History SignatureStyle / ComicBooks

** "[[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic Bendis Speak]]" where dialogue is repeated, uncertain, sometimes stuttered, to make it sound like real conversation. "Bendis Speak?" "Yes, Bendis Speak. Do you know what I'm talking about?" "You mean Bendis Speak, like in those comics, from that writer?" "Yeah, you know, like the writer. Brian Bendis." "Brian Michael Bendis?" "What?" "The writer. I think he's credited with three names. Pretentious middle name-kinda guy. "Oh." "Yeah." When writing for The Avengers he had superteam often just shooting the breeze, talking about life.

* Adam Warren of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' and ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone'' who loves his even more over-the-top pseudo-Miller bits. His recurring favorite. "DON'T.. GO.. INTO.. SHOCK.." Other things he likes are fish lips, giant grins, transhumanism, and BuffySpeak.

** Morrison also has a propensity to get rather... "out there" with their plot concepts, with speculative fantasy, genre mash-ups, meta-textual elements, MindScrew gallore, [[GeniusBonus obscure facts]], alternate character interpretations, and general synesthesia being common.

** Many of Morrison's comics also feature a character who looks not unlike [[AuthorAvatar Grant Morrison]]. This is most explicit in ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'', where [[spoiler:Morrison actually appears as themself, the writer of Animal Man.]]

** They also show a passion for using [[ContinuityPorn obscure Silver Age characters and plots]] and [[ReimaginingTheArtifact reinventing them]] to work in modern settings. This is more obvious in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' and their [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman run.]]

* Creator/AlanMoore will usually have older characters, who are retired or who have such a large body of work they might as well be retired. This is so they can discuss the good old days of their youth (and Moore's childhood) with nostalgic detail.

* [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]] will usually have [[StrawmanPolitical anyone who doesn't agree with him]] portrayed as working for {{Satan}}, or being {{Satan}}. He is also known for working in his message [[{{Anvilicious}} with all the subtlety of a sumo.]] Strangely, despite most of his comics taking place in 21st century America (or other first world country), people who are non-Christians are usually non-Christians out of ignorance or malice. In other words, most of of the non-Christians in his stories honestly never heard of Jesus or read any scripture, and are [[EasyEvangelism very easily swayed by the evangelists words, despite no arguments or evidence whatsoever.]]

* Simon Furman, who has, of all the dirty jobs, the position of writing approximately 85% or so of all ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics since the mid-80s, has a number of "Furmanisms" that will inevitably crop up, hanging above the reader like some vast, predatory bird. You won't believe the things he can do with them: this constant shoehorning of odd phrases into the texts never ends, so what chance do we have of avoiding them? One would think he needs a short, sharp lesson in better writing, but the fans seem to enjoy his odd quirks, and he has reaped the whirlwind of popularity he's gained. He writes virtually everything with these "Furmanisms" and more; can ''we'' do any less? ([[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism A full list]] can be found at the [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]].)

** [[http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20070926.html Parodied]] in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''
** [[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v3/223.html "Insecticomics" spoofs it too!]]

* Jhonen Vasquez's works tend to lie far in the cynical end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, set in {{Crapsack World}}s where most of the populace are either {{Jerkass}}es or TooDumbToLive. There's also a lot of references to tacos, piggies, bees, doom and other InherentlyFunnyWords, and he likes adding sci-fi elements like space ships or mech-suits even when the story probably doesn't really need them. Expect NightmareFuel, too. Lots and lots of NightmareFuel.
** He also seems to love drawing [[MadEye mad eyes]].
* [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola's]] art style is immediately recognizable: the use of circluar and angular shapes (especially the way he draws people), and the way things are defined by large shadowed area more than anything else. His writing style/plotting tends to focus on both Lovecraftian themes, antiquity, and the like.

** Don Martin: Lots of {{Written Sound Effect}}s, motion lines, and extremely gangly characters with huge noses and flat, floppy feet. He is also very fond of coakroaches, Groucho glasses and variations of Literature/TheFrogPrince story.

** Duckist Creator/DonRosa. Not only is his style of drawing highly different from any other artist who draws WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck comics, his stories are littered with funny background events, in-jokes, continuity porn and are always very well researched.

* ''Creator/MarkMillar'':

* Creator/GarthEnnis dialogue features slang appropriate to the background of the characters using it (including profanity, especially CountryMatters), {{Funetik Aksent}}s, and frequent omission of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_pronoun relative pronouns]].
** His works will also veer extremley deep in the cynical side, so his stories will be unbelievably dark, displaying lots of violence, rape, racism...
* Creator/ScottSnyder has an affinity for AnimalMotifs (especially birds), architecture motifs, and {{fangs|AreEvil}}. He also likes epic high-stakes missions, and [[ShadowArchetype shadow archetypes.]]

* If you're reading a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comic and the title character has gigantic ears on his cowl, it's by Kelley Jones. His characters often have abnormal musculature, are just plain creepy. There is a reason he mostly does supernatural themed books.
* Creator/BrianAzzarello is rather famous for his ability to sneak snarky wordplay and double entendres into fairly innocuous conversations between his characters (read any issue of ''[[ComicBook/OneHundredBullets 100 Bullets]]'' for examples), and to introduce violent moments into his stories without warning.

* Pat Mills has a thendency of introducing NonHumanSidekick of his main protagonist who annoys people with their CatchPhrase and then have them brutally murdered. Dictionary from ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' or ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'''s familiar (who don't as much says a catchphrase as makes narrator constantly remind readers he speaks gibberish) are two notable examples.

** Duck Edwing: Also somewhat of a "squigglevision" approach. Everyone has really huge noses.

** Morrison also has a propensity to get rather... "out there" with their plot concepts, with speculative fantasy, genre mash-ups, meta-textual elements, MindScrew gallore, [[GeniusBonus obscure facts]], alternate character interpretations, and general synesthesia being common. This all results in [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs questions of their ideas origins]].

** They also show a passion for using [[ContinuityPorn obscure Silver Age characters and plots]] and [[ReimaginingTheArtifact reinventing them]] to work in modern settings. This is more obvious in All Star Superman and their Batman run.

* Creator/EdBrubaker tends to write his heroes with noir elements, reminiscent of Miller's work but while Frank would be ''Film/Notorious1946'', Brubaker would be ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''. He tends to veer slightly onto the cynical side in the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. Also, cutting edge technology.

* Creator/ScottSnyder's a relatively new writer, but so far he's shown a real affinity for AnimalMotifs (especially birds), architecture motifs, and {{fangs|AreEvil}}.

** Morrison also has a propensity to get rather... "out there" with their plot concepts, with speculative fantasy, genre mash-ups, meta-textual elements, alternate character interpretations, and general synesthesia being common. This all results in [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs questions of their ideas origins]].

* Creator/SergioAragones (''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'', ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'') is easily one of the most distinctive cartoonists/caricaturists around. His art style favors thin lines, swooping curves, and an eye-watering level of detail. His men tend to have spindly legs and flat feet, while his women are either fat matronly mothers or curvaceously thin waifs sporting [[GagBoobs bubble breasts]].

** He really enjoys [[CListFodder killing off lesser known heroes and villains]] to build up the villains of his stories as well. Exaggerated in ''Comicbook/{{Starman}}'', where the Mist kills the entire roster of the new [[Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational Justice League Europe]], save for Icemaiden and Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}.

** Many of Morrison's comics also feature a character who looks not unlike [[AuthorAvatar Grant Morrison]]. This is most explicit in ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'', where [[spoiler:Morrison actually appears as themself, the writer of Animal Man.]]
*** A strong runner-up in the AuthorAvatar sweepstakes is King Mob in ''Comicbook/TheInvisibles'', whom Morrison freely admitted (everywhere except in the comic itself) was their stand-in. The relationship got '''weird''' when Morrison came down with a life-threatening and hard-to-explain illness after writing a story that saw King Mob severely tortured by the baddies. Morrison took full advantage after recovering by throwing King Mob into some blatantly hedonistic storylines in the hope that it would make their own life sexier.

** And [[MatchCut Match Cuts.]]
** Also, his major works tend to feature enlightenment through drug use - Ozymandias does it in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' (he briefly mentions ingesting a ball of hashish in the desert), Eric Finch takes LSD in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' (which gives him the insight he needs to get what V is doing), and ''Comicbook/FromHell'' ends with a massive opium trip, while ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has featured Allan's use of taduki leaves (from the original HR Haggard novels) in the bonus story of Volume 1 and Mina having an awful synthetic taduki trip/ psychic showdown with the BigBad in ''Century: 1969''.

* Simon Furman, who has, of all the dirty jobs, the position of writing approximately 85% or so of all ''{{Transformers}}'' comics since the mid-80s, has a number of "Furmanisms" that will inevitably crop up, hanging above the reader like some vast, predatory bird. You won't believe the things he can do with them: this constant shoehorning of odd phrases into the texts never ends, so what chance do we have of avoiding them? One would think he needs a short, sharp lesson in better writing, but the fans seem to enjoy his odd quirks, and he has reaped the whirlwind of popularity he's gained. He writes virtually everything with these "Furmanisms" and more; can ''we'' do any less? ([[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism A full list]] can be found at the [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]].)

** The two other big habits he’s known (and beloved) for are [[JigsawPuzzlePlot Jigsaw Puzzle Plots]] with many characters and [[AnyoneCanDie butchering huge amounts of characters]] when given the chance. He’s especially infamous for the latter, to the point that when he guest-wrote an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', the very first thing he reportedly said to the showrunners was “who do I get to kill?”.

* Creator/GarthEnnis dialogue features slang appropriate to the background of the characters using it (including profanity, especially CountryMatters), FunetikAksent[=s=], and frequent omission of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_pronoun relative pronouns]].
* Creator/ScottSnyder's a relatively new writer, but so far he's shown a real affinity for AnimalMotifs (especially birds), architecture motifs, and [[FangsAreEvil fangs]].

* Creator/PeterDavid is known for his [[EnsembleCast Ensemble Casts]], snarky humor, [[ShoutOut pop cultural references]], ContinuityPorn, and self-admitted love for [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing Scrappies]] and [[AscendedExtra fleshing out lesser known characters]].