Comic Artists and Where to Meet Them

Brian Bolland

Comic Artist, Cover Artist

Bolland's line is close to mechanical in its precision, every contour deliberate and every surface finished. The Killing Joke and his Judge Dredd work made his name, and his covers remain a reference point for how clean a comics image can be.

Darick Robertson

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Penciller

Robertson draws cities that feel filthy and lived-in, and faces that look like people you would actually meet. Transmetropolitan and The Boys both depend on that grounding to make their satire land.

Eduardo Risso

Comic Artist, Cover Artist

Risso works in extreme light and shadow, cutting figures down to silhouette and letting black carry the story. 100 Bullets is a long clinic in noir page construction.

Fabio Moon

Cartoonist, Comic Artist, Graphic Novelist

Moon's drawing is loose and emotionally direct, built for stories about ordinary life. Daytripper and Two Brothers, both made with his twin brother Gabriel Ba, are his best-known work.

Fiona Staples

Character Designer, Comic Artist, Cover Artist

Staples designs strange creatures and tender human moments with equal ease, working digitally in soft colour and confident shape. Saga's entire visual world is hers, and it became one of the defining creator-owned books of its era.

Frank Quitely

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Penciller

Quitely draws people who look like they have weight and skin, slightly soft, slightly awkward and entirely alive. All-Star Superman and WE3 are masterclasses in panel design, and his character acting is as subtle as anything in the medium.

Gabriel Ba

Cartoonist, Comic Artist, Cover Artist

Ba draws in bold graphic shapes with a strong sense of design, moving easily from The Umbrella Academy's oddness to the quiet of Daytripper.

Lee Bermejo

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Painter

Bermejo renders skin, fabric and grime in obsessive detail, producing versions of these characters that look uncomfortably real. Joker and Batman: Noel are the clearest examples.

Sean Gordon Murphy

Comic Artist, Cover Artist, Writer

Murphy's line is fast and angular, and he loves drawing machinery: bikes, rigs, wreckage. Batman: White Knight let him write as well as draw, rebuilding Gotham on his own terms.

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