IMWAN TOSS UP 8/16- Superman Artists

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

This is a touch choice, I like both artists for different reasons and both are about as good as it gets on Superman (I'd also include Schaffenberger). Curt Swan, but in the 70s and 80s, not so much earlier, where he was much more restricted and his art suffered from a certain stiffness because of it.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

I like Schaffenberger as well, but wanted this to be between just two guys.

Bobson Dugnutt · 31 Jan 2005

I have to vote Byrne here. He took me, a dyed-in-the-wool Marvel Zombie, and made me not just a Superman fan with his run, but a DC fan.

I can appreciate Swan as one of the greats, but you have to dance with the one that brung ya.

Eric W.H. Taft · 14 Aug 2006

I've come to appreciate Swan's work - heck, I liked it as a kid before I know who creators were - but Byrne was the one who made me really sit up and take notice of Superman. His Superman art of the 1980s had a ton of energy and, like DAC, made me interested in the DC universe in a way I never had been before.

So, Byrne.

Uncle Twitchy · **Joined:** 28 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 30520

I can't make this choice because I love both equally for different reasons.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59410

John Byrne.

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

Bobson Dugnutt wrote:

I have to vote Byrne here. He took me, a dyed-in-the-wool Marvel Zombie, and made me not just a Superman fan with his run, but a DC fan.

I can appreciate Swan as one of the greats, but you have to dance with the one that brung ya.

IAWTP

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

I like Schaffenberger as well, but wanted this to be between just two guys.

Oh I know, wasn't suggesting he should have been in the poll, I just wanted to give him a shout-out because he was great.

James C. Taylor · 16 Aug 2004

As much as I like Curt Swan's work, I have to say Byrne.

Joe Z · 12 Jan 2006

A few years ago, I'd have voted Byrne, yet these days it's Curt Swan for me. While I enjoy Byrne's Superman, I have to give it to Swan for being consistent throughout his career, for drawing as many as 3-4 quality pages a day and defining the character for more than thirty years.

Fraxon! · **Joined:** 22 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 40603

No Joe Schuster?
...Kurt Schaffenberger?
...Wayne Boring?
...Jon Bogdonove?
...Ron Frenz?
...Tom Grummett?
...Dan Jurgens?
...Ed McGuinness?

Uncle Twitchy · **Joined:** 28 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 30520

There are no winners in a blood sport.

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Fraxon! wrote:

No Joe Schuster?
...Kurt Schaffenberger?
...Wayne Boring?
...Jon Bogdonove?
...Ron Frenz?
...Tom Grummett?
...Dan Jurgens?
...Ed McGuinness?

Mike Wieringo.

Joe Z · 12 Jan 2006

The work of Neal Adams and Jerry Ordway on Superman are worthy of note, as well.

I'm also looking forward to Gary Frank's Christopher Reeve-styled Superman set to debut in October, I believe...

Chris · **Joined:** 11 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 21258

I went with Byrne on this one, but only because I wasn't given the option of either Dan Jurgens, or Jerry Ordway.

Serge · 22 Aug 2004

Luckily McGuinness wasn't on here...

Byrne. His was the definitive Superman for me, since my reading of anything DC was sporadic at best until about a decade ago.

Rob Steinbrenner · **Joined:** 05 Jun 2006 **Posts:** 49778

I don't really enjoy most of what i've seen of Curt Swan's Superman.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Rob Steinbrenner wrote:

I don't really enjoy most of what i've seen of Curt Swan's Superman.

Bolgani Gogo · 11 Aug 2004

Curt Swan on Superman, no question.

MILFbait · 02 Dec 2004

I wouldn't have read alot of Superman if it wasn't for Byrne, before that I would occassionally page through an issue.

Rob Steinbrenner · **Joined:** 05 Jun 2006 **Posts:** 49778

Jeff wrote:

Rob Steinbrenner wrote:

I don't really enjoy most of what i've seen of Curt Swan's Superman.

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