Awesome! You included Lee Faulk and "The Phantom!" I love that comic and the style that he has.

Thankx guys.

Looking at it now, I see two spots where I could include E.E."Doc" Smith, the first sci-fi writer I read and the one that really got me into that wich lead me to find Asimov and Heinlein, and Vincent Segrelles, a spanish artist that really expanded my way to look at comics.

Great artists and writers for influences

pretty cool, even if i have no idea who most of these guys are. but that's the idea of of these maps ...to give others an insight to creative minds we may never have heard about before. great job!

I like the overlapping mosaic effect, for a start. Just to get that observation out there.

And this is the most interesting influence map for me, cause there's a lot of European artists here whom I've never heard of and will now need to check out. There's some jaw-droppingly beautiful work here. I'm in full agreement on those I do recognize, of course. And then there's Heinlein and Asimov! I got into SF through a later generation of writers, but the grandmasters were something very special indeed (especially Heinlein).

Awesome! Great to see you agree about Mr Giraud and also to see Sci-Fi masters Heinlein and Asimov make your list... they were favorites of mine as well. No disputing that Benes, Byrne and Perez are excellent choices... I'm a little surprised to see something as classic as Falk on the list... pleasantly surprised! I'm probably not as familiar with Andre Franquin as I should be but I always liked his stuff and Maroto's an old favorite of mine but what I always love is how you introduce us to other great comics around the world we'd normally miss so I look forward to looking up the few I'm not familiar with! Perhaps I'll start with Derib or Villa, I seem to be in a western phase right now... I'm reading a bunch of old Gir (Moebius) Lt. Blueberry's.
I love this! It's great to see how you think! Thanks for sharing!
BTW: I don't think it's possible to do this exercise and not feel like you missed a lot... I felt that way too!