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i have tons of people i like from jack cole and lou fine to carmine infantiono and frank cho...as for writer the same my tastes range from bill finger and gardner fox to denny o'neil and joe kelly..and of course stan lee..

Akira Toriyama and Stan Lee

My fav writers are Orson Scott Card, Isaac Asimov (Godfather of scifi), Greg Rucka, Robert Heinlein, and J.R.R. Tolkien (Godfather of fantasy).

my favorite artists would probably be joe quesada (sword of azrael was awesome), john romita and john romita jr (JJR makes some pretty stylish stuff) and sal buscema from some spectacular s-mans from the early nineties. frank miller's good as well. (his daredevil and batman stuff is )

denny o'neil and tom defalco are probably my favorite writers

those last two were COMIC BOOK writers. my favorite novelist is probably michael crichton
if you ever get the chance, pick up a copy of sphere. very good

I don't really like any of Crichton's recent works, although I have to say that sphere was a really good one. My fav Crichton book has to be the Andromeda Strain

As far as artists(comic books)Joe Madureira, Joe Quesada, Kubert Brothers, J.Scott Campbell, Jim Lee, Michael Turner, Chris Bachalo, Mark Bagley among others, Painters i like: Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Jow Jusko

frank millier - cold cool and thrilling- best

Alex Maleev does some amazing Daredevil work, it's really eerie stuff!

The best comic artists or comic writers are:

1. Alan Moore: the writer from "From Hell", "The League of extra-ordinary gentlemen", "Top 10", "V for Vendetta", "The Killing Joke" and of course the great "Watchmen".

2. Frank Miller: a true genius, just look at Sin-City or "The Dark Knight returns" or "Hard Boiled".

3. Stan Lee: Marvel would look completely different if he weren't there.

4. Jack Kirby: not the greatest artist ever, but still a good one, and he was responsible for the looks of lots of known superheroes.

5. John Byrne: always good fun to read. And his stories aren't too bad either.

6. John Romita jr: again, a great artist

7. Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes)

and for the others I forget: sorry guys, but you also rock !!
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Neil Gaiman is the best comic book writer. He's a damned tallented prose writer, too.

Todd MacFarlane-excellent in Amazing Spider-man and his own Spider-man series
Stan Lee-he made Marvel what it is today
John Romita Jr- Just a good artist like Todd


but MacFarlane is my fav

so you dont get confused My fav superhero ever is Spider-Man

Frank miller, Joe Quesada, Allan Moore, and Kevin Smith.

Whilce Portacio. He covered Uncanny during bishiop's arrival and increased Icemans powers. A good artist usually does more than just draw good art.

and Jack Kirby

and Jim Lee

jim lee- if not only for revamping the whole xmen team during his run but also his recent batman hush work
todd mcfarlane - the man who created venom, nuff said
scott campbell - made gen13
mike turner - for his witchblade run
marc silvestri - for xmen and cyberforce
joseph linsner - for dawn
joe choido - for his wildstom art of choido card series
humberto remos - for his work on dv8
whilace portacio - for wetworks (soon to be on again)
Joe Madureira - before he abandoned battle chasers mid way through the story arc (prick)
sam keith - one of the most amazing mixed media masters of comics today
joe quasada - ash
jack kirby - the man
satephen platt - check his work on prophet
dale keown - for his hulk then pitt run
erik larson - spidey and savage dragon
greg capaullo - not when mcfarlane is inking his work

No offense, but Hush sucked........It was just a PR stunt for Jim Lee to draw as many people as possible...

My top 10 Writers:

1: Alan Moore, Nuff said

2: Mark Waid, Kingdom Come, etc.

3:Geoff Johns, Flash, Avengers, etc.

4: Peter David

5: Jeph Loeb, The Long Halloween

6: Brain Azzeralo (sp?) 100 Bullets, Batman

7: Willingham, Fables

8: Priest, BP, Crew

9: Claremont

10: Frank Miller, I'm pissed at him for writing the shit that was DKSA.

am I the only one who likes kevin smith?

I like Humberto Ramos (does pencil work) his work is pretty cool

aww cmon maverickice in terms of the art work hush rocked the funky beats, yeah the story ate shit but the art, oh the art

john cassadayand jim lee and brandon peterson mark bagley best artists.
bests writers stan lee, joss whedon, brian michael bendis, robert kirkman.
and i like manga stuff too

I liked Grant Morrisson's run on new x-men

Todd Mcfarlane
Stan lee has to be here lol
George Perez - i love his work in the JLA/Avengers crossover
As for writers i dont realy know any lol.

Writers:
Alan Moore
Jeph Loeb
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Azarello
Chris Claremont
Joe Kelly
Kevin Smith
Frank Miller

Artists:
Jim Lee
Michael Turner
Talent Caldwell
Marc Silvestri
Alex Horley
Greg Horn
Alex Ross
J. Scott Campbell
Todd McFarlane
Joe Quesada
Ed McGuiness
John Byrne(he wasnt the best artist, but his work with Claremont on X-Men deserves acknowledgment)

Top Creators:
Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (they practically made the Marvel Universe single-handedly)

James O'Barr and Johnen Vasquez deserve honorable mention.

i can't leave out Jerry Seigal & Joe Shuster or Bob Kane, just for creating the longest running characters ever(Superman and Batman, respectively). that is quite an achievement.

David Michelinie
Erik Larson
Todd Mcfarlane
Joe Quesada