WHO IS THE BETTER THOR ARTIST = Esaad Ribic vs Olivier Coipel???

[Juggernaut Punch]

Both of them draw a great Thor. Coipel draws a more divine and regal Thor, whereas Ribic draws more of a raw warrior Thor.

[wiski]

I think Coipel is getting jobbed a bit by the coloring. I've seen his Thor stuff penciled and it looks incredible, but it loses a lot of detail once it's colored.

[rogerio]

Jack Kirby

Quoted for truth.

[Filip]

Ribić's. It gives more ethereal and fantasy feel. Smokey. I believe he's a Norse god when I see him.
Coipel's is just overgrown jock with a broken nose.

[theDarkestKnight]

They are both pretty damn good.

But in this case I'm gonna have to say Esad based on the work he has been putting out latley on Thor: God of Thunder.

[The Black Guardian]

I think Coipel's looks more godly, and Ribic's just looks like a normal guy. And many of Ribic's poses look horribly awkward.

And I don't like the painted art. I want it to stay out of "my" comic books.

[Shingen]

I like Coipel a lot, but after reading the current Thor I find that Ribic's Thor is becoming iconic for me, and totally defining my idea of the character.

[Movieartman]

Ribic is a perfectly acceptable cover artist, but I find his sequential interior art to be sorely lacking. I think the fact that his work is painted covers up for some of his flaws as a storyteller.

where has his panel by panel story telling failed you if i may ask? the only time i think his worked failed me like that was in the 3-4 issues of Uncanny X-force he did interiors for, and it was the colorist fault not his, the colors where toooo similar to each other, and everything blended togethor

And I don't like the painted art. I want it to stay out of "my" comic books.

to both of you at least in regards to Thor: God of Thunder, ONLY the covers are painted, the interiors where normal comic styles illustrated

[Movieartman]

Even during JMS's Run, i thought Marko Dejurdivic was superior to coipel, just cant get past his terrible faces/heads
he sometimes draws good female faces, but his males Ugh

[Bad Wolf]

Coipel. I don't care for Ribic's painted style, though the pic at the top looks nice.

[KurtW95]

I like them both, but I prefer Coipel. Ribic's Thor looks a bit too much like a brute.

[theDarkestKnight]

Coipel. I don't care for Ribic's painted style, though the pic at the top looks nice.

All his work looks beautiful like that picture.

[FanboyStranger]

Ribic. On pretty much any other book that both have drawn, I'd probably go with Coipel, but as someone else once put it, "Coipel's Thor looks like Brian Urlacher in a blonde wig."

[B. Kuwanger]

Ribic's Thor is much more a man of action, if less "godlike." I'm very grateful that between November and now, he's knocked out 4 issues.

This reminds me of Pierce Brosnan vs Daniel Craig

[wiski]

Ribic's Thor is much more a man of action, if less "godlike." I'm very grateful that between November and now, he's knocked out 4 issues.

What worries me about that is if the work schedule will force them to have a fill-in artist soon. I would much rather have one issue a month and ONLY Ribic on the comic, but I guess $3.99 a month from a comic isn't enough for Marvel.