Jose luis garcia lopez, Jack Kirby, Art Adams, Mike Golden, George Perez, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Mignola, tim sale, jim steranko, john buscema,, alex toth, norm breyfogle, stuart immonen, Bill Sienkiewicz, Paul Gulacy, Chris Bachalo, Frazer Irving, Walter Simonson, Joe Kubert, Tony Moore, Francis Manapul, Francesco Francavilla, Jon Bogdanove, Marcos Martin, Mike Zeck, Bob Layton, John Romita Sr, John Romita Jr, David Aja, Joe Quinones, Greg Smallwood, dave gibbons, Barry Windsor Smith
Is a pretty solid list for me of pre 2012 comic artists