* Alan Moore, because, well, c'mon. * Neil Gaiman, for the same reason. * Carl Barks, whose Uncle Scrooge and other work hold up today. * Herge (Georges Remi) for Tintin * Jim Aparo, among the most reliable of artists. * Dick Dillin, once the consummate JLA artist. * Eliot S. Maggin, whose storytelling always had a human touch. * Denny O'Neil, for just plain solid writing -- obviously, the classic, short-lived GL/GA run, but much more. * Bob Haney, whose writing was so absolutely insane that it's just plain wonderful. I'm loving loving loving the Brave & Bold Showcase collection. * Kurt Busiek, another solid storyteller, who goes a step further to find the stories around the corner from the action, so to speak. Big plug for Astro City here. * Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, for startin' somethin'. * Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, for really startin' somethin'. * Grant Morrison, who matches his insane genius to coherent storytelling. * Both John Romitas. I loved JR Jr.'s Spider-Man and X-Men work in the 1980s. * James Robinson, for Starman, a lovely, lovely series.
Ach. I'll stop now before I keep going on and on and invoke everybody ... like Will Eisner, and Paul Levitz for the best of Legion runs, and circa-1980s John Byrne (his Fantastic Four is, as far as I'm concerned, his career highlight), and Roger Stern and Gil Kane and Warren Ellis, and Robert Kanigher, and Joe Kubert and and and ...
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* Alan Moore, because, well, c'mon.
* Neil Gaiman, for the same reason.
* Carl Barks, whose Uncle Scrooge and other work hold up today.
* Herge (Georges Remi) for Tintin
* Jim Aparo, among the most reliable of artists.
* Dick Dillin, once the consummate JLA artist.
* Eliot S. Maggin, whose storytelling always had a human touch.
* Denny O'Neil, for just plain solid writing -- obviously, the classic, short-lived GL/GA run, but much more.
* Bob Haney, whose writing was so absolutely insane that it's just plain wonderful. I'm loving loving loving the Brave & Bold Showcase collection.
* Kurt Busiek, another solid storyteller, who goes a step further to find the stories around the corner from the action, so to speak. Big plug for Astro City here.
* Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, for startin' somethin'.
* Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, for really startin' somethin'.
* Grant Morrison, who matches his insane genius to coherent storytelling.
* Both John Romitas. I loved JR Jr.'s Spider-Man and X-Men work in the 1980s.
* James Robinson, for Starman, a lovely, lovely series.
Ach. I'll stop now before I keep going on and on and invoke everybody ... like Will Eisner, and Paul Levitz for the best of Legion runs, and circa-1980s John Byrne (his Fantastic Four is, as far as I'm concerned, his career highlight), and Roger Stern and Gil Kane and Warren Ellis, and Robert Kanigher, and Joe Kubert and and and ...