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General / The most prolific or the most influential Dredd artist over time
« on: 19 January, 2019, 04:40:03 am »
Who is the most prolific or the most influential Dredd artist over time? and whom is the artist who has the most appearances?
I am sure that most people will without a shadow of doubt state Carlos Ezquerra on both counts. He is surely one of the co-creators along with Wagner of Dredd.
The first 100 progs were the time of 3 artists whom together draw almost 80% of the initial run of Dredd: Mike McMahon, Ian Gibson and Brain Bolland. These 3 divided Dredd as a major character in the comic-scene. Each one had their own distinctive style.
Next came Ron Smith which is the artist that really establish Dredd as the de facto British comic character. After the late great Ron came great artist like Steve Dillon and Cam Kennedy. It was only with The Apocalypse War that Carlos really start taking the reins and his style almost become synonym with the way that many of us saw Dredd.
Colin MacNeil came along and only really establish himself long after his first appearance. For me the next big artist was Henry Flint. In today's terms it will hard to decide between these two which is the mainstay Dredd artist.
The top 10 most appearance by an artist:
Artists First Appearance Total Appearances
Carlos Ezquerra 5 261
Ron Smith 104 151
Henry Flint 1014 119
Colin MacNeil 608 100
Ian Gibson 13 85
Paul Marshall 647 74
Mike McMahon 2 71
Cam Kennedy 342 70
Steve Dillon 205 49
John Burns 738 45
For me it all boils down to two artist Carlos Ezquerra or Ron Smith (again RIP
). They even occupy the two top-spots in the moist appearance list.
I am sure that most people will without a shadow of doubt state Carlos Ezquerra on both counts. He is surely one of the co-creators along with Wagner of Dredd.
The first 100 progs were the time of 3 artists whom together draw almost 80% of the initial run of Dredd: Mike McMahon, Ian Gibson and Brain Bolland. These 3 divided Dredd as a major character in the comic-scene. Each one had their own distinctive style.
Next came Ron Smith which is the artist that really establish Dredd as the de facto British comic character. After the late great Ron came great artist like Steve Dillon and Cam Kennedy. It was only with The Apocalypse War that Carlos really start taking the reins and his style almost become synonym with the way that many of us saw Dredd.
Colin MacNeil came along and only really establish himself long after his first appearance. For me the next big artist was Henry Flint. In today's terms it will hard to decide between these two which is the mainstay Dredd artist.
The top 10 most appearance by an artist:
Artists First Appearance Total Appearances
Carlos Ezquerra 5 261
Ron Smith 104 151
Henry Flint 1014 119
Colin MacNeil 608 100
Ian Gibson 13 85
Paul Marshall 647 74
Mike McMahon 2 71
Cam Kennedy 342 70
Steve Dillon 205 49
John Burns 738 45
For me it all boils down to two artist Carlos Ezquerra or Ron Smith (again RIP
). They even occupy the two top-spots in the moist appearance list. 