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Originally Posted by atari 2600
It may seem a bit pointless these days with what passes for fine art, but c'mon, of course there's a difference.
No one else seems to be mentioning Moebius. He was my introduction to the whole thing. Came across him in the late eighties.
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Yes, of course I ultimately agree with you. There is a difference. Although, as I'm sure you'd agree, I do think it's more of an institutional rather than creative one a lot of the time.
Speaking about Moebius, I came across his stuff through that magazine Heavy Metal, which I think is still going and was, back then at least, a real showcase for innovative comic arts.
The thing I find problematic with a number of the current illustrators is that I get the feeling they learned to draw by looking at comic books (lending itself almost to a state of post Ditko-Mannerism).
The great illustrators, in which I do include Ditko, but others too, like Moebius, clearly found inspiration elsewhere.