Re: [OT] Got any favorite non-anime/manga artist?

Antonio E. Gonzalez wrote:

>  Guess I should elaborate.  : )

Well, yes.  It would also help to include the title of works, so
we don't have to do web searches while reading.

>>- Lynn Johnston

"For Better or Worse"

>   IIRC, she was the first to do the "aging thing" in comics.  Readers grew up
>with the characters, part of an excellent depiction of a North American family.
>(could you ever tell it's set in Canada?)

First in the aging thing?  Had you not heard of "Gasoline Alley"?
Preceeded by a short-lived strip in 1905 called "Hungry
Henrietta" by Windsor McCay, the girl grew years in a few weeks.

Still, one of the few, With "Baby Blues" by Rick Kirkman & Jerry
Scott and "Jump Start" by Robb Armstrong.  ("Funky Winkerbean"
and "Doonesbury" returned to find their characters older.)

>>- Garry B. Trudeau

"Doonesbury" (don't know if it needs saying)

>   Whatever your politics, he's done a great depiction of changes in American
>society and culture since 1970, all in comic strip form.  I dare call him the
>Mark Twain of our time.
>

>>- Wiley Miller

"Non-Sequitur"

>   Carries The Far Side's single panel legacy, with a great deal of bite. 
>Great, and definately unique drawing style . . .

I think it's fun to watch this guy just aching to put continuity
into what seems to be a gag-a-day strip.  It's been a while since
it has lived up to its logo of a penguin hovering
hummingbird-like to sip nectar from a flower...

"Speed Bump" by Dave Coverly doesn't have the bite, but a great
deal of silliness in a simple drawing style.

Still, this isn't a list of favorite strips, but artists this guy
can learn from.  Is there anything to learn from Bill "Foxtrot"
Amend, besides how to get away with using the same face on all
his characters?  Although... that probably is a good lesson for a
cartoonist; how to do more with less, like how Trudeau uses the
same drawing of the White House for four panels yet still letting
the reader know who's doing the dialog.

-- 
-Jack