Alex Ross Discussion

Ross is great but I also really dislike his women. They are too butch.

Overrated is isn't a word used for relative concept. Someone likes him, some one loves, someone doesn't like him and the others hate him. Is just a way to go. I was surprised when I saw his Justice comic series. Just gotta say he did very well on it. Yeah maybe the Women are awful but that just makes it more realistic. Does every superhero male or female has to be a sex symbol? Nooo...

Let's remember he didn't pencil Justice - he painted over Braithwaite's pencils.
He can illustrate attractive women - just look at all the faces in Marvels and Kingdom Come. But some characters like Wonder Woman and Big Barda should have a tougher look to them.
Of course, part of his appeal is he paints his work, making his lighting effects for portraits more dramatic.
Look at the work of Bryan Hitch on The Ultimates. To me, that's Alex Ross minus the painting work.

he's a great artist no doubt but I don't really like his style at all

they all look ugly to me for some reason

Ross is probably the best comic artist to me. Nobody really can draw Namor better, and his Galactus still has me gasping. He's simply amazing. He is mostly the reason why I bought the Marvels limited edition book for about $100. The art is simply breathtaking (not that the story isn't, but it is just...amazing).

Good: very realistic.
Bad: characters look posed and chunky.

He's kind of like the antiKirby. Jack Kirby had a lousy knowledge of anatomy, and sometimes his characters' faces looked almost amateurish. But Kirby imbued power, action and energy into his work, IMO as yet unmatched by Ross or anyone.

That man is incredible. A god among comic book artists. I fell in love with his artwork after Marvels and was even more impressed with Kingdom Come. His interpretation of Superman is perhaps the best ever IMO, with Dan Jurgens a distant second. Now if he'd only do a Superman/Doomsday comic book and I'd be in heaven.

I see this from the Frank Miller perspective, comics aren't really supposed to be drawn as realistic. That said id take Bryan Hitch over Alex Ross any day of he week.

I loved his art in Marvel visionaries I think it's called.

I think every male character of his has the same face. Put someone else's head on a different body and you wouldn't know the difference.

Really great guy and a great artist to boot. His Batman is among one of my favorites, as is his Superman. Sometimes, his Wonder Woman looks a tad on the butch side, but he's since refined his craft and she looks powerful but still feminine.

His homages to iconic comic covers such as X-Men #1 and Avengers #4 are fantastic.

I met him once in Chicago about five years ago. I had him sign my Batman RIP covers as well as my Captain America covers.