"Definitive" Batman artist?

[TruerToTheCore]

Who is - for you - of course "THE" Batman artist, the images that come to your mind when you think "Batman"?

For me it's JIM APARO

I think Neal Adams, for example, is better, but the sheer mass of work by Aparo, the tons of issues drawn by him I own, makes him my "definitive" artist.

Great guy

 

[Cornelius Stirk]

Norm Breyfogle.

 

[The Joker]

Norm Breyfogle.

I second that.

Jim Lee rocks my socks, too.

 

[Cobblepot]

And once again, Norm Breyfogle.

 

[silentflute]

Adams and Miller.

 

[MaJiN]

Adams and Miller.

I second that.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Breyfogle is agood one, too, but when I think of Batman I do see him in the "realistic" way Adams and Aparo used and not the expressionistic Breyfogle-style.

 

[Cobblepot]

Aparo's early work was great and on-par with Neal Adams, his later work not so.

 

[Cornelius Stirk]

Breyfogle is agood one, too, but when I think of Batman I do see him in the "realistic" way Adams and Aparo used and not the expressionistic Breyfogle-style.

Depends what you grew up with I suppose.

 

[Nepenthes]

I've tried but I really can't choose one artist in all honesty. It would have to be between Miller, Gene Colan and Neil Adams. Gene Colan is very sick btw. My best wishes.

 

[BubbaGump]

Bruce Timm

Adams:

Aparo as well. Even though his stuff is Adams inspired (like Tony Daniel and Kubert doing Jim Lee Batman), he donned the mantle for years.

And Bob Kane.

 

[BubbaGump]

I forgot Carmine Infantino. IMO, he's the definitive Silver Age Batman artist.

 

[JTStarkiller]

My vote goes to Sale.

 

[MattBearPig]

 

[TruerToTheCore]

when you close your eyes and think "Batman" what do you see.

And who has drawn that "mental picture"???


That's BASICALLY the question!

 

[Superhobo]

Seconded.

 

[gqxsensazn]

Growing up, it was mostly Jim Aparo's work that really interested me. I had a little interest in Norm Breyfogle's but not too much. Only now I'm really appreciating the impact he had in the Batman comic world.

Lately though, its been Jim Lee for me. His art in Hush just sucked me back into the world of comics.

 

[IRON_Lad]

Mazzucheli ftw

 

[batpawn]

when you close your eyes and think "Batman" what do you see.

And who has drawn that "mental picture"???


That's BASICALLY the question!

when I close my eyes and think "batman", this is the picture that comes basically into my mind.

i love it. it's drawn by brian stelfreeze and scott mcdaniel. i don't kow if the are the "definitive" batman artists in my book, but they would be in my top 5, that's for sure.

 

[deathfromabove]

Adams:

 

[theMan-Bat]

For me it's Brian Bolland. He perfectly captures in great realistic detail all of the mystery, menace, humanity, anger, pain, rage and grit of Batman in shadows and in the mans face.

Also his depiction of Batman, the frown lines on the face, resembles Keaton.

 

[deathfromabove]

bolland is definately up there too. love that last shot.

 

[Ibn]

Norm Breyfogle.

Quite possibly.

 

[Mandalore464]

Definitely Jim Lee. With Timm a close second.

 

[BubbaGump]

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