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I really liked Triax and the NGR.
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Dark Conversions, Psyscape and Juicer Uprising all have lots cool art. Any book with Ramon Perez's art is usually pretty good.
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runebeo wrote:Dark Conversions, Psyscape and Juicer Uprising all have lots cool art. Any book with Ramon Perez's art is usually pretty good.

Iron Manticore wrote:I agree with a previous poster. Ramon Perez is/was my favorite Palladium Artist. His artwork is the most Rifts-esque to me.

Thirded, Perez is by far the best artist they have ever had.
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just got The Shadow Chronicles Deluxe Edition... seamless beautiful art! Visually, quality wise , it is perfect!
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New West.

I'd love to see Perez do a full-blown New West comic. Mechanations of Doom is close, but not quite there.

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Anything by Long or Gustovich.

I liked the Line Walkers from the original books. Most people don't realize the runes on their skirt ribbon actually say things. One says "Walk with me" another says "Lobotomize me".

I looked at later renditions of the line walkers and the artist just made the runes be gibberish.
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I gotta vote RUE with all the colour plates. Most of those are SWEEET
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I honestly don't care for most of Ramon Perez's work.

I prefer anything done by Scott Johnson, Freddie Williams, Michael Wilson and Chuck Walton.
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Yeah, I just got the Shadow Chronicles Deluxe edition...

Book is way beyond my expectations. GOOD JOB! best art I think I have seen in a Robotech book. Much love
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Guylanda wrote: Which Books Have The Best Art?

In my honest opinion. The best art so far .. has been in the Siege on Tolkeen Books. :-D
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I just got the Juicer Uprising. I think it my favorite art wise, now. Solid art all the way through.So Juicer Uprising and The Shadow Chronicles(hardcover) for me.
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Post and Perez were always my personal picks. On the technique front Post was probably the best black and white artist Palladium ever hired, and he excelled at dark, broody pics and terrible nasty monsters (which made him a natural for Nightbane in particular). Perez was also one of their better artists, and he knew how to make a pic ooze sensuality or excitement or fun if the situation demanded it.

Kevin Long probably remains the best technical artist they ever picked up, and when he was firing on all cylinders his robots and hardware tended to be iconic game-defining stuff for Rifts. He wasn't consistently excellent, but that seems to have been more due to the fact that sometimes he just didn't seem to be making a real effort rather than any lack of talent.
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Skraypers. Lots of cool art in that one.
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I am surprised so few people list RUE with all those awesome color plates....
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I always thought New West had some pretty great art. My favorite'd have to be the Gunslinger on page 92. Awesome piece of badassery right there.

RUE had some pretty good artwork too, though.
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Anything Charles Walton has current my vote. Rifter 50 cover is instant classic.
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And yes I do love the color images in RUE and the CCG.
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