John McCrea
John McCrea's line is loose, exaggerated and built for comedy and carnage in equal measure. Over a long partnership with writer Garth Ennis, his cartooning grew bolder and more elastic — faces stretch into caricature, violence lands with a punchline's timing, and quiet character beats carry real weight between the gunfights.
His signature work sits in a few key hardcovers. Hitman, his sixty-issue DC series with Ennis, is his masterpiece — Tommy Monaghan's mix of hitman noir, superhero satire and Gotham grime, collected complete in the Hitman omnibus editions. His run on The Demon set up that world, and his art on Ennis's later projects, including The Boys spin-offs, pushes the same sensibility into darker territory.
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Spider-Man's Tangled Web Omnibus
For collectors, McCrea is a reason to buy the whole run rather than cherry-pick issues. His storytelling rewards continuity — recurring gags, escalating stakes and a supporting cast that pays off over years — and the omnibus format is the only way to read it as built. If you love Ennis's voice, McCrea is the artist who made it move.