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The 10 greatest comic book artists of all time | Comics Putting pencil to paper is how it all starts. Since that fateful day in 1938 when Superman bounded into life in the first issue of Action Comics, artists and illustrators have found themselves pre-occupied with the burning desire to create superheroes. Designing these characters, the worlds they protect and how they can live in synergy with words on a page is an art in itself - and comic book artists have a huge and worldwide following. These gods amongst geeks range from British trailblazer Dave Gibbons to American legend Jack Kirby. Here, we choose a collection of comic book artists who've excelled in painting pictures on our mindscape... John Romita Jr John Romita Jr was born on 17 August 1956 in New York City. Romita's Jr's talent truly shone during his spell drawing Iron Man, in the often over-looked Demon In A Bottle series. Did you know? John Romita Jr was nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry award in 1989 for his work on Daredevil. Brian Bolland Will Eisner Jim Steranko
21 Best Comic Book Artists from Comic-Con: A Designer Guide The world’s largest comic book convention has some secrets that are practically unknown to lovers of graphic design and illustration. San Diego Comic-Con International is famous, as well as feared and loathed, for its lengthy lines of lemmings endlessly waiting to get into mammoth show biz hype-fests that are usually available to the whole world on YouTube within hours. But what gets all the press is just a piddling part of the Con experience, quality-wise. So here are some suggestions on how to indulge and immerse yourself in visual culture, free of Hollywood hassle: 1. 1b. 2. 3. Stray Toasters © 2015 Bill Sienkiewicz My Print colleague Rich Shivener has already given you a sampling of the wealth of knowledge and experience to be had at Comic-Con: just read his interviews with Mouse Guard’s David Petersen, the Cartoon Network’s Kassandra Heller, super-heroics illustrator Taylor Sterling, and web comics’ Becky Dreistadt and Frank Gibson. All photos © M Dooley Frank Forte Eliza Frye Ed Luce
Pie Corbett’s superhero resource What will the children learn? • to create new ideas; • to write an imaginative set of instructions; • to create a simple list poem; • to write a non-chronological report. 1. Play superhero games Playing quick fire language games at the start of a lesson will develop creativity and help children think of imaginative words and ideas, e.g. Invent new superheroes With the children’s help, make a list of well-known superheroes and their attributes, e.g. • Superman – can fly, has superstrength, has x-ray and laser vision. Invent new superheroes. • Catgirl – has night vision, can leap vast distances, her purr can destroy buildings. • Hawkboy – flies at speed of sound, hovers, x-ray vision, can talk with birds, supersonic hearing. Find their weakness Take the new superheroes and plan how to defeat them. Catgirl – is only scared of water, which makes her powerless till she is dry. Which would you be? Everyone has to select a superhero (well-known or invented) and explain why they would be that hero. 2.