I've been reading X-Men comics lately, starting with #1 and working my way to my goal of whatever is the last published in the original series. I've also been keeping up with the new Valiant comics which are rebooting my all time favorite comics from my younger days.
I've found that since beginning to read comics in the late '80s up to today the artistic styles have definitely evolved over time. From the early Jack Kirby drawings of the 60's to my personal faves of McFarlane and the other big names of the 90's.
Before getting into X-Men comics, I'm going to go out on a limb here and voice my opinion that as much as I liked Jack Kirby's drawing style I prefer Werner Roth to Kirby's X-Men. Kirby was a spectacular artist who had a way of drawing characters and expressing their emotions in his art, but I found his work (at least in X-Men) to be rather 2 dimensional. Roth on the other hand has a drawing style that I find reminiscent of many modern artists, not to mention a more refined look that looks more realistic. I guess I should say that Roth has a look that many modern artists emulate. McFarlane broke the mold and went his own way with Spider-man back in the '90s, much like Tim Burton's look when he directs a film is rather different from anything else out there. I guess I'm a product of my own youth in that I prefer the art style that is similar to what I grew up on.
If your looking for some great reads I would highly recommend any of the early Marvel comics like Spider-man, X-Men, Avengers, etc. There are some great stories out there.
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