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October 26, 2013
FFF Results Post #356—Career-Spanners
On Friday,
CR
readers were asked to "Name Five Comics-Makers Whose Work You've Enjoyed Watching Evolve Since Early In Their Published Careers." This is how they responded.
*****
Michael Buntag
1. Dave McKean
2. Jeff Smith
3. Charles Vess
4. Derek Kirk Kim
5. Joe Sacco
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John Vest
1. Barry Windsor-Smith
2. Howard Chaykin
3. P Craig Russell
4. Jaime Hernandez
5. Gilbert Hernandez
*****
Don MacPherson
1. Matt Fraction
2. Kurt Busiek
3. Brian Michael Bendis
4. Brian K. Vaughan
5. Kevin Maguire
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Chris Duffy
1. Joe Staton
2. J.H. Williams
3. Chris Ware
4. Lynda Barry
5. Stuart Immonen
*****
Michael Dooley
1. Will Elder
2. Jim Steranko
3. Art Spiegelman
4. David Mack
5. Ivan Brunetti
*****
Marc Arsenault
1. Brandon Graham
2. Paul Pope
3. David Mazzucchelli
4. Brian Ralph
5. Dylan Horrocks
*****
Tom Bondurant
1. Mark Waid
2. George Perez
3. Stuart Immonen
4. Ty Templeton
5. Garry Trudeau
*****
Oliver Ristau
1. Alex Nino
2. Howard Chaykin
3. Enki Bilal
4. Bernie Wrightson
5. Hideshi Hino
*****
John R. Platt
1. James Sturm
2. Ty Templeton
3. Peter David
4. Paul Pope
5. Mike Mignola
*****
Scott Dunbier
* J. Scott Campbell
* Travis Charest
* Jack Kirby
* Joe Kubert
* Mike Mignola
*****
Marc Sobel
1. David Mazzucchelli
2. Dan Clowes
3. Bryan Talbot
4. Alan Moore
5. Harvey Pekar
*****
Jim Wheelock
* Michael Wm. Kaluta
* Jose Munoz
* Howard Chaykin
* Jim Steranko
* Brian Bolland
*****
Marc Mason
1. Amanda Conner
2. Matt Kindt
3. Paul Chadwick
4. Terry Moore
5. Eddie Campbell
*****
Danny Ceballos
1. Alan Moore
2. Lynda Barry
3. Jim Woodring
4. Chester Brown
5. Gabrielle Bell
*****
J. E. Cole
1: Travis Charest
2: Lenil Francis Yu
3: Travel Foreman
4: Nihei Tsutomu
5: John Paul Leon
*****
Jamie Coville
1. Peter Bagge
2. Joe Sacco
3. Erik Larsen
4. Svetlana Chmakova
5. Carla Speed McNeil
*****
Matt Emery
1. Carlos Ezquerra
2. Chris Weston
3. Jesse Moynihan
4. Dylan Horrocks
5. Simon Hanselmann
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1. John Byrne
2. Frank Page
3. Mark Bagley
4. Scott Kurtz
5. Scottie Young
*****
Bob Temuka
1. Mark Millar
2. Adrian Tomine
3. Simon Bisley
4. Mike Mignola
5. Roger Langridge
*****
Justin J. Major
1. Chris Ware
2. Chris Onstad
3. Lynda Barry
4. Neil Gaiman
5. Mike Allred
*****
Douglas Wolk
1. David Mazzucchelli
2. John Smith
3. Becky Cloonan
4. Chris Burnham
5. Don Rosa
*****
Steven Grant
1) Howard Chaykin
2) Paul Smith
3) John Paul Leon
4) Warren Ellis
5) Ed Brubaker
*****
Buzz Dixon
1. Greg Evans
2. Garry Trudeau
3. Jimmy Johnson
4. Dave Sim
5. Alison Bechdel
*****
Patrick Ford
1. Robert Crumb
2. Gilbert Hernandez
3. Dan Clowes
4. Jim Woodring
5. Ben Katchor
*****
Gerry Alanguilan
1. David Mazzucchelli
2. Ladronn
3. Barry Windsor Smith
4. Mike Mignola
5. Travis Charest
*****
Dave Carrington
1. Stuart Immonen
2. Chris Bachalo
3. Art Adams
4. Matt Wagner
5. Todd McFarlane
*****
Evan Cass
1. Mike Allred
2. James Sturm
3. Sean Phillips
4. Noah Van Sciver
5. Tom Scioli
*****
topic suggested and examples provided by John Vest; thanks, John
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