Joe Quesada...

[jmatt]

He must have spent just as much time on the intricate panels and backgrounds as he did on the characters themselves. I respect that.

+1 for background art. Storytelling includes settings, for context and visual interest. It draws readers into the world, makes it more tangible.

[Daniel Jackson]

Love Joe Q but the "too much mouth saliva" thing always creeps me out.

Ditto.

[erwinrafael]

Resurrecting an old thread. Hehehe

I know most here are fans of artists who had long runs in Valiant titles (like BWS, Bob Hall, etc). Is there anybody else here whose favorite Valiant Comics artist is Joe Quesada? He only did a few issues (around five, I think) but to this day,X-O Manowar #0 is still the most beautifully illustrated book for me. The crazy layouts and designs, the use of curves and shadows...and the storytelling. Joe was just an upcoming artist then but he is no pin-up artist. The first few pages where only the art told the creation of the X-O Manowar armor is amazing.

I second that.

Joe Q was (and is) a legendary draftsman in my mind. I jumped on any book he drew since the Ray mini for DC. His light and shadows trump anyone else's I've seen.

Further, he resurrected the turn of the century French illustrative style, made most famous by Alphonse Mucha. He co-opted that style and brought it into the sequential art form of comics beautifully! He must have spent just as much time on the intricate panels and backgrounds as he did on the characters themselves. I respect that.

When he came to Valiant I died and went to heaven. I only wish he was more prolific at valiant.

The day he left Ninjak was a sad day for me. I had such high hopes for him to become another dedicated series artist like Bob Hall.

Alas, he's gone on to do pretty amazing things.

I have every issue of ASH by him and Palmiotti...Beautiful stuff with some solid concepts. Too bad they both went off to bigger things, because their company "Event" had some good stuff going on (Ash, Painkiller Jane, Kid Death, 22 Brides).

his best work for me in terms of illustration is his work on Daredevil Parts of a Hole with David Mack. Amazing stuff.