Art Adams

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birthname = Arthur Adams
birthdate = April 5 1963
location = Holyoke, Massachusetts
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nationality = American
area = Penciller, Inker, Writer
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Arthur "Art" Adams, (b. 1963), is an American writer and comic book illustrator.

Biography

Art Adams was born on April 5 1963 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and dreamed of becoming a comic book illustrator from a very early age, largely teaching himself the skills he would later use. He became a fan favorite when he penciled the critically-acclaimed "Longshot" miniseries, written by Ann Nocenti and published in 1985 by Marvel Comics. Adams' highly distinctive and detailed artwork gained him considerable popularity and he found it easy to find further work in the field. However, due to the labor-intensive nature of his detailed art, Adams found it difficult to meet the short deadlines often found in the comics industry. This has led to him to pursue work for shorter projects such as miniseries, specials, and annuals rather than pursuing work for ongoing comic book series. Exceptions to this include a 1989 two-issue run on "X-Factor", and a 1990 three-issue run on "Fantastic Four". He also had a ten-issue run on "Tom Strong's Terrific Tales" (2002-2004), which being an anthology, required only eight pages from him for each issue.

Adams' distinctive style has often been named as a considerable influence among a newer generation of popular comic book artists. Adams was also one of the founders of the short-lived Legend imprint for Dark Horse Comics. The consistently popular Adams has worked on many notable series, including various "X-Men" titles, "Fantastic Four", "The Authority", "Tom Strong", "Gen¹³", as well as numerous annuals. He is also known for "Art Adams' Creature Features", a collection of previously published stories that paid tribute to various B-movie monsters, published by Dark Horse Comics. Some of the stories had been originally published in black and white, but they were colored for the collection. Along with writer Steve Moore, Adams is the co-creator of Jonni Future, a popular character in "Tom Strong's Terrific Tales".

Most of Adams' work has been on properties owned by others, but he is also the author of the creator-owned series "Monkeyman and O'Brien", also published by Dark Horse.

Adams is also a highly-regarded cover artist, and he has provided cover images for issues of "Superman", "Batman", "Justice League of America" and "Vampirella", among other titles. In addition to his work on comics themselves, he has also produced popular commercial art, such as numerous illustrations for trading cards, posters, shirts, and various other comics-related merchandise. Outside the field of comics, he has also provided illustrations for various magazines, movies, games, worked in toy design, and even a series of X-Men-themed Campbell Soup cans.

Starting in December 2007,he will be doing regular covers for Marvel's Incredible Hercules ongoing series.

Awards

His work on "Longshot" won him the Russ Manning Award in 1986. He also won, with writer Bob Burden, the 1988 Best Single Issue Eisner Award for "Gumby Summer Fun Special #1".

Selected works

*Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 (1985)
*Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (1986)
*Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 (1988)
*Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (1990)
*New Mutants Special Edition #1 (1985)
*X-Factor #41-42 (1989)
*Longshot Vol.1 #1-6 (1985)

External links

* [http://www.artadamsart.com Art Adams Art]
* [http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/17adams.html Interview at Comic Book Artist Magazine]
* [http://www.tslendinga.com/adams/aacomics.htm Art Adams fan site]
* [http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=407 Art Adams at ComicbookDB.com]
* [http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=59 Art Adams Image Gallery at Comic Art Community]