Best Marvel Writers?

[furie]

Who do you consider to be the best Marvel writers today?
And why?

[agrich]

Bendis, because he actually writes stuff that's entertaining, intelligent, and original.

Mark Millar, because Ultimates is one of my favorite comics ever.

Milligan, although I admit I don't know if he's writing anything right now; I'm thinking of X-Force and X-Statix.

Whedon, because Astonishing X-Men is brilliant and so is he.

The guy doing Young Avengers, whose name I've totally spaced right now, my apologies.

There would have been a time I'd mention Peter David, but Captain Marvel is the last thing he did I cared much for.

[Titan Slade]

1. Dan Slott- He is putting the "fun" back into marvel's funny books.

2. B K Vaughan- His Ultimate X-men run was even better than Bendis or Millar's run.

3. Nicieza- He just knows how to write good action packed superhero comics.

4. Ed Brubaker- His Cap is great, and his X-Men:Deadly Genesis is the best written X-stuff in years.

[thik_3rd]

ed brubaker - captain america is probably the best book out. books of doom and deadly genesis seem cool so far.

dan slott - thing, she-hulk and gla all rock. all his books are funny.

brian k vaughan - ultimate x-men is the best x-men book out, runaways is great.

fabian nicieza - cable/deadpool is ok, but new thunderbolts is one of the best straight superhero books out.

joss whedon - writing the best non-ultimate x-men stories in about a decade

peter david - really looking forward to him doing his own thing on friendly neighborhood spider-man after the other is over. looking forward to x-factor too, his old x-factor is my favorite work of his.

dan way - on the come up. his wolverine, hulk and nighthawk have all been good.

robert kirkman - marvel team-up is one of the best books, can't wait for his ult. x-men and marvel zombies.

[The Purple Skull]

Ed Brubaker - He got me reading Captain America. Plus, Deadly Genesis has got me hooked.

Dan Slott - Whenever I read his stuff, I know I'm gonna have fun!

Robert Kirkman - See Dan Slott

Brian Bendis - Has a lot of critics, but I am not one of them. I am always entertained with his stories.

Mark Millar - I've become a Millar-whore when it comes to his Marvel books. Great stuff!

Joss Whedon - I've never followed any of the core X-books (Avengers fan), but I must say, I loved Astonishing X-Men, and I can't wait for the next volume.

Daniel Way - I am enjoying Nighthawk, and I will be picking up the next Wolverine arc.

Allan Heinberg - Surprised the hell out of me with how great Young Avengers was. He has a bright future in comics.

Fabian Nicieza - Cable/Deadpool rules. 'Nuff said.

[Jessica Drew]

Nothing new to add, mainly because I feel the same way the other posters here do. However, I'll add mine anyway:

Dan Slott: fun and funny without condescending to or patronizing the characters, and with just the right pinch of action. His comics seem to move at a pretty rapid pace, too.

Ed Brubaker: He makes Captain America and Books of Doom very intriguing comic books. The content seems (though it's not) politically-tinged; his books focus more on character rather than action (though he doesn't skip on the latter), but his character moments are never dull nor monotonous (there doesn't seem to be any replicated panels); his characters are serious-minded without being morose and gritty without being grim. His keeps his pace steady and lets the drama/suspense boil to a steam.

Fabien Nicieza: best action-comics writer Marvel's got. Both Thunderbolts and Cable/Deadpool move at a rapid pace, with (what seems like) at least one monster fight an issue. He handles multiple characters well by contrasting the major and even the subtle differences among his players. He knows when to play up the humor (Cable/Deadpool), and he knows when to introduce subplots without letting them overwhelm the main plot while keeping both moving the book forward rather than dragging the book down. Also, he seems to revel in these super heroes as super heroes.

Robert Kirkman: In his Marvel Team-Up, he seems to bridge the gap between Slot and Nicieza. I wish we'd see more of his work in the regular Marvel Universe.

Allan Heinberg: His writing seems a combination of Brubaker and Nicieza. His Young Avengers book has some unabashedly serious super hero action in every issue, while his tone is a bit more serious than playful. YA reads like what Avengers used to read like when Stern and Thomas were writing them.

...and here's one nobody's mentioned yet...

Tony Bedard: His Exiles is one wacky book. Kudos to Bedard for managing to make sense out of these wild, universe-hopping, two/three issue arc plots. Each issue/arc seems cohesive, and all are definitely fun (Red Ronin! Fin Fang Foom! New Universe!), and he never seems to muck up the continuity in a book that seems ripe for upteen continuity mistakes every issue.

[Taskmaster]

Fabian, Kirkman and Dan Slott are all on the top of the heap for me

[milhouse123321]

Bendis
BK Vaughan
Tony Bedard

and Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir: I can't stress enough how much these guys rocked on New X-Men

[abyss]

Brain Michael Bendis- Depends on what he is writing really...sometimes he can god a truely brillant and origianl book E.g. Alias and Daredevil but other times he just writes for pure entertainment.

Fabian- Is a master writer he can blaance action, comedy, and drama on a regulary basis in any books he writes. Not to mention he keeps his title nicely placed and writes great characters..and his plotting skills are amazing he can plot things way down the line and knows how to set them up.

Garth Ennis- He knows how to do a great adult dark story...he strength seems to be creating origianl and interesting supporting characters for the titles he works on. Like Ghost Rider and Punisher..but sometimes he can get caught up in the supportingf cast and lose focus of the main character. But still he knows how to write a good story.

Peter David- My personal fav writer the man is GOD...he make me picking up anything even if the cocnept seems boring or its about cahracter I don't particualry like...he knows how to write good stories and he always does no matter what...

Ed Brubaker- Captain America..nuff said oneo f the best books Marvel puts out this is the only thing i've read from him..but he all of his books are liek this than WOW. he actually got me interested in a cahracter I always found uninteresting. Now that takes talent!

Joss Whedon- In an era where most of the X-books are really broing and convulted he brings a refreshing look at the X-Men in astonishign with his signature witty dialogue and hsi character inaction. Its good to see that X-Men can be enjoyable again.

[hondobrode]

Bru - Cap, and soon DD, are rocking Old School Marvel

Millar - The Ultimates is gangbanging good and he brings a dangerous level of irreverance to his work

JMS - THE best writer at The House, IMO. Love everything he does from Supreme Power, Strange, and his Spidey is the best ever IMO

[Sleeper]

Priest - the guy knows his Marvel history and plays with and around the sandbox while at the same time delivering great stories, as opposed to ditching continuity altogether for the sake of crash banging.

[CaptainAwesome]

Peter David-x factor all the way
Nice...Niz...The guy who writes Cabel and Deadpool
Brubaker-Like his cap.
Joss Whedon-Astonishing

[Babylon23]

Fabien Nicieza: One of the few "old school" writers left at Marvel. Almost non-stop action punctuated by nice character moments and interesting subplots. No decompression here! Thunderbolts is the best team book at Marvel at the moment.

Ed Brubaker: Cap has becoming an intriguing book under his pen.

Chris Claremont: I know I'll come under fire for this one, but CC is back in the x-universe handling character that he knows like the back of his hand. He's really hitting his stride at the moment with Excalibur and Uncanny.

Peter David: A great writer, although I haven't been interested in much of his Marvel output recently. I was interested in Spider-Man until I found out the 1st issue was part of a multi-part crossover. However, X-Factor has me excited about a new Marvel book, which hasn't happened in a while.

Other than that, I like Bendis when he's writing crime fiction (like his run on Daredevil), JMS on books that aren't Spider-Man, and Priest when he's actually writing titles that aren't getting cancelled.

[StoneGold]

Priest - the guy knows his Marvel history and plays with and around the sandbox while at the same time delivering great stories, as opposed to ditching continuity altogether for the sake of crash banging.
Yeah, except he's not doing anything for them currently, sadly.

Seriously though, while there are a couple of people I'd disagree with being the best writers, pretty much the cream of the crop have been mentioned. Just wanted to add an underdog or two.

Zeb Wells is a very underrated writer, especially when it comes to comedy and character bits.

And I don't know if he counts as a Marvel writer exactly, but goddamn, did David Lapham's DareDevil/Punisher mini rock my socks off!!!

That and my continual pimping of Daniel Way. The man has us all by the balls, just most of us don't know it yet.

[Starkicker]

I'm only reading books by Bendis and Claremont right now - until the cash flow improves.
Although I wouldn't put Claremont on the current Best of Marvel list.

[Jessica Drew]

I'm only reading books by Bendis and Claremont right now - until the cash flow improves.
Although I wouldn't put Claremont on the current Best of Marvel list.

Then why in the world would you be reading him if your cash flow only allows you books by two writers?

[Starkicker]

Then why in the world would you be reading him if your cash flow only allows you books by two writers?

Long time Daredevil fan - I put the Bendis/Maleev run up against Miller's run

Long time X-Men fan .... even when I'm not into it, I just can't drop it.

[Dial Tone]

Brubaker - His Cap is the best book there is, and Deadly Genesis and Books of Doom are great! Looking forward to his Daredevil.

Slott - Great humor combined with old school. I really have no respect for writers that pad their stories for the 6 issue TPB, and Slott stands for everything a comic book writer should be, as he doesn't like that garbage, either.

Joss Whedon - His writing skills are very noticeable on Astonishing X-Men.

JMS - His stuff is always solid, and sometimes spectacular.

Millar - Personally, I think he's a jerk with a self inflated opinion of himself, but I do enjoy his writing very much.

[Deus ex Chris]

Ed Brubaker, Joss Whedon, Mark Millar, Brian Bendis, and Allan Heinberg

[SpartanX]

Ed Brubaker - He is the next big star in Marvel, actually i might like him more than Bendis. He made Cap cooler, although i still dont dig the Winter Soldier/Bucky stuff, he must stay dead. He rox on Deadly Genesis and I'm dying to read Daredevil.

Dan Slott - He actually makes comics entertaining (what they are suppossed to be) and i'm waiting for the day he writes Spider-Man.

Robert Kirkman - He rox im expecting him on UXM

Brian Bendis - Above all the Avengers and USM, his best work is undoubtedly Daredevil with Maleev. He is a genius in crime/noir more than in team books.

Mark Millar - i loved him and JRJr. in the Enemy of the STate and also with Hitch in Ultimates 2

Joss Whedon - Well, i liked Astonishing and I'm waiting for Serenity movie.

Allan Heinberg - He made the YA likeable, arguably one of my favorite team books.

Fabian Nicieza - He made Deadpool one of my fav characters and Cable an almost godly figure. Plus he used The Silver Surfer and kicked Cable's ass.

[Herald of Asgard]

Ed Brubaker - for Cap and X-Men: DG, both awsome storylines, Ed keeps you guessing.
Joss Whedon - Joss just seems to "Get" the X-Men, and he give each character a time to shine.
Fabian Nicieza - for writing one of the funniest and wittiest comic books to date. "Chun Chun Chun"

Garth Ennis - Honorable Mention for Ghost Rider, one of the top 5 Marvel books...in my book.

[The Shadow]

Ed Brubaker - He is the next big star in Marvel, actually i might like him more than Bendis. He made Cap cooler, although i still dont dig the Winter Soldier/Bucky stuff, he must stay dead. He rox on Deadly Genesis and I'm dying to read Daredevil.

Dan Slott - He actually makes comics entertaining (what they are suppossed to be) and i'm waiting for the day he writes Spider-Man.

Robert Kirkman - He rox im expecting him on UXM

Brian Bendis - Above all the Avengers and USM, his best work is undoubtedly Daredevil with Maleev. He is a genius in crime/noir more than in team books.

Mark Millar - i loved him and JRJr. in the Enemy of the STate and also with Hitch in Ultimates 2

Joss Whedon - Well, i liked Astonishing and I'm waiting for Serenity movie.

Allan Heinberg - He made the YA likeable, arguably one of my favorite team books.

Fabian Nicieza - He made Deadpool one of my fav characters and Cable an almost godly figure. Plus he used The Silver Surfer and kicked Cable's ass.
Great list!

I also like JMS and would add him for his Spidey run and his Supreme Power.

Peter David... the man can WRITE! Even his dud's (which are few and far between) are better than most other guys' stuff.

Chris Claremont. The man rules the X Universe. I think it's popular to rag on the guy but his most recent X run has been so enjoyable.

[Titan76]

Mark Millar I think is Marvel's best writer and is my favorite writer right now at Marvel.

I wish him, Ed Brubaker, and Peter David were writing the X-books right now and Claremont being the Editor. David doing Astonishing, Millar Uncanny, and Brubaker regular X-men, that would so kick ass.

[thik_3rd]

a few more i should add to my list...

alan heinberg, zeb wells, sean mckeever.

mark millar is kinda hit and miss to me. ultimates is still awesome, but besides that, everything he's done since, oh, the end of his ultimate x-men run, has been pretty mediocre at best.

[dazzler_slave]

Dan Slott - He "gets" the Marvel Universe like no other. Has a great sense of humour, and his comics are just plain enjoyable to read

Fabian Nicieza - Cable/Deadpool is one of the most fun comics out there and Thunderbolts is the best superhero team book published in the last 5 years.

BK Vaughn - Runaways is spectacular and Mystique was great too. The man can plot a great story and he understands the fine art of making each character distinct.

Allan Heinberg - The man took a potentially disasterous premise in the Young Avengers and spun solid gold.

Daniel Way - Based on his amaxing Nighthawk mini, I am excited about Wolverine for the first time since he lost his adamantium.

Peter David - The man is still solid after all these years! He can effortlessly combine drama and humour into one fascinating package. Can't wait for X-Factor!

Chris Claremont - I'm not gonna explain it, because quite frankly you either love CC or you don't. I do, and I can't wait to see where he takes us next!

[dazzler_slave]

Tony Bedard is someone to add to my list because I love what he is doing with Exiles, a title that was feeling a little played out until he came onboard.

Oh and I want to go on record as saying that Christopher Priest is one of the best writers ever. I follow his work religiously. If he ever writes for Marvel again he will be at the top of my list!

[Xav]

Brian K Vaughan- Runaways is the best thing I've read in a while.
Ed Brubaker - I've never been a Captain America fan until now.
Garth Ennis - Punisher is right there along with Brubakers Cap.
Mark Millar - There isn't anything I would change about the Ultimates.
Bendis - Just for Ultimate Spiderman


-X

[Sentry]

I love vaughans work on runaways and mystique but not a huge fan of his on U X-men.


sometimes when i look at my collection i realise im not just a comic collector or marvel collector but rather a Bendis collector.

[SleepWalker]

Robert Kirkman and Dan Slott are, in my opinion, the two best writers Marvel currently has. It's because they both have that old-school, fun flavor in their writing.

Also, they both seem to love the second-tier characters of Marvel that I grew up with.

[speedy12]

Bendis - Ultimate Spider-Man
Vaughan - Ultimate X-Men
Heinberg - Young avengers
Slott - Spider-Man & Human Torch ; She-Hulk
Brubaker - Captain America

[Mister Mets]

Mark Millar- Because he's my favorite writer working today thanks to The Ultimates 2.0, Wolverine, and Marvel Knights Spider-Man. I'm looking forward to the rest of Ultimate Fantastic Four,

Brian Michael Bendis- Even his worst works are pretty good. And there's a lot of better material available. From him. Powers. New Avengers. House of M. Ultimate Spider-Man. Daredevil. The Pulse. Secret War.

Dan Slott- She-Hulk was good, can't wait for the first Thing trade, and Spider-Man/ Human Torch was possibly the best Human Torch story ever.

Brian K Vaughan- His Ultimate X-Men run was consistently better than I expected.

[Crimson]

Bendis
Dan Slott
Robert Kirkman
Chris Claremont
Allan Heinberg
Fabian

Oh there are so many I enjoy! I could go on for ages.

[Dark Soul # 7]

At the moment it´s Kirkman, Slott, Nicieza, Heinberg, JMS, Oeming, DeMattis and PAD.

[Eric_Carnaby]

You can list names and the reasons for your like or dislike, or you can just name them and name the book that made you fall in love (or in hate) or just name the creators whose work you love and hate (Don't forget these are all opinions...leave the flames at the door. :D

Artists whose work I love:
Bryan Hitch -(Ultimates is amazing)
Stuart Immonem -He is doing fantastic work on Nextwave)
George Perez -I was never a fan until I saw his Avengers revamp with
Busiek. Brilliant work
Juan Bobillo-His unique work on She-Hulk made the book a million times better than what it really was.

Artists whose work I strongly dislike:
Rob Lefeld-Nuff said.
Scott Kolins-Not really feeling his ink-less art.
Jae Lee There's something very unappealing about his pencils, they just turn me off.

Writers whose work I love:
Warren Ellis- Nextwave is simply an avalanche of crazy, wildly inventive fun. And it has lots of protein.
Gail Simone- She consistently churns solid books, and she understands the genre like very few do.
Ed Brubaker The best mainstream superhero comic book writer doing Marvel work today, as far as I'm concerned.
Sean McKeever-Underappreciated talent. Briliiant writer.
Kurt Busiek- A Classic, in every sense of the word. You don't get much better than that.


Writers whose work I strongly dislike:
Reginald Hudlin-After Priest's brilliant Black Panther, it's amazing how bad this new BP run is.
Rob Liefeld-I know, easy target. But he inflicted too much pain on my brain, and I foolishly fell for the hoopla.
Dan Slott-Based on his She-Hulk and Thing, a very mediocre and incredibly overrated writer.
Daniel Way-I don't see what the big deal about his Wolverine is.


Straddling the fence:
Bendis- Some amazing work (Daredevil, Powers, Spider-Woman:Origin), some really bad, overrated work (Ultimate Spider-Man, New Avengers, Secret War)
Allen Heinberg- His Young Avengers is ok...but I am still not entirely hooked. Maybe Wonder Woman will make me a fan.


What are your favorites and not-so-favorites?

[Violently Apathetic]

Well...I'm skipping artists because I'm not overly familiar with them...

Writers whose work I love:
Ed Brubaker- Words cannot express
Brain K Vaughan- For both 'The Runaways' and (though it's Vertigo) Y: The Last Man.
Alan Heinberg- I love Young Avengers, the fact he took such a lame idea, made it workable and yet still allowed the characters to have fun with the inevitable lameness of the idea, is just wonderful.
Dan Slott- Sorry, Eric, I just can't agree. Slott's work may not be for everyone but I find it to be warm and full of gentle good humor.

Shout outs to Gail Simone and Kurt Busiek as well...

I don't really dislike any writers that come to mind...there are some I have a love/hate relationship with, like Millar and Bendis, but that's about it.

[NathanielEssex]

This thread is destined for trouble. So I'm going to give just the names, no quant little descriptors that many will disagree with, anyway...

Favorite Artists:
Too many to name, but these come to mind at the moment:
Norm Breyfogle
Steve McNiven
Ivan Reis
Mike Mignola
Brian Bolland
George Perez
Brian Hitch

Artists whose work I dislike:
Juan Bobillo
Some Bart Sears stuff
Liefeld
Trevor McCarthy
Eric Battle (or Brad Walker, I forget who did the Green Arrows I really hated)


Writers I enjoy:
Mark Millar on Ultimates (but I haven't liked anything else he's done)
Dan Slott
Christos Gage
Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Kurt Busiek
Alan Heinberg
Shane McCarthy
old-school: Alan Grant, Roger Stern, J.M. DeMatteis (on Spidey and Cap), and Michelinie.
Gail on Villains United
Chris Priest
Geoff Johns-only on JSA, Avengers
Devin Grayson when she writes Batman

I like Bru, but his comics are good solid reads, nothing I would put in my all-time list.

Least favorite:
Bendis, Bendis, Bendis !!!
some Millar stuff
Austen, except for the first War Machine series, and first couple story arcs on Uncanny X-Men
Johns, except for pre-Rebirth JSA stories, Hawkman, and Avengers
Hudlin
Daniel Way
Howard Mackie
A.J. Lieberman
Gail on BoP, Superman
Devin Grayson on Nightwing

[dingo]

I am going to give the Artist a skip too because I usually judge an artist by how their style works with the tone of a story and not on its own merits. If the art doesn't match the story that is as much the editors fault as the artist.

As for writers.

Love
Slott - Can't get enough of his work. The stories feel like the best of the old school yet the dialogue feels fresh.
Bendis - I am not sure I have ever read anything by him that I didn't at least enjoy
Millar - A master at what he does, gritty realistic stories
JMS - He really is just a good writer.

Dislike
Nicieza - I suppose I just don't like his style, plus, his recent Thunderbolts development with Songbird/Zemo irked me. Talk about coming out of the blue (actually I hope it came out of the purple, if you get my drift).
Aguire-Sacassa - It's not that I always dislike his writing, it is just that he is the MOST inconsistent writer I have ever come across. His books are, for me, either "wow that was incredible" or "gee, how many trees died for THIS".
Claremont - I have always felt meh towards Claremont, but his FF run was OK.

[Expletive Deleted]

This thread is destined for trouble.Probably.

Folks, keep it civil and talk about the work, not the people or their fans.

[Eric_Carnaby]

Probably.

Folks, keep it civil and talk about the work, not the people or their fans.


Thanks for this, Expletive Deleted. I hope people keep it non-personal.

[agrich]

I left out obvious legends who either aren't working or at least aren't doing anything I'm reading right now.

Artists whose work I love:

Hitch
Cassaday
Maleev
Jae Lee
Quitely

Artists whose work I strongly dislike:

Finch (with exceptions)
Bagley

Writers whose work I love:

Whedon
Millar
Ellis
Morrison
Bendis (with exceptions)
Brubaker (with exceptions)

Writers whose work I strongly dislike:

DeFalco
Marz

Straddling the fence:

Loeb
Giffen

[agrich]

Thanks for this, Expletive Deleted. I hope people keep it non-personal.

I think all of your choices are stupid.

:)

[darkhawk76]

I'm gonna cop out and ignore the least favourite stuff, I wouldn't be buying their stuff in the first place

writers I enjoy
Alan Heinberg
Dan Slott
Bendis on US-M, though not as much as the early issues
Kurt Busiek loved Avengers Forever and his early Avengers v3 stuff

artists I enjoy
Olivier Coipel
Jim Cheung
Mike Wieringo
Mike Turner
JR JR (though not as much as his dad)

[Eric_Carnaby]

I think all of your choices are stupid.

:)


I think you are stupid. :D

Oh, wait...I meant your choices...yeah, your choices... :p Just kidding

Edit: to add (because you never know) tha this is a joke. OK?
Just kidding around with Agrich.

[Tony Starkz]

Artists
Hitch (for the obvious)
JRJR (a modern day classic,our Kirby)
Kirby
McNiven (his NA was amazing,stoked for his CW)
DiVito (Thing has a great clean look,his YA was great as well)
Maleev (DD)
Immonen (his UXM rocked)
Eaton (Black Panther)
Silvestri (his 80s Uncanny art is my fav X-Men art)
John Buscema (Stern/Buscema on Avengers,nuff said)
Burchielli (non-Marvel but DMZ is some of the best stuff I've seen)


Writers
Millar (my all time fav,cinematic,over the top slam bang theatrics mixed with great characterization,all around humor and badassery)
CC (only for his 80's Uncanny stuff which is still an awesome read time and time again)
BKV (his UXM was the best UXM,knew all the characters)
Bendis (DD was great,*some* NA)
Jenkins (Sentry,Inhumans,love his style)
Busiek (Marvels is classic)
Brubaker (DD has been madness,and he got me reading Cap)
Slott (Thing is an old school treat month in and out)
Stern (his 80s Avengers stuff is solid,entertaining,and "well aged")
Lobdell (nobody got the X-Men on their downtime more than him,or even the X-Men for that matter)
Nicieza (great X-Men stuff,the wedding of Scott and Jean is a gem)
Heinberg (YA is in a class of it's own,hope he does more stuff for Marvel)

[Jack Roberts]

Jim Lee and the Kubert brothers defined dynamic comic art for me with their Marvel work.

Mark Millar's Ultimates & Ultimate X-Men and Garth Ennis' Punisher made Marvel Comics cool again for twenty-somethings like me who had previously moved on to edgier stuff from other publishers.

[Cactusakic]

I also am just going to list names and avoid descriptions which may cause trouble.

Writers I Like (In no specific order)

Brian Michael Bendis
Frank Miller
Grant Morrison
Jeph Loeb
Mark Millar
Garth Ennis
Brian K Vaughn
Brian Azzerello
Neil Gaiman
Mike Carey
Robert Kirkman
Warren Ellis
Joss Whedon
Ed Brubaker
J.M.S
Daniel Way
Matt Wagner

Writers I Dislike

Chris Claremont
Alan Moore (But Not Always)
Chuck Austen
Renny Hudlin

Artists I Like

Alex Ross
Jim Lee
John Cassaday
Bryan Hitch
David Finch
Alex Maleev
Mike Deodato Jr
Tim Sale
Michael Turner
Steve Dillon

Artists I Dislike

John Romita Jr
Chris Bachalo
Dave McKean
David Mack
Ed McGuiness
Stuart Immonen
Pat Lee

I'm sure there are more of all four categories but these were the ones that came to me off the top of my head.

[Haunt]

favorites (off the top of my head):

Peter David
David Hine
Allan Heinberg
Allan Jacobsen
Tony Lee
Gail Simone
JMS
Geoff Johns
Robert Kirkman

Gary Frank
Phil Hester
Olivier Copiel
Steve McNiven
Alex Maleev
Greg Land
Salvador Larroca
Brian Hitch
John Cassaday
Alex Ross

[Evil-Spidey]

Artists whose work I love:
brian hitch
mark bagley
george perez
jim lee

Artists whose work I strongly dislike:
humberto ramos
jae lee

Writers whose work I love:
kurt busiek
mark millar

Writers whose work I strongly dislike:
???


Straddling the fence:
grant morrison
brian bendis

[Faded]

Favorite Artists
Yu
Raimondi
Immomen
Woods
Cheung
Alphona
Quietly
Pollina
Bachalo
Park
Art Adams

Disliked Artists
Raney
Brooks
Alan Davis
Larocca
Michael Ryan
Quesada
Liefield

Favorite Writers
Vaughan
Heinberg
Peter David
Brubaker
Simone
Winnick
Milligan
Kelly
Seagle
Slott
DeFilippis/Weir

Disliked Writers
Claremont (love-hate)
Bendis
Liefield
Austen
Bedard

[Big Scary]

Works I Like:

Artists: Cassaday, Jae Lee, Joe Kubert, Hitch, Romita Sr., McNiven, Finch, Greg Land, Zeck, Steve Epting, Trevor hairsine, Lee Weeks, McGuiness.

Writers:Bendis (preferably the older stuff), Millar, Slott, Kirkman, Brubaker, Busiek, Moore, Miller and Gaiman.

Works I Dislike:

Artists: Liefeld, Michael Turner, Steve Dillon.

Writers: Geoff Johns, Strazynski (starts out o.k but can never end a story well), Winnick and Whedon.

[moon knight]

Arist i like
Finch
McNiven
Bill Sienkiewicz
Lee
Deodato
Wieringo
Perez
Turner
Hitch

Writers i like
Peter David
JMS
Marv Wolfman
Frank Miller
Allan Heinberg
Robert Kirkman
Kurt Busiek
Keith Giffen
Brain K Vaughan
Mark Millar (most of the time)

Writers i hate
Hudlin

[streator]

i am just going off of books that i have read.

favorite writers:
grant morrison (new x-men, marvel boy)
mark millar (ultimates, ultimate x-men, wolverine, mk spider-man)
warren ellis (excalibur, counter x books, nextwave)
paul jenkins (peter parker, spider-man, spectactular spider-man)
kurt busiek (iron-man)
joe harris (bishop, the last x-man)
joe kelly (deadpool, x-men)
john francis moore (x-force)
steve seagle (alpha flight, uncanny x-men)
brian vaughan (runaways, chamber: icon series)
fabian nicieza (gambit, x-men, x-force)
greg rucka (wolverine)
peter david (x-factor, madrox)
scott lobdell (uncanny x-men, x-men, generation x)

favorite artists:
leinil francis yu (wolverine, x-men, uncanny x-men)
steve skroce (gambit, x-man)
steve mcniven (mk 4)
bryan hitch (ultimates)
john cassaday (astonishing x-men, captain america)
adam pollina (x-force)
carlos pacheco (x-men, excalibur, avengers forever)
olivier coipel (house of m, avengers)
john romita jr. (uncanny x-men, peter parker, spider-man, wolverine)
sean chen (iron-man)
jim cheung (maverick, young avengers)
stuart immonen (nextwave, ultimate x-men)
salvador larroca (excalibur, x-men, uncanny x-men, x-treme x-men)
jim lee (uncanny x-men, x-men)
sean phillips (uncanny x-men, marvel zombies)
frank quitely (new x-men)
josh middleton (nyx)

[Chiasm]

I don't outright love or hate any writer. Because for every writer I really like, Claremont for instance, I can point several things by him I don't like. And even with writers who I think are really sucking it up right now, Milligan on X-men, I can look at other works by him in the past such X-Statix that I liked.

[dazzler_slave]

Favorite Writers:
Chris Claremont
Roger Stern
Fabian Niceiza
Dan Slott
Gail Simone
Christopher Priest
Peter David
Warren Ellis
Brian Vaughn
Kurt Busiek

Favorite Artists
Jim Lee
Carlos Pacheco
Joe Madiuera
Mike Deodato
John Byrne (up to the end of his She-Hulk and Namor runs)

Least fave Writers
Brian Bendis
Howard Mackie
Steven Seagle
Greg Pak

Least fave artists
Mark Badger
Chris Wozinak
Mark Pacella
Rob Leifeld

[Absalom7]

Artists whose work I love:
Bryan Hitch, amazing artist (ultimates rules)
Rob Liefeld, everything, it's cool to see it at marvel again
olivier coipel, definitely my favorite artist
jim cheung, everything since maverick, better and better
chris bachalo
salvador larroca
mark brooks, since he's on new x-men I'm addicted
sienkiewicz, even if he does only covers and rarely pages, he's still a master
david mack, everything
leinil francis yu, everything
steve epting

Artists whose work I strongly dislike:
Scott Kolins, the guy's is good but I can't appreciate a book it
mike turner, I never was a fan of him and still don't
steve dillon, sorry
darick robertson
the so-called "manga-style" artists on younger titles, and udon


Writers whose work I love:
Kirkman, he's THE writer I really appreciate
Bendis
Kyle & Yost
Warren Ellis
Gail Simone
Jeph Loeb
Peter David
Ed Brubaker
Claremont, most of his work
Daniel Way


Writers whose work I strongly dislike:
Cebulski
Frank Tieri

[Wannabe]

You dislike Tieri? I have to say that's insane. I've never read a story by him that I didn't love. But to each his own.

[Faded]

I don't outright love or hate any writer. Because for every writer I really like, Claremont for instance, I can point several things by him I don't like. And even with writers who I think are really sucking it up right now, Milligan on X-men, I can look at other works by him in the past such X-Statix that I liked.

That's true for me too. There are only a few who I like through and through and whose work I've disliked through and through.

[SpartanX]

Writers I like:
Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Neil Gaiman
Mark Millar
Kurt Busiek
Warren Ellis
BKV
Ed THE BRUUUU Brubaker
Peter David
Garth Ennis
Giffen
Kirkman

Artists I like:
Mcniven
Hitch
Cassaday
Pacheco
Coipel
JRJr.
Jim Lee
Cheung
Larroca
Jim Lee
Bagley
Kubert Bros.
Quitely

[Adem]

I'll just list people currently working for Marvel

Writers whose work I like
BKV
Dan Slott
Alan Heinberg
Paul Jenkins
Robert Kirkman
Peter David
Bendis(Only his Daredevil run and his USM work)

Artists whose work I like
Mike Weiringo
Skottie Young
Jae Lee
Bryan Hitch
Adrian Alphona
John Cassaday
Alex Maleev
Mark Bagley
Jim Cheung
Staurt Immonen

[Chiasm]

After more thought I came up with one writer and one artist whom I've yet to be disappointed by.

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Their work on Preacher is the all time pinnacle of comic book greatness IMO. And their run together on Punisher is equally good. Apart, neither is as great. Punisher has lacked something since Dillon left. And Dillon's work in other places, while still good, just isn't as fun without Ennis's story to go with it.

[Tragix]

Artists whose work I love:
Steve Mcniven
Carlos Pacheco
Jim Cheung
Jae Lee
Olivier Coipel
Adi Granov

Writers whose work I love:
Fabian Nicieza
Joe Casey
Mark Millar
Paul Jenkins
Ed Brubaker

[Absalom7]

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Their work on Preacher is the all time pinnacle of comic book greatness IMO. And their run together on Punisher is equally good. Apart, neither is as great. Punisher has lacked something since Dillon left. And Dillon's work in other places, while still good, just isn't as fun without Ennis's story to go with it.

I couldn't agree more with that. Preacher and punisher were great, it seems impossible (for now) to enjoy another series they work on as I enjoyed these two titles...

[kalorama]

I can usually find something to like in work by creators I'm not crazy about, and even my faves lay an egg once in a while. The only ones I can think of that never really produced anything I cared to look at for Marvel are the Image gang: Liefeld, McFarlane, and Larsen.

[Hombre]

Artists whose work I love:

John & Sal Buscema
George Perez
George Tuska
Walt Simonson
Gene Colan
John Byrne
Terry Austin
Mike Esposito
Joe Sinnott
Jack Kirby
Billy Graham
Tony De Zuniga
John Romita Sr. & Jr
Sal Velluto
Bob Almond
Pablo Marcos
Barry Windsor-Smith
Gary Frank
Ross Andru
Jeff Purves
Kieron Dwyer
Alan Davis
Joe & Andy Kubert

... and many other Marvel greats too numerous to count.


Established Artists whose work I have reservation about:

Chris Bachalo
Jae Lee


Writers whose work I love:

Stan Lee
Roy Thomas
Gerry Conway
Gary & Mike Friedrich
Len Wein
Steve Gerber
Steve Englehart
Chris Claremont
Jim Shooter
Walt & Louise Simonson
Don McGregor
Bill Mantlo
Christopher Priest
Ann Nocenti
David Anthony Kraft
Marv Wolfman
Dennis O'Neil
Roger Stern
Don Glut
David Michielinie
Tom De Falco
Glenn Alan Herdling

... And many other Marvel greats too numerous to count.


Established writers whose work I have reservations about:

J.M. De Matteis
Dan Chichester
J.M. Straczynski
Paul Jenkins
Chuck Austen

[Herald of Asgard]

Current favorites:
Bryan Hitch
Fabian Niceza
Chris Claremont

All-Time Favorites:
Chris Claremont (nuff said)
Walter Simonson (he made Thor IMO, Stan and Jack set it up, Walt finished)
Dan Jurgens (IMO, one of the most creative people Marvel ever had, shame he left)

My Little Hate Club:
Brian Bendis
Brian Bendis
Can't remember who did the art of Wolverine before Francis Yu, but it was horrid.
Any and everyone involved in the "Marvel Manga" phase a few years back, that was the second worst idea EVER.

[abyss]

Favorite Writers:
Garth Ennis
Gail Simone
Joss Whedon
Frank Miller
Neil Gaiman
Mike Carey
Warren Ellis
Ed Brubaker
Christopher Priest
Peter David
Grant Morrison

Favorite Artist
Patrick Zircher
Jae Lee
David Mack
Alex Maleev
Gaydos (the guy who did Alias)
David Lopez
Steve Eping
Michael Lark
Ryan Sook

Writers that I dislike
Chuck Austen
Daniel Way

Writer I either love or hate
Chris Claremont
Brain Michael Bendis
Greg Ruka

Artists I dislike
Chuck Austen
John Romita Jr.

[Ult. Fireboy]

I have two favorite writers. Millar and Bendis, I think both of their stuff is GREAT!:D
What do you think though. Who is or has been your favorite writer? I would love to hear!:)

[Admiral Smiley]

I like the guy who uses Nick Fury in every single damned title he writes.
That guy is cool.

[Kid Bushido]

Writers:
Ed Brubaker: His Daredevil is already on par with Bendis and he has only written one arc. Before the reboot of his title, Cap always seemed dull to me, but the moment I read that book, it became a must read. I'm very escited for his Iron Fist and Crminal books. His Uncanny is very good but the Vulcan standalones are not my type.
Brian K. Vaughan: His run in UXM made me care for the characters and it was a brilliant mix of action and characterization. Runaways has been a favorite for me since it began and I'm very sad he's leaving the book. His outside work is even better, with brilliant books like Y and Ex Machina.
Mark Millar: Mark has become a favorite of mine because of his style of writing. The Ultimates, his run on Wolverine and Spider-Man, and also Civil War are all excellent reads.
Neil Gaiman: What else can I say that hasnt been said before? He is one of the greatest there have been, he is a genius of storytelling, callling him a great writer is understood. The Eternals with JRJr. is one of the best books out there.
Allan Heinberg: Young Avengers is my favorite Marvel book, maybe cuz I'm a teenager, maybe cuz it's a great book overall. I no longer care for the delays because I know I'm getting a great story.
Joss Whedon
Fabian Nicieza
Greg Pak
Peter David

Artists:
Olivier Coipel =) Can someone tell me what he's going to do next?
Jim Cheung
Alex Maleev
Ryan Sook
Leinel Yu
John Romita Jr.
Steve McNiven
Brian Hitch
David Finch
etc.