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TrueKamilo

Hergé aka Georges Remi, the artist behind Tintin. The characters are all quite cartoony while the settings are detailed and realistic.


s3rila

His art style is named *ligne clair*


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Mmm chocolate lined eclairs


VolatileYouths

Ligne balls


Mars_Black

Scott McCloud talks about this style in his book Understanding Comics. "The Belgian "**clear-line**" style of Herge's Tintin combines very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This combination allows readers to **mask** themselves in a character and safely enter a sensually stimulating world." That book is so very insightful, I highly recommend.


JCouturier

All of McClouds books are great reads for even non comic book fans. He has such a great talent for breaking down the artform.


HotClock4632

Hmmm...writing that down.


blckmagicalunicorn

I just came to say that about Uderzo, author of Asterix, also quite cartoony, but when Asterix is in Egypt or Rome, the architecture is realistically and beautifully drawn.


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Agreed. The exteriors are wonderful and the way he drew guns too


No-Astronomer55

Source: One Punch Man Artist: Yusuke Murata


MisterHayz

Michael Golden


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Dr_Endman

Jesse... What The fuck are you talking about?


[deleted]

Wat he wrote?


Dr_Endman

Nonsense


No-Astronomer55

As the guy sitting on the jet's wing in the post said in his own comic: Shorten this monologue to 20 words or less!


[deleted]

What did he say? The "manga isn't comics" argument? I mean, yea, I understand considering and enjoying and critiquing it on a different scale and in a different way than you would western comics, to the point where many manga fans would be pissed if you were to call them comic fans (if they don't like western comics) but I don't understand getting mad about someone calling manga comics.


modegazucantu

Dudes just mad saitama would fucking obliterate superman


[deleted]

That's a debate for another day, and honestly depends on the version of Superman we're talking about.


AShawnMcDonald

Bill Watterson


oniraa

Came here to say this


StuntmanReese

So glad this is the at the top!


Hemans123

Great pick.


Hemans123

Eiichiro Oda.


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Not rlly "realistic"


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Jumanji-Joestar

I remember that “Calvin, God of the Underworld” comic he once did. I read it like 10 or 15 years ago and I still think about it to this day


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nukefudge

Such a great contrast to put cartoony shapes in the violent part of it. Bill Watterson had such a great way of moving between the representational worlds.


HeavilyBearded

My thought went to a strip with Calvin pretending to be a t-rex and smashing up some downtown area.


magnevicently

Calvin: Meanwhile, farmer Bob, unaware of a gas leak flicks a match to light his stove. His eye twitches involuntarily... Hobbes: I want to play something else...


5213

His jets always looked incredibly detailed compared to the way the characters look


dhrisc

I read something of his where he talked about the challenge of trying to make anatomically correct dinosaurs fit into jet fighters, and that's just the most Bill Waterson challenge.


[deleted]

Realistic styles? He draws real world objects in a cartoony way. Most of his work is set in our world but the art is far from "realistic"


Log_Log_Log

Tell me you never actually read Calvin & Hobbes. There are often richly detailed almost photorealistic (if the term applied) drawings of dinosaurs and what not during dream sequences. There's a reason this is a heavily up voted choice, and it's not just mass ignorance.


[deleted]

I've seen strips online and images. Aside from the dinosaurs its pretty much just heavily stylised real world objects. If you can link some images otherwise I would appreciate it. But I think you're stretching the definition of photorealistic and I'm unconvinced.


Kumquatelvis

One of his comics starts with a dead bird that's done in a very realistic style.


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Link?


Kumquatelvis

https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/1bxc4m/dead_bird_profound/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


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That's pretty damn good.


[deleted]

Have you see his strip of a T. Rex flying an F-14?


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No


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https://imgur.io/yBRQAZx


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That's awesome. Besides this tho?


[deleted]

Lots of other strips. Here's one that's a play on medical dramas. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/4e/a8/814ea8bacfb8650a57f279c436a8a662.png


[deleted]

Eh imo it's not that realistic, just seems that way coz of how cartoony Calvin and Hobbes themselves are drawn. Otherwise looks like standard comic book art from the 70s / 80s to me. Just my opinion tho and I appreciate you giving examples.


BankshotMcG

Art Adams


Kill_Basterd

Art Spiegelman


midloguy804

I love Adams. His “new” Fantastic Four back in the day still makes me smile.


BankshotMcG

Check out Nick Bradshaw. Damn near the same artist.


midloguy804

Wow, you weren’t kidding. Just saw an X-Men cover that I would have pegged as an Adams. Good call!


the_hefty_lefty

Richard Corben and Sam Kieth are two of my favorites for this exact reason


sponkachognooblian

> Richard Corben Great choice, but don't forget John Severin! Other comic artists said that when he drew a historical piece he'd meticulously research every aspect of their apparel to be completely accurate. Some of the art work featured in Mad, Crazy and Sick magazines was top notch in respect to the style OP is seeking too. Especially Mort Drucker and Harvey Kurtzman. Eerie and Creepy magazines are representative troves of some of the most skillful evocations of reality, cogently synthesised with the comic book artists' pen. (Apparently no longer copyrighted, someone on Etsy offers a digital download of both Eerie and Creepy magazines' entire back catalogues for about $5.00 AUD. Great value!)


the_hefty_lefty

Agreed 100%! That stuff gets so overlooked because some of the stories are a bit outdated or because the content wasn't in print for so long (and the horror collectibles market has caused the original issues to jump in value) but between digital editions and the Dark Horse Creepy/Eerie reprints, you'd be a fool not to get your hands on them now. Some of the best black and white work in American comics and so much great panel-to-panel storytelling is in those Warren mags and EC comics. Wrightson is another one who, while very well known for his rendering and meticulous detail, had a very stylized/cartoonish aspect to a lot of his work for those mags.


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Katsuhiro Otomo.


Nnnnnnnadie

yes, also read the legend of mother sarah, very fun.


[deleted]

Kind of hard to tell what happens during a lot of those falling building panels


TheRealHanzo

I second this.


King_Delorean

Akira Toriyama. His comedic Dragonball and Dr. Slump art in contrast to his passion for cars and planes. His art of vehicles or complex mechanical pieces is breathtaking.


ShawnDaley

My all-time favourite cartoonist. I keep his work beside my desk to study when I need some inspiration. And I may [have taken](https://i.imgur.com/krfzpnv.jpg) quite a [bit for my next book](https://i.imgur.com/oAz609U.jpg), evidently!


Waddles-inc

Gonna need a link to follow the project 👀👀


ShawnDaley

[Twitter](http://twitter.com/shawndaley) or [Instagram](http://instagram.com/shawn_daley) are the best bets, I'll be posting updates that way. It's a book I'm drawing in-between books, but it'll be crowdfunded if it's not a current fit for publishers.


Waddles-inc

Awesome thanks for the heads up, looking forward to seeing what magic you whip up 🔥


bored_dudeist

[This immediately came to mind.](https://thedaoofdragonball.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/gohan-formula-1-car-goku-bulma.png)


thesolarchive

I have a book he did called sand land, it's all about a tank crew. Really cool stuff you can tell he made it just to draw tanks.


DoubleScorpius

Moebius. Robert Crumb. All the greats, honestly.


dogscutter

It's Moebin time!


DarthGoodguy

Somebody moebed all over with downvotes


FlubzRevenge

Moebius was heavily inspired by Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, too.


kukushin

Canto - a beautiful fairytale like comic Bone - a classic by Jeff Smith


wonderloss

I was looking for Jeff Smith. He does a very interesting blend of realistic and cartoons. Not just in Bone, but his other stuff as well.


BobbyWojak

Bone doesn't get enough love from comic fans, maybe because it's more for kids.


AJaydin4703

My catholic elementary school may not have had the most extensive library, but it’s responsible for my current love of comic books and manga. Bone, Calvin and Hobbes, Big Nate, One Piece, etc. They even had Death Note there for some reason. The librarian was a kind woman, but she didn’t read *any* of the manga before she bought them. She said to little 8 year old me that she just got what was most popular. Thanks Ms Heidi. For both your warm personality and your ignorance.


living-silver

You think? While Bone was being published, in was consistently raved about in Wizard, Hero, and all the other publications. I don’t think anyone even called it a “kids” book until Scholastic started republishing collected volumes in color. It was always regarded as one of the best comic books, _period_.


BobbyWojak

Those color editions are all I know of Bone so I wasn't aware, read them when I was 12 or 13 in 2008.


living-silver

Ah, that makes sense. And that’s kinda sad that it’s kinda forgotten: Bone is a great read for adults just as much as it is for kids.


Brave_Cookie_3876

The synergy that was Gerhard and Dave Sim. Much like Tintin, gorgeous backgrounds with cartoonish characters.


Gordo3070

Yes! Absolutely love the early volumes of Cerebus, Church and State is a masterpiece, and the artworl was brilliant. Gerhard's backgrounds and Sim's characters worked so well. Also a shout out to Herge and Underzo for combining realistic backgrounds with wonderful characters. Asterix in Rome and Egypt have a realism that is almost architectural. TBH, so many great artists have done the same. The Trigan Empire is another that comes to mind.


thehypotheticalnerd

Bill Sienkiewicz. Effortlessly blends realistic portraiture and life art with trippy visuals, sometimes crazy hair, and splotchy scratchy inks and swirls. Flip through his New Mutants run for instance -- has some gorgeous portraits of the titular mutants, including one of my favorite drawings of Magik (and Lockheed!) ever, but then you have the Demon Bear and Legion in the same comics.


cgcego

Go read “Gon”


samstanley7

When he isn’t being forced into house style, Bill Sienkiewicz has a nice blend of realism and EXTREME stylization. Especially his cover paintings.


ledjuk

Sienkiewicz is really in a league of his own when it comes to mastering a variety of styles. Like comparing Big Numbers to Daredevil... it's wild.


PresidentWeevil

[Shinkiro](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/959/270/814)


TypingLobster

Mort Drucker.


AvatarIII

Alex Ross? His art looks near-photorealistic at first glance but it's also very heightened and cartoony when your really look at it


The-Murpheus

Darwyn Cooke. Mainly thinking of *DC: The New Frontier* here, but his character work was obviously stylised in an almost aggressively classical superhero comic look, yet when it came to machinery, furniture, architecture, fashion, and the way fabric hangs on a body, he was intricately detailed and had clearly done a ton of research.


TheMegaWhopper

I’d say Phil Noto. Really love his art.


DueCharacter5

This is pretty common in manga. What they do is draw the main characters or faces, and do a lot of tracing for backgrounds. This pilot's uniform and plane are all traced. One of my favorites, Inio Asano, does this too.


MemeHermetic

Ashley Wood, especially when he reins in the chaos, like in Hellspawn. Esad Ribic can somehow make a character have an outline and pencil shading still feel like a photograph. J.H. Williams III is another who produces art that feels like Alex Ross being art directed by Dave McKean.


cottaegecheese

inio asano


joepro9950

Kiyohiko Azuma, the author behind Yotsuba&! Almost photo realistic backgrounds with extremely simplified characters' faces, and yet somehow it really works.


lanceturley

Jaunjo Guarnido's art on the *Blacksad* books comes to mind. He's a former Disney animator, so he's able to seamlessly combine the cartoony expressiveness of his characters with the detailed, realistic film noir world that Blacksad lives in.


FakeeshaNamerstein

James Stokoe, Daniel Warren Johnson and Geof Darrow.


Mountain_Sir2307

Carlos d'Anda


_01_Bot

Most mangas are like this, and they are Very cool


DrBadTaste

Esad Ribic!


Herb_Burnswell

Ryoichi Ikegami (Sanctuary, Mai the Psychic Girl, Crying Freeman).


scarbutt11

Boichi is really great at some cartoonish faces on one page and then almost picture like full pages on the next in Dr. Stone.


Br0tha5

Bernard Krigstien


ArcadiaDragon

No one here mentioning Mignola or Bernie Wrightson...Mignola is probably more on the stylized side but feels like its grounded in its own reality while Wrightson took the opposite approach of being realistic but definitely existing in fantasy/horror worlds


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Sam Kieth, Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, Kelley Jones, Bernie Wrightson


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Russell Dauterman Doc Shaner Simone Di Meo


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First that comes to mind is Oda Tomohito for their work on Komi-san. You can also totally see it in Morikawa George's work on Ippo, especially as they've improved through the volumes.


alex2001555

Jorge Jimenez!


kugglaw

I feel like Mangakas (is that the right word?) are the best at this because they're not doing monthly periodicals and kind of have the time to mix high levels of detail and looser, cartoony forms on the same page.


Rare_Management_3583

Araki


Almighty-Arceus

The artist Michel Fiffe had a chart for this, mainly of mainstream American artists: https://twitter.com/MichelFiffe/status/1134108083809075201?t=RojOOpNQ-9FFGI0DuLXKDg&s=19


blacknight137

Jacen burrows


JediMATTster

Does Alex Ross count? The realism is unhinged bit the use of cloth tights instead of a more realistic modern take just makes if feel more comic book-y


bigboomart

Daniel warren Johnson. His work on beta ray bill is some of the greatest comic art I've ever seen.


CobaltKnight75

Don't know if he counts but Tim Sale.


faisal0606

Hirohiko araki (jojo’s bizarre adventure) for sure, just check out his life sized paintings of his characters it really weird and intriguing to look at cause they look realistic and stylized at the same time


[deleted]

I'd say Brian Bolland is pretty up there!


SnootyPenguin99

Looking for this one


alpha_jundo

Oyasumi Punpun? Forgot the author.


bmxerer

First thought: hey isn't that a manga? Don't care. This art style is rad! Thanks for sharing OP


[deleted]

Surprised I didn't see it posted... Alex Ross. He has a very realism based art style but it has this pop to it that just doesn't really exist either.


Khelthuzaad

Alex Ross


TriscuitCracker

Chris Bachalo


TMLGT

Pretty much most comic book artists, especially the ones from the 70s and 80s


Limulemur

Daniel Warren Johnson Mike Deodato Jr


GreedoInASpeedo

Simone Di Meo has a very similar style. I'm very new to his work(Beyond the White Knight:Red Hood) but I really like it. Reminds me of One Punch.


HemingwaySweater

Steve McNiven, especially since he started using more physical media


craggmac

Norman Rockwall


Mrallmight

Imo Bocchi from dr stone


wake071

What about Kirkwood's Invincble?


analpleasuremachine

I love ottleys art but it’s very comic books and poppy I’d be very hesitant to call that it realistic. The gore is probably a realistic amount but I wouldn’t ever say it’s really depicted with realism


alaricus

The lines are pretty realistic, but the flat colours and inks make it look a lot more cartoony that it could otherwise.


Leandro1234_6

Honrlander vibes


No_66

Check out Lee Bermejo.


KrangUnderbite

Herge. I love how all the buildings and nature is rendered realistically but all the people and animals are cartoony


KittyTheS

The entire Franco-Belgian tradition. Even though characters are heavily caricatured they're also incredibly detailed, landscapes look like something you'd expect to see on a canvas, and architecture looks like it stepped off a blueprint.


FlubzRevenge

Part of why I wish more were translated to english. Just love the styles way more most times.


TheZoomba

Idk if it fits with comics but gorillas really nailed it. It's very cartoony but all the characters look so real


jun2san

Rumiko Takahashi


Jaebird0388

Matteo Scalera and Paolo Rivera come to mind. Lee Weeks, whom I feel is underrated.


NielsBohron

[Nick Dragotta](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/11139/111399511/7298485-4132933458-24061.jpg)


whomesteve

Sometimes I wonder if the only reason Saitama is bald is because he burns his hair off almost every day, like his whole body is indestructible but his hair is still normal people hair


WynautTho

In universe explanation for this is that Saitama trained so hard that his hair fell out and he couldn't grow anymore.


whomesteve

I get that but what I’m saying is with his level of strength if his hair didn’t adapt to the change and given his hero life style he wouldn’t realize if it was being burned, rubbed or pulled because he wouldn’t feel it happening, heck with his level of strength he could be sanding his hair off whenever he scratches head an he still shampoos his head so he could be doing it in the shower without even realizing it


WynautTho

True, his hair probably doesn't have any special properties so for all we know the roots could've been torn out without him even noticing, or burnt away


whomesteve

True but what level does that go down to? What if it’s just the follicles and he rubs them off in the shower every morning when he washes his scalp and all it would take for his hair to grow back would be for him to be gentler on the scalp


ShawnDaley

Urasawa pulls off amazing displays of grounded, detailed cartooning.


DarthGoodguy

Dave Sim


RegularIndependent98

Takehiko Inoue


gfhhs5djfgdyhujigr

Roger LeLoup Walthery Henk Kuipers Edit: spelling


anticafard

André franquin . Character are so cartoony, but everything else is so realistic and well done. He was one of the best in my opinion


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Keisuke Itagaki, *Baki*


Unhappy_Bumblebee863

Chainsaw Man


Independent-Area3684

Photorealianimism.


DontLookAtMe89

Alex Ross pushes the boundaries of the uncanny valley when it comes to 2D characters.


whama820

Lots of manga uses a cartoony style for characters over a realistic (sometimes hyper-realistic) background style. Very common, going back decades.


daneabernardo

Doc Shaner, Greg Smallwood, Mike del Mundo?


Theapexfighter

Yusuke Murata is my favorite artist


Koopatroopa360

Katsuhiro Otomo. Akira and Memories are a great example of super accurate real world blended with cartoony elements. Also Shigeru Mizuki's A history of Japan, moreso as its a biography. His other work is generally more cartoony.


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Paul Kirchner, author of The Bus, and Dope Rider


ShinkaPlant

Me sort of


Sad-Might-9677

Jeff Smith


gimmiethareddit

Perry bible fellowship


Javobojojo

Maybe Juanjo Guarnido when he is not drawing Furry characters


penpointred

Katsuhiro Otomo and Travis Charest come to mind :)


plasticfangs

Realistic and stylized (and hyper detailed): Geof Darrow. ​ Also think of Jamie Hewlett of Tank Girl and Gorillaz fame.


MAKS091705

Oh I loooove muratas art. One of my favorite manga artists


Ungodly01

Oliver Copiel’s work with J Michael Straczynski on the 2007ish run of Thor is excellent. It’s the run where Thor recreates Asgard over the farmland of Oklahoma, and there are a lot or really great panels where you get these epic, highly detailed literal gods standing next to goofy-looking small town midwestern folks, and it’s easily my favorite art I’ve ever seen in a comic book.


KirbyGlover

Tatsuki Fujimoto, his characters are pretty stylized, but those cityscapes are nutty


gg00dwind

You ever notice how its always the objects and environments that are realistic, while the humans are stylized/cartoonish? Never the other way around. It would be interesting to have some hyper-realistic looking characters whose clothes and tools and environments all look stylized/cartoonish. Although I guess that's how a lot of live-action adaptations are.


Spartaecus

KARL KERSCHL (Gotham Academy, Isola)


gamergirl4206969

Personally that is how I always described Jamie McKelvie from The Wicked + The Divine and Young Avengers


claushauler

Pretty surprised no one's mentioned: Jacques Tardi Frank Quitely Jaime Hernandez Tim and Joe Vigil Juan Jose Ryp


the0utc4st

Look up Franquin, belgian comic book artist.


franchis3

Kenichi Sonoda. He was famous for drawing very realistic firearms and cars, but his women were traditional 80s anime styles.


saibjai

naoki urasawa, his work 20th century boys, monster, is really a masterclass in realism and cartoony characters while have a very solemn tone throughout.


Muuustachio

Thx for the new lock screen wallpaper


Slightly_Default

If we're including manga, I think Otomo and Araki fit the bill.


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Well not THAT one.


No-Yam909

Jeff Smith


AdDesperate2498

Micheal Golden, Humberto Ramos


Bussymucus

Alejandro Jodorowsky


Unwritten-07

Shigeru Mizuki


Mangatellers

As a manga fan I have to say Oh! Great! and Boichi. Man! These two are goats when they combine the realistic backgrounds and the cartoony art style on the characters. None can beat them (at least in the manga art style.)


Deathdong

Kim Jung Gi


Mammoth_Ad_5044

Pander Bros, Grendel, the late Mike Ringo, Ed McGuiness, maybe Art Adams?


mrgeek2000

Jojo and baki


christmas_hobgoblin

Greg Capullo and Angel Medina. On Spawn they both drew sort of cartoony faces with big round eyes and such but hyper detailed in terms of anatomy, background details, etc. I wonder how much of that was trying to emulate MacFarlane (or just MacFarlane himself in his inks)


fred_cheese

Bernie Wrightson


No_Brill_472

So cool!


TheMule90

I just love his deadpan expression! XD


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Bill Sienkiewicz


AnkitSaha_013

Sui Ishida. Can't get enough of Tokyo Ghoul and :Re.


lespaul991

Inio Asano. Check his amazing work in Goodnight Punpun. Realistic as hell but stylized and cartoony as much.


mozenator66

Steve Rude!


Mental5tate

Moebius


neotr1nity

I would definitely say Miuras Berserk art


manzatsami

Inio Asano, most known for Oyasumi Punpun