Top 5 Spider-Man Artists?

[Matt Linton]

John Romita Sr.
John Romita Jr.
Mark Bagley
Steve Ditko
Mike Wieringo

Yours?

[Diablito]

Chris Bachalo, followed by some other artists not as good as Bachalo.

[rick]

Ditko
Romita Sr
Andru
Romita Jr
Kane

[Endless Flight]

Ross Andru
John Romita Sr.
Ditko
Ron Frenz
?

[jackolover]

I liked

Ditko
Crane
Sal Buscema and ? (inker with dark shadows and fine detail during the clone saga)
Bennet
Garney

[Matt Linton]

Crane = Gil Kane?

[Mister Mets]

No real order....

Ditko
Romita Sr
Romita Jr
Mcfarlane
Bagley

Honorable Mention...
Ross Andru

[spiderman_rj]

John Romita Sr.
John Romita Jr.
Mark Bagley
Steve Ditko
Mike Wieringo

Yours?

almost the same as mine

John Romita Sr.
Mark Bagley (everytime i imagine spider is bagley´s style that comes to mind)
John Romita Jr.
sal buscema
alex saviuk


for me the reason ditko doesnt make into my list is cos i dont consider him a good spiderman artist,i consider him the great supreme spiderman designer mor ! but as penciler i hated his art.
there was a guy in the 70 that i loved his style,he did quite a few stories with black cat and the black suit,but since i dont remember his name saviuk made into the list in his place.

[Shade 20x6]

Larsen
McFarlane
Bagley
Romita Sr.
Romita Jr.

[Sion]

I don't want to be the hypemachine but McNiven is fantastic. =P

Deodato is also underrated, but he didn't do Spidey enough.

I'd say the top as it stands are

Larsen
McFarlane
Bagley
Romita Sr.
Romita Jr.
Ditko

[spiderman_rj]

i like deadato art for people and etc,it was great,but i didnt like his style doing supertypes.

[Matt Linton]

One of the most underrated Spider-Man artists is probably Mike Zeck. His work on Kraven's Last Hunt was excellent, but I can't remember if he did any other Spider-Man work.

[Web_Spinner]

Romita Sr.
Romita Jr.
Frenz
Ditko
Bagely

[Matt Linton]

Stern's a writer, not an artist.

[Web_Spinner]

Stern's a writer, not an artist.

Hahaha, I put that in there on purpose...lol!

Actually, as soon as I saw a reply to this thread i was thinking, "oh man, i hope I didn't write stern instread of Frenz!" DAMN!

I meant Frenz, but they were a great team and Stern's name always sticks out to me. I'm gonna edit that now, lol....

[rZi]

No order;

Mike Deodato jr
Todd Mcfarlane
Phil jiminez
David Finch
joe Quesada (not a joke)

[a-spidey]

Mark Bagley
John Romita Jr.
Steve McNiven
Mike Deodato
and i liked Steven Butler on Web of Spider-man

[Traced]

Ditko
JR JR
JR
Damion Scott
Seth Fisher

Stuart Immonen could break into this list too...

[beachball8]

Campbell Scott did some really good covers for ASM.

[Mister Mets]

One of the most underrated Spider-Man artists is probably Mike Zeck. His work on Kraven's Last Hunt was excellent, but I can't remember if he did any other Spider-Man work.
He also drew the Soul of the Hunter follow-up to Kraven's Last Hunt. In addition to Secret Wars.

[rZi]

ARGH! How could i forget Mark Bagley off my list? His work in the 90's was awesome, but i hate his run on USM.

I can't understand why so many of you said jrjr...the most overrated artist in the buisness.

[Matt Linton]

ARGH! How could i forget Mark Bagley off my list? His work in the 90's was awesome, but i hate his run on USM.

I'm exactly the opposite. Can't stand his 90s run on Spider-Man (but I liked his New Warriors and Thunderbolts) but I love his Ultimate Spider-Man.

I can't understand why so many of you said jrjr...the most overrated artist in the buisness.

I swear, there's one of you on every board. ;)

[DanU]

Romita Sr.
Andru
Kane
McFarlane
Bagley

[Franklin Castle]

Humberto Ramos!

[Dark Soul # 7]

1. Mark Bagley
2. John Romita Jr.
3. John Romita Sr.
4. Todd McFarlane
5. Tom DeFalco

[Matt Linton]

Do you mean Ron Frenz instead of Tom DeFalco?

[rZi]

Humberto Ramos!

shame on you sir, shame.

[rocky123]

Deodato
JR SR
Bagley
McNiven
McFarlane

[MrPalen]

Erik Larsen
John Romita Jr.
Ron Frenz
Todd McFarlane
Sal Buscema

To name what to me are the "classics". Plenty of people have done bang-up jobs though. I liked Dan Jurgens's brief run in the original Sensational, and whoever the guy (or team, because the colorist deserves serious credit) is who did the most recent Amazing #549 is outstanding.

[ukblueky]

In no order

Mcfarlane
Larsen
Finch
Mcniven
Dodson

[becominAfanAgain]

This is my list of artists...

McFarlane
Bagley
Romita Sr.
Romita Jr.
Larsen

[Franklin Castle]

shame on you sir, shame.

No Way you gotta love the cartoon anatomy and his version of the Green Goblin! He bring some flavor to the comic book art world.

[kello]

Romita SR
Ditko
Bagley
Romita JR
Wieringo


and:
Ron Garney
Ross Andru
Deodato too!

[kello]

I can't understand why so many of you said jrjr...the most overrated artist in the buisness.

He is an acquired taste, I think. But you can't deny he draws a great Spider-Man!

[speedy12]

romita sr
finch
kane
andru
weeks

[Congo Jack]

5. Steve McNiven
4. Sandy Plunkett
3. Steve Ditko
2. John Romita, Sr.
1. John Romita, Jr.

[killerbass]

Lemmee see here...

I like:

John Romita Sr., Mark Buckingham, Dodson, Ramos, JRjr, Finch, Ditko (duh), and I loved J. Scott Campbell's covers.

Garney was OK, as was Ardu and McFarlane.

OK, let's see here... I would go with the following:


John Romita Sr.
Steve Ditko
J. Scott Campbell
John Romita Jr.
Humberto Ramos

[Phil Hunn]

Let me see now...

1) John Romita Sr.
2) Steve Ditko.
3) John Romita Jnr.
4) Mark Bagley
5) Mike Wieringo.

[Grimm]

1. Steve Ditko.
2. John Romita Sr.
3. Mike Zeck.
4. Rich Buckler.
5. Mark Bagley.

[Matt Linton]

Let me see now...

1) John Romita Sr.
2) Steve Ditko.
3) John Romita Jnr.
4) Mark Bagley
5) Mike Wieringo.

Your list is the best list ever. :)

[jackolover]

shame on you sir, shame.

As exaggerated as his art is Ramos' work on CW Wolverine was one of the best I've seen, coupled with Guggenheim. But Ramos' Goblin run was good, too. He definitely grows on you, when you look at his interpretation of a story.

[nuclearman]

Larry Lieber
Ron Frenz
Steve Ditko
Mike Harris
Mark Bagley

[Joe Franklin]

Chris Bachalo, followed by some other artists not as good as Bachalo.

True. And Stuart Immonen is next best.:cool:

[Don't pee in the (Dead)pool]

Todd MacFarlane.
Mark Bagley.
Sal Buscema.
Rick Leonardi.
Tom Lyle.

[Traced]

Rick Leonardi.


Oh! Nice pick! Kind forgot all about him. As soon as I read that my mind recalled the old Cloak and Dagger cover…

Also a tip of the cap to those mentioning Humberto Ramos, his Goblin was really nice.

Those mentioning Chris Bachalo: has he already done some Spidey or are you just anticipating (or saw some preview pages from) the upcoming AMZ stories?
I can’t remember him doing Spidey, but I eagerly await the upcoming stuffs.

All in all I’m surprised how often Bagley is listed, opinions/tastes vary of course but he, rather easily, tops my _least_ favourite Spider-man.

[Venom]

1. Mark Bagley
2. J. Scott Campbell
3. John Romita Jr.
4. Tom Lyle
5. Terry Dodson

[JohnnyC]

John Romita, Jr.
John Romita, Sr.
Mark Bagley
Todd McFarlane
Steve McNiven

[kury-bop]

Chris Bachalo completely. That's my number one. Honorable mentions to Gil Kane and Steve Ditko. [And respect to John Romita Jr.]

[matthewaos]

Not in order

Sal Buchema
JRJR
A few years back I would say Bagley
JRSR
Mike Zeck

[Rolltideguy77]

No particular order
Romita SR.
Romita JR.
Bagley
Macfarlane
Tossup between J. Scott Campbell/Erik Larsen (he could draw one kick ass Venom)

Fifty years from now I think the Romitas, Ditko, Bagley and MacFarlane will be remembered in Spidey art history.

[j3tt]

Humberto Ramos
Sal Bescema
Todd MacFarlane
John Romita Jr.

[ARach]

John Romita Jr.
Mark Bagley
Steve McNiven
Todd McFarlane
Ross Andru

[RazorBats79]

-Romita (grew up on)
-Rick Leonardi (Amazing & Spidey 2099)
-Todd Mcfarlane (got me back into Spidey as a teen)
-Eric Larsen (all time favorites, but his early 90's work)
-Mark bagley (ultimate Spidey)
-Sal Buscema (cool in that it looks quite vintage, also he drew the suit much like the movie suit)
-Romita Jr
-Humberto Ramos
-J. Scott Campbell (covers only, isn't he gonna be doing a the full book soon??)
-Gabriele Dell'Otto (Secret war)
-Clayton Crain (Sensational, Venom vs. Carnage)
-Leinil Yu (New Avengers)
-Steve Mcniven
-Joe madureira (Ultimates 3, very cool!)

[Babylon23]

1. John Romita Jr
2. Steve Ditko
3. John romita Sr
4. Gil Kane
5. Ross Andru

Honourable mentions to Ron Frenz, Mike Weiringo, Mike Zeck and Rich Buckler, who were all excellent.

[MonkeyButler]

Steve Ditko
John Romita
John Romita Jr.
John Byrne
Steve Rude