J. Scott CampbellMajor

Todd McFarlaneLegend

Comic Artist, Publisher, Writer

McFarlane drew Spider-Man with impossible contortions, spaghetti webbing and a restless line that kept every page in motion. He walked away at the height of that success to co-found Image Comics, where Spawn became one of the best-selling creator-owned books ever published.

Jim LeeLegend

Comic Artist, Penciller, Publisher

Few artists have shaped what a superhero looks like on the page as directly as Jim Lee. His early-nineties X-Men work, all dense crosshatching and coiled anatomy, became a house style that later artists still work against. He left to co-found Image Comics and WildStorm, then became one of DC's defining figures on Batman: Hush and Justice League.

Erik LarsenLegend

Cartoonist, Comic Artist, Writer

Larsen draws with a cartoonist's looseness and a superfan's affection for old Marvel. He followed McFarlane onto Amazing Spider-Man, then co-founded Image and has written and drawn Savage Dragon almost single-handedly ever since.

Marc SilvestriLegend

Comic Artist, Inker, Penciller

Silvestri draws in sharp angles, whipping hair and tense wiry anatomy, a look that defined a stretch of Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. He co-founded Image Comics and built Top Cow, home to Witchblade, Cyberforce and The Darkness.

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John Romita JrLegend

Artist, Comic Artist, Penciller

Romita builds figures from blocky, weighted shapes that land with real force. Across four decades he has drawn most of the Marvel line, from Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil to Thor and Uncanny X-Men, plus Kick-Ass with Mark Millar and a run on Superman.

Gary FrankMajor

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Penciller

Frank's characters act with their faces, small shifts of expression that carry a scene on their own. It grounds even the largest stories, from Superman: Secret Origin and Batman: Earth One to Doomsday Clock.