cap_ironman | Favorite rendition of Tony and Steve

I hate these "REMOVE IF OT" labels, but I really REALLY hope this won't be taken as Off Topic in this comm...

Was wondering about which... renditions do you guys really like of Iron Man/Tony and Captain American/Steve?

The thing about the US comic industry that always struck me as interesting was the fact that we have a main character that can be shaped by any penciller in the industry. Ten artist usually resulting in ten vaguely similar looks. So far I really love what Jim Cheung and Peter Zircher brings to Tony. Bryan Hitch's Cap is also great :D

Jim Cheung's drawings for Tony in Avengers: Civil War is one of my all time favorites. ... Do I actually need to give a reason why? XD

Olivier Coipel drew Tony without a goatee for the Avengers Annual, although for the recent Thor arc he switched back to goatee!Tony.

Speaking of Olivier Coipel, was wondering something:

I know Avengers: Red Zone was publisher LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG ago, but I was wondering if you all had any good sources for online comic stores? I'm not sure why, but that is the only volume of Avengers which seems near impossible to get here. Weird O_o

For the longest time Bryan Hitch's art kept making me think Tony and Steve was in the Authority universe, but I think he was one of the rare artist who can balance photo realism with drawings really well.

Adi Granov giving fangirls a glimpse of Tony fixing his armour. I never wanted to be in a workshop and near a grease stained guy more in my life.

What other artists do you guys usually squee over? :D

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Thank you for these! I love them. I'm still getting to know the various Tonys and Steves of the Marvel universe, but I can honestly say that all of these are really hot (especially the last one, in which Tony is actually hottest thing in the picture, despite the appearance of fire. :)

I duhknow, acetylene burns pretty hot, hehe. ;]

Adi Granov is basically the coolest thing ever in my book. I adore how he draws the armor, especially.

Plus, look! Naked!Tony. :]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAN *squee*

LOL I guess we all can definitely agree to that~!

Jim Cheung's art is right up there in the favourite category for me, too. I also like Alitha Martinez. Her style is... hmm. I suppose you could describe it as chunky, but I really like it. Her Tony is weirdly adorable. She also draws a smokin' hot Rumiko and Pepper.

And now for the Modly part of my comment. =)

I hate these "REMOVE IF OT" labels, but I really REALLY hope this won't be taken as Off Topic in this comm...

Your post talks about Tony and Steve. Why would it be off topic?

I'm not sure what other communities you've been to, but I promise, Tro (

megalotro) and I don't bite. We're very lenient about what is and isn't off topic here; we allow Iron Man movie-verse fanfic, even though Steve isn't (yet) present in that universe.

We created this community as a place to have fun, and just generally have a laid-back feel to it. That's hard to do if the members are worried about the mods bringing the Delete or Ban Hammer down on their heads. The biggest rule we have is that, as Tro put it, you all be excellent to each other.

As for OT posts, the general rule of thumb is that if you post contains Tony, or Steve, or both, it's on topic. If you have doubts, feel free to e-mail or message Tro or I, or just leave a comment on our journals.

We want you guys to have fun here. =] So don't be afraid to ask us about anything you're not sure about.

Woo thanks! :D Well it wasn't EXACTLY Steve on top of Tony (or any combination thereof... ;-) But glad it was totally okay! I love this comm (if mainly because this is my safe refuge from all the Iron Man hate that seems so popular in other comms O_o)

Jim Cheung seems to do handling more of the young avenger stuff these days. I really wish they'd let him do another one featuring the more senior members.

Haha, well, we're not picky. :D Honestly, if we ever do have a huge problem with a post, we will contact the poster first and ask them to either edit it to be more community-appropriate, or remove it. Deleting someone's post ourselves is a last resort kind of thing.

this is my safe refuge from all the Iron Man hate that seems so popular in other comms O_o

Most of us have both a deep and abiding love for Tony -- numerous fuck-ups and all -- and a knee-jerk defensive reaction when Tony haters surface. Trust me, I've seen the claws come out on more than one person here. Character bashing is one of the very, very few things that will get someone an InstaBan if they come here spewing vitriol in Tony's general direction.

I really wish they'd let him do another one featuring the more senior members.

I know! I miss his art for the other series. Come back to us, Cheung! They don't love you the way we do. D:

I love that little panel of Brian Hitch's work and Steve in army uniform. :D What issue is this from?

I love Jae Lee's depiction of Steve---he's drawn as very, very, very pretty. And I love Steve Epting's Captain America/Steve in Ed Brubaker's run.

That's Ultimates #7; they're in a café with Betty Ross, who is explaining Hank's severely abusive relationship with Jan. The art for Steve is gorgeous, although I think his Tony is so-so.

Olivier Coipel is a god of mine, actually, because I've yet to dislike his rendition of any character. I'd prefer his Nightcrawler to be sexier, but that's it. His Tony makes me cry out of pure joy, and he does the armour really well too.

Concerning the Red Zone: I second your request. Athough I've read volumes 1-5 of which Red Zone is three, I did so while in university and it was a housemate who was buying the comics. Idiotically, I didn't think to buy them all myself and cry 'Student loan be damned!' Sigh. Now you can't buy them for love nor money.

Coipel's recent works on Thor was gorgeous with a good dose of humor :D But his Tony definitely makes me so happy (even if was getting his ass handed to him in the only time he appeared :-()

My all-time favorite take on Tony is a three-way tie between Patrick Zircher, Don Heck, and Gene Colan, with Oliver Coipel and Jim Cheung coming in a close second. But for a single all-time-favorite image, I'm going to have to go with the Granov welding cover, despite the fact that Tony's technically just a little too buff there. It's up there with Maleev's cover of Daredevil sitting in the Kingpin's throne for "I would have sex with that guy right there, right now."

Adi Granov's take on the armor is the all-time best, of course. It's probably the most definitive depiction of the Iron Man armor since Don Heck decided that red and gold would be a nice color scheme.

For Steve, it's much harder to pick a favorite. Artists seem to do better getting Steve "right' than they do with Tony. I really like Steve Epting's art (he's pretty good with Tony, too), and Alex Maleev did a beautiful Steve in the Confession. I think my all-time favorite is Andy Kubert, though -- the guy who did the art for a good chunk of volume 3 of Captain America (he also did a pretty good Tony, and a very nice Sharon and Sam).

Alex Maleev, with his photo realism, sometimes works with me although most times he doesn't. I didn't like his Tony in confessions, but DAMN man, did he draw Steve well :D Still, I think he is a great artist for angst, and they definitely got the right guy for confessions.

they definitely got the right guy for confessions

The final shot of Steve lying there with the shield across his chest, posed just like that first shot of him in Avengers #4 when they pull him out of the ice, absolutely killed me. It was probably the perfect visual reference for that moment -- I'd argue that it was actually a better final shot of Steve than anything you got in Captain America or Fallen Son, because it brings things full circle from that first appearance.

I haven't been reading comics seriously for all that long and don't have a favourite Iron Man artist yet...but for Cap? Andy Kubert in 1602. The art is absolutlely fantastic!

...and Cap spends the entire series minus a shirt. *ahem*

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True that.

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