It's available here: http://spaceintext.wordpress.com/2011/0 ... rd-corben/, (unfortunately) minus the first page.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:21 am 
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