Daniel Acuña

Adam Koford | June 23rd, 2007

Am I the only one who buys comics based almost solely on the name of the artist involved? Daniel Acuña could draw an entire series of comics about a leaf blowing in the wind and I’d buy every issue.

I’m thrilled he’s doing more interior work for DC. He’s a master of color, line, shape, simplicity, expression, and storytelling. Hopefully someday he’ll do a few tutorials about how he makes his magic.

Here’s a recent Newsarama interview with him, and a cross-section of his work here (but it’s much nicer to see his work on a printed page to get a closer look at his coloring technique).

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  • Acuna is fantastic. Beyond anything else, his major contribution to comics is the way he utilizes color to establish place, time and mood. As a brilliant color man hey incorporates that into his designs. It's whats missing from most comic books.
    Example:

    http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/FreedomFighters/...
  • I get that it's kinda dumb of me on a blog called "Drawn!" to be all "No, actually I pay no attention to the artist at all." But that's how I roll. I admire great art, but ever since I was a kid, comics have been a more literary medium to me.
  • Love Acuña's art, his couple of issues on Green Lantern recently were a wonderful surprise. Really looking forward to seeing what he brings to the Flash in august.
  • jack scagnetti
    Cheers Paul, my bad, the point being they're not American, or the usual suspects.

    Ford MF-the main reason to buy an artist driven title is awe, you dont have to read it, just marvel at the technique, the story telling devices, helps if you actually draw yourself so you can really gain an insight into how superior these guys really are,plus you can call it reference and file it in "corpse"scrapbook as genius soutions.

    But saying that OMAC, Superman and Freedom Fighters in particular were well written books, and do justifying buying on both counts.
  • I COMPLETELY agree with you! I tell people all the time it's the ART that gets me to buy a book! It could be the best written thing in the world, but if the art is hard to look at, I just can't spend the money! No one understands me, I'm glad you're right there with me!

    - Nate
    www.nathanaaron.com
  • paul_atkinson
    Yes, great stuff coming from him and Renato Guedes.

    by the way, Renato Guedes is brazilian, not european...
  • Although I had to admit to myself recently that the only reason I'm still buying the unremarkable Catwoman is because of the Adam Hughes covers.
  • Am I the only one who buys comics based almost solely on the name of the artist involved?

    Yes. I pretty much never look to see who the artist is, only the writer. Even the best artist in the world can't make a bad story palatable or bad dialogue un-ridiculous, whereas a great story can easily transcend mediocre art.

    Maybe the only (rare) exceptions for me are Alex Ross, and, more recently, Takeshi Miyazawa, who did such an emotionally pitch-perfect job on "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane" that I felt compelled to seek out his other projects. Alex Maleev art MIGHT sway me if I was already on the fence about the writer. That's about it for my artist short-list though.
  • jack scagnetti
    Acuna is incredible. His work is on Freedom Fighters and Green Lantern was amazing.
    It's fantastic to see such brilliantly talented Europeans like Acuna and Renato Guedes cleaning house at Dc, only a few comic book artist are so talented , Ryan Sook, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Ross Andru ,Alex Toth,etc. and it's a treat to buy their work, and a boon for comics buyers who appreciate great illustation.
    http://brushpen.blogspot.com/
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