As promised, we are continuing to celebrate the 75th Batman anniversary over here at Comic Booked. First we did a list of the top 75 Batman characters. Then we compiled a list of the top 75 Batman writers. And now it is time for the top 75 Batman artists to shine. It’s only fair, right? Of course it is. So here they are, in all of their glory:
1. Neal Adams
2. Jim Aparo
3. Eddy Barrows
4. Lee Bermejo
5. Simone Bianchi
6. Brian Bolland
7. Norm Breyfogle
8. Chris Burnham
9. John Byrne
10. Greg Capullo
11. Cliff Chiang
12. Becky Cloonan
13. Gene Colan
14. Amanda Conner
15. Darwyn Cooke
16. Tony Daniel
17. Alan Davis
18. Dale Eaglesham
19. Scot Eaton
20. David Finch
21. Francesco Francavilla
22. Gary Frank
23. Keith Giffen
24. Patrick Gleason
25. Bob Hall
26. Cully Hamner
27. Jeremy Haun
28. Adam Hughes
29. Carmine Infantino
30. Frazer Irving
31. Mikel Janin
32. Klaus Jansen
33. Phil Jiminez
34. Jock
35. Kelley Jones
36. Bob Kane
37. Adam Kubert
38. Andy Kubert
39. Jae Lee
40. Jim Lee
41. Kevin Maguire
42. Doug Mahnke
43. Francis Manapul
44. Tom Mandrake
45. David Mazzuchelli
46. Dave McKean
47. Mike Mignola
48. Ed McGuinness
49. Frank Miller
50. Sheldon Moldoff
51. Rags Morales
52. Dustin Nguyen
53. Graham Nolan
54. Yanick Paquette
55. George Perez
56. Paul Pope
57. Howard Porter
58. Joe Quesada
59. Frank Quitely
60. Ivan Reis
61. Eduardo Risso
62. Jerry Robinson
63. Kenneth Rocafort
64. Alex Ross
65. Tim Sale
66. Nicola Scott
67. Dick Sprang
68. Jim Starlin
69. Brian Stelfreeze
70. Curt Swan
71. Bruce Timm
72. Michael Turner
73. Matt Wagner
74. J. H. Williams III
75. Bernie Wrightson
So there you have it. Who didn’t make it on the list? There are SOOOOOOOO many deserving artists out there, especially ones who have drawn the Bat, but I had to limit it somewhere. Let me know your favorites in the comments section below!
Don Newton
Marshall Rogers
Both had longer, more significant runs than others on the list.
The original artist only ranking #36?! This list has some serious ranking problems. Unless you listed them alphabetically-dammit, that’s exactly what you did. Why and how did you come to the decision that alphabetically would be a better way to list than by influence on continuity?