The Top New Comic Book Artists of 2024 Who Are Redefining the Genre
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In this modern era of the billion-dollar comic book film, it’s common for millionaire actor celebrities to appear at comic book conventions. Before this era, most fans went to comic book conventions to meet their favorite comic book artists. While comic book artists are still important, they don’t get the respect and cultural visibility that they used to. They deserve it.
Some comic book artists are so beloved by fans that their artwork acts like a visual fingerprint and can be recognized without credit. Here is a list of the top new comic book artists of 2024 who are redefining the genre on their own terms. These artists are award-winning and influential. Some have been drawing for decades while others are newer to the craft. Many are multi-talented and also write and ink as well as draw. All are now getting the renewed exposure they deserve.
Marco Checchetto
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Marco Checchetto is an Italian comic book artist who has been operating since 2002. His profile as one of the best comic book artists has increased exponentially in recent years due to his Marvel Comics work. Checchetto’s aesthetic style is instantly recognizable and adored by fans. His art is hyper-expressive, precise, realistic, and dynamic. Checchetto’s art deftly expresses the non-verbal emotions and intent of the characters. His work includes Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil, Punisher, Avengers, and various Star Wars comics.
Marguerite Sauvage
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Marguerite Sauvage is a French artist with a visual style beloved by fans for its cartoony yet dynamically sleek precision. She’s one of the best comic book artists for her dreamy pop art feel that is both visually arresting and haunting at once. Her simply complex linework effortlessly conveys the emotion she wants to tell through the characters. Sauvage is known for employing a bright, watercolor style of coloring that is augmented with dynamic contrasting and shading. She has worked on titles like Power Girl, The Flash, The Cabinet, The Wicked + The Divine, Black Panther, and Hawkeye to name a few.
Andrea Sorrentino
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Andrea Sorrentino is an Italian artist who made his reputation working on titles at DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and various independent publishers. Sorrentino’s art style is celebrated for his experimental panels and layouts, creative use of heavy inking, and intensely realistic linework. He is a master at visually crafting atmospheric tension in his art via creative shading composition. His art resume includes titles like Gideon Falls, Green Arrow, Old Man Logan, All New X-Men, and I, Vampire shows why he is considered one of the best comic book artists in the business.
Daniel Warren Johnson
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Daniel Warren Johnson is an American comic book illustrator known for his hyper-expressive, bold, and kinetically charged visual style. Johnson grew up as a sheltered child who was homeschooled with limited access to popular entertainment like comic books. His exposure to popular entertainment later influenced his art style. Johnson’s visual signature includes detailed expressive faces and dynamically choreographed action scenes. His notable works include Do a Powerbomb, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, and Murder Falcon. He currently draws the wildly popular “Energon Universe” Transformers comic, which merges the G.I. Joe and Transformers IPs.
Jamal Campbell
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Jamal Campbell is a young Canadian comic book artist enjoying red-hot popularity in the industry right now. He is known for his hyper-realist and gritty penciling that makes his panels look like still photographs of intense action. Campbell is also a visual experimentalist known for making bold use of color palettes and panel designs. His reputation as one of the best comic book artists in the business has been cemented for a while. His notable work includes Bill & Ted Go to Hell, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Superman, Naomi, and Nightwing.
Stephen Jorge Segovia
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Stephen Jorge Segovia is a young Filipino artist and one of the most popular comic book artists working today. Segovia is a self-taught art prodigy who broke into the professional comic book art world at the age of 16. Segovia’s strength of style lies in his ability to effortlessly convey movement, kinetic action, and impact in action and fight scenes. He is also an expert at using textured bold inking techniques and conveying nonverbal expressions on faces. Segovia’s notable resume includes work on Action Comics, Red Sonja, Dark Wolverine, Ninjak, and The Scorched.
Nic Klein
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Nic Klein is a German comic book artist and fan-favorite who has worked for Marvel, DC, Image, and other notable publishers. Klein employs a very stylistic and well-defined kind of linework that makes his art instantly recognizable by sight alone even after seeing it once. Klein’s most recent work features artistic examples of body horror transformations, fantastical creatures, and cosmic-themed art. Klein has recently worked on titles like Incredible Hulk, Deadpool, Thor, Winter Soldier, Captain America, and his own independent title Drifter.
Jan Bazaldúa
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Jan Bazaldúa is a Mexican transgender comic book artist with an art resume that stretches back decades. The artist began by drawing Tijuana bibles and covers for Heavy Metal Magazine in 1977. Bazaldúa has worked in every Mexican comic book genre including westerns, romance, horror, comedy, crime and detective tales, and wrestling. Bazaldúa has drawn over 3,000 comic book covers over their extensive art career. Bazaldúa is renowned for their hyperkinetic, stylish, and expressive comic work on titles like X-Force, Mr. and Mrs. X, Star Wars, Winter Guard, Loki: The God Who Fell to Earth.
Wes Craig
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Wes Craig is a Canadian comic book artist with a deceptively complex art style. His work may look cartoony at first glance, but it is extremely detailed, aesthetically nuanced, and makes strategic use of very limited color palettes. His simplistic-looking style only visually accents a masterful skill of drawing detailed and sprawling fantasy landscapes and kinetically charged action scenes. Craig’s notable work includes Deadly Class, Gravedigger’s Union, Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and his creator-owned title Kaya.
Caspar Wijngaard
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Caspar Wijngaard is a comic book artist from the U.K. Wijngaard is known for drawing visually arresting and dynamic artwork while using a limited but darkly muted color scheme. His artwork sometimes looks deceptively simple but he is a master at evoking reactions with crisp and detailed linework. Wijngaard has drawn for a multitude of publishers and is known for his work on titles like DC Knight Terrors, Detective Comics, Dark Knights of Steel, Star Wars Ewoks, All Against All, and Swan Songs.
Top Comic Book Artists of 2024
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This list of the top comic book artists of 2024 is entirely subjective. If you are interested in learning more about the artists in this profession, use this list as a springboard to learn more about the medium. There are so many incredible comic books being produced now, and reading some of the work on this list will surely expand your knowledge of other artists and titles.
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Allen Francis is a full-time writer, prolific comic book investor and author of The Casual’s Guide: Why You Should Get Into Comic Book Investing. Allen holds a BA degree from Marymount Manhattan College. Before becoming a writer Allen was an academic advisor, librarian, and college adjunct for many years. Allen is an advocate of best personal financial practices including saving and investing in your own small business.
