Adam Hughes

Infobox Comics creator


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location = Riverside, New Jersey
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nationality = American
area = Penciller, Inker, Writer
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Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comic book artist known mostly for his voluptuous, pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as "Wonder Woman" and "Catwoman".

Career

Hughes was born in Riverside, New Jersey. He was mostly self-taught and started his career at the age of 19. In 1987, he penciled two short stories and the first issue of the character Death Hawk, created by Mark Ellis. In 1988 Hughes' work appeared in Comico's "Maze Agency" with co-creator/writer Mike W. Barr, and stayed on the book for one year. When "Maze Agency" was canceled by Comico, DC Comics offered him a job on "Justice League America". He did both covers and internal renditions on that series for two years, before switching to providing covers only.

He was one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios, his tenure lasting from 1991 until 2005. Hughes then had a short stint at Dark Horse Comics, spent working on "Ghost". This series was an important run for him; this is where he started adjusting his technique, using an art nouveau influence along with Adobe Photoshop in his work.

He has also had stints on "Penthouse Comix", "Legionaires "and "PlayStation Magazine".

In 1998 he began a successful four-year run as cover artist on DC Comics "Wonder Woman", which brought him critical acclaim. He had successful runs on "Tomb Raider" from Top Cow Comics, and wrote and illustrated the interiors of the two-issue miniseries, "" from Wildstorm.

When Wizards of the Coast created their d20-based "Star Wars" RPG, he created designs for both the original and revised core rulebooks, as well as the "Star Wars: Invasion of Theed" adventure game mini-RPG. When he reused his portrait of the Jedi guardian (his favorite character) for a "Star Wars" comic book cover as a gag, there was such editorial interest that she was written into the story as one of Darth Vader's early victims.

It has recently been announced that Hughes will write and illustrate the upcoming DC Comics series, "All Star Wonder Woman".

Works

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*"Eagle "#9-12 (1987)
*"Star Rangers "#2-3 (1987)
*"Warriors "#1-3 (1987 - 1988)
*"Death Hawk "#1 (1988)
*"Blood of Dracula "#4-5, 7-11 (1988 - 1989)
*"Maze Agency "#1-5, 8-9, 12; Annual #1 (1988 - 1990)
*"Nexus "vol.2 #57 (1989)
*"Justice League America "#31-35, 37-40, 43-45, 51 (1989 - 1991)
*"Dark Horse Presents "#50 (1991, also writer)
*"Justice Machine "#1 (1992)
*"Star Trek: Debt of Honor "(1992)
*"Team Titans "#1 (1992)
*"Titans Sell-out Special "(1992)
*"X-Men' Annual "#1 (1992)
*"Pat Savage: the Woman of Bronze - Family Blood Special "(1992)
*"Legionnaires "#7, 9-10, 12 (1993 - 1994)
*"Comics Greatest World: Ghost "(1993)
*"Savage Dragon "#4 (1993)
*"Sensational She-Hulk "#50 (1993, also writer)
*"Namor, the Submariner Annual "#3 (1993)
*"Solution "#5 (1994)
*"Penthouse Comix "#1-5 (1994 - 1995)
*"Ghost "#1-3 (1995)
*"Gen¹³: Ordinary Heroes "#1-2 (1996, also writer)
*"Savage Dragon: Sex & Violence "#1-2 (1997)
*"WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age "(1997)
*"Wizard "#94 (1999)
*"The Dreaming "#55 (2000)
*"Superman/Gen¹³ "#1-3 (2000, writer only)
*"Wildstorm Thunderbook "(2000, also writer)
*"Many Worlds of Tesla Strong "(2003)
*"Tomb Raider: The Series" #32 (2003, writer only)

Covers (incomplete)

*"X-Men Classic" #71-79 (1992)
*"Wonder Woman "#139-146,150-161,164-174,176-1... (DC Comics) (Volume 2)
*"Tomb Raider "#32-34,42-50 (Image)
*"Catwoman "(volume 2) #44-Present (DC Comics)
*"Vampirella "#1-3 (Harris Comics)
*"Wizard "#83,94,129,162
*"Voodoo "#2-4 (Image)
*"Rose and Thorn #1-6 "(DC Comics)
*"JSA Classified #1 "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: Batman "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: Flash "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: Catwoman "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: Green Lantern "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: JLA "(DC Comics)
*"Imagine, Stan Lee: Aquaman" (DC Comics)
*"Gen¹³: Ordinary Heroes "(Image)
*"Ghost "TPB (Dark Horse)
*"Gate Crasher "TPB (Wizard Entertainment)
*"Star Wars: Legacy #1-7 " (Dark Horse)

References

* [http://www.justsayah.com/ Official Website]

External links

* [http://www.cincity2000.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1393 This Month In Covers: July 2008 cc2k.us]
* [http://www.adamhughesart.com/ Adam Hughes - Things That Make You Go AH!]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/images/interviews/2005/hughes/AdamHughesint.htm Newsarama.com]
* [http://www.starwars.com/eu/explore/profile/f20051011/indexp2.html Hughes' profile at StarWars.com]
* [http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Purge_Cover_Production_Sketches_96509.asp Hughes explains the "gag" cover at rebelscum.com]
* [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=1018 Hughes interview at Broken Frontier]
* [http://adamhughes.deviantart.com/ Hughes deviantart page]