Arthur Adams (comics)
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Russ Manning Award 1986 Longshot Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot 1988 Gumby Summer Fun Special |
Arthur Adams (born April 5, 1963) is an American
In 1994, Adams joined a group of creators that included
Because of his reputedly tight, labor-intensive penciling style, which was initially influenced by
He is one of the most popular and widely imitated artists in the comics industry, whose drawing style has been credited as an influence upon artists such as Joe Madureira and Ed McGuinness, as well as the artists associated with the founding and early days of Image Comics, such as J. Scott Campbell.
Early life
Arthur Adams was born on April 5, 1963
Adams' desire to draw drawing comics professionally was cemented in high school, when he bought Marvel Comics' Micronauts #1, which was illustrated by Michael Golden,[5] the first artist Adams noticed significantly.[1][7] He relates:
I was collecting comic books from the mid-70s, and then I discovered Michael Golden working on Micronauts. And I don't know exactly what it is about the very first issue of Micronauts. Something about it just blew me away. That was the book that made me say, 'Yeah, this is what I'm going to do for my career, for the rest of my life. I'm going to find a way to draw comic books, man!'[5]
Adams would subsequently seek out work by other artists, such as
Career
Early work
Adams initially created a portfolio of pinups and monster splash pages, and added story sequences when he began attending
Adams' first paid work was a Farrah Foxette pinup that he copied from Farrah Fawcett's iconic 1976 swimsuit poster, which he submitted to the letters page of the DC Comics series Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! That series' editor, Roy Thomas, paid Adams $10 to publish the piece as a fan pinup.[1][2]
At a
Adams' first professional job came about after he met
Longshot and X-Men
Al Milgrom, who was ending his career as a Marvel editor to go freelance, found Adams' samples as he was cleaning out his office for its future occupant, editor Carl Potts. Potts and his assistant editor, Ann Nocenti, sent Adams a Defenders script, from which Adams did layouts of 10 to 15 pages. Adams stated that while his action scenes were not rendered very well, the editors praised his casual, character-based scenes. Nocenti described to Adams the concept for a miniseries she was writing, Longshot,[1][10] which had been turned down by every other artist she offered it to. Adams, now a couple of months before his twentieth birthday, did a series of preliminary design drawings, basing the main character's appearance and hairstyle on that of singer Limahl, and the female lead, Ricochet Rita, on Nocenti herself. The series was freelance-edited by Louise Simonson, and without a firm schedule, which provided Adams the time he needed to complete it.[11] This was due in part to his problems with perspective and other things he was not accustomed to drawing, such as windmills, babies and people smiling, and in part because he had to redraw the first half of it, as Ann Nocenti's story was so dense that the pages featured up to 20 panels.[1][2][5][9] As a result, Adams took eight months to draw the first issue.[1][5][12] This problem was addressed by editor Elliot Brown, who showed Adams how to compose panels depicting multiple actions.[5] Simonson would later introduce Adams to Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, who furthered Adams' understanding of storytelling clarity by sitting down with him and showing him the panel-to-panel structure in an old Marvel book. He would take two years to draw all six issues of the miniseries. Longshot #1 was published with a cover date of September 1985.[1][5][8] Reviewing the first issue for Amazing Heroes, R.A. Jones, who criticized the writing, stating:
Longshot does have one major saving grace, and that is the penciling of Arthur Adams. I'm going to once again go out on my prophetic limb and predict that Art will soon become a fan favorite. He has a dynamic style that grabs your attention and won't let go. To be sure, he exhibits some of the weaknesses of any young artist, the occasional awkward pose or crude drawing--but as a first effort this is incredibly impressive. In fact, this limited series should be worth buying simply to watch the progress Adams makes from issue to issue.[8]
Nocenti's position as editor on the X-Men books led to Uncanny X-Men writer Chris Claremont's discovery of Adams' work, and in turn to Adams' frequent association with that franchise during the 1980s, which began with New Mutants Special Edition #1 and Uncanny X-Men Annual #9, which were part of the "Asgardian Wars" storyline,[7] and which Adams began drawing before Longshot #1 was published.[5] Nocenti also asked Adams to produce a cover for Heroes for Hope, a 1985 book intended to benefit famine relief in Africa, which was written and illustrated by dozens of creators, including writers Harlan Ellison and Stephen King, and artists John Byrne, Charles Vess and Bernie Wrightson. Nocenti asked Adams to pattern the cover after Paul Smith's 1983 cover of Uncanny X-Men #173, whose focus was Wolverine charging the viewer. This in turn led to Bob Budiansky, who was in charge of producing Marvel's posters, asking Adams to produce a Wolverine poster with the same type of pose. The image, inked by Terry Austin, became not only a bestselling poster, but an iconic life-size standee for comics shops, and led to two other posters by Adams, a 1987 X-Men poster featuring most of the characters that had ever been a member of that team, and "Mutants", a modification of Adams' 1988 Marvel Age Annual #4 cover that featured most of the characters appearing in all the X-Men-related books at the time, also with a charging Wolverine in the center. By 1986, Adams' professional career had been cemented,[2][5] and he moved out of his parents' home and into the same Oakland, California apartment building where fellow artists Mike Mignola and Steve Purcell lived.[1] Adams and Nocenti reunited for a story in Web of Spider-Man Annual #2 (1986) in which Warlock of the New Mutants encounters Spider-Man.[13]
His work on the X-Men franchise would continue with a number of covers for The New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men in 1986 and 1987, respectively. He also drew all but three of the first 23 covers and interior frontispieces to Classic X-Men from 1986 to 1988. His interior X-Men-related work included a two-issue run on X-Factor and the one-shot Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem, both in 1989, and three Uncanny X-Men Annuals, in 1986, 1988, and 1990. It was in drawing the 1988 annual that Adams says he felt like a professional comic book artist for the first time, as he first felt confident that he knew what he was doing.[12]
Diversification and experimentation
Adams did work for publishers other than Marvel during the 1980s, as when he drew several pages of
Adams was one of 54 artists profiled in Ron Goulart's 1989 book, The Great Comic Book Artists, Volume 2, whose front and back covers Adams illustrated.[8]
1990s monster and creator-owned work
Adams' 1990s Marvel work included a 1990 three-issue run on
Adams became acquainted with Randy Stradley and other staff members of
In the early 1990s, Adams and Mignola were contacted by
In 1996 Dark Horse Comics published Art Adams' Creature Features,
1999–2010s
In 1999, Adams returned to Wildstorm to draw an eight-page flashback sequence in issue #4 of Alan Moore's series,
In the early 2000s Adams was commissioned to create artwork for the drum kit used by System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan, an avid comic book collector and vendor. Dolmayan commissioned Adams to illustrate a scene of giant women fighting robots and Godzilla for one drum, while the art for other drums in the kit, which depicted other characters and scenes, were produced by Simon Bisley, Kevin Eastman, and Tim Vigil.[25]
Throughout the 2000s, Adams provided cover images for various
2010s–present
In 2014, Adams illustrated variant covers for each of the eight issues of Marvel Comics miniseries Original Sin, composing them as eight pieces of a single, interlocked image, which depicts all of the major characters of the Marvel Universe.[28] It was the single piece that took the longest for Adams to complete, at 10 weeks.[4]
Outside the field of comics, Adams has provided illustrations for various magazines, such as PlayStation Magazine, as well as toy designs, video games,[5] and X-Men-themed cans of Chef Boyardee pasta.[1][29][30] A recreation of Barry Windsor-Smith's classic cover to Avengers #100 that Adams drew on a whim was later used by Marvel Comics as a variant cover to an actual issue, and in July 2019, as the image of a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle licensed by Aquarius.[31][32][33]
On November 30, 2011, Gumby Comics/Wildcard Ink published a single volume collecting Adams' previous two specials featuring Gumby. The book was initially called Gumby's Arthur Adams Specials, but was eventually published with a sticker covering Adams' name on the cover, effectively renaming the book Gumby's Spring Specials. According to Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool, this was done on Adams' request, who wanted nothing to do with the publisher, and took action to keep his name off the book's cover.[34] The book is nonetheless sold by merchants such as Mile High Comics under its originally intended name.[35]
In 2016 Adams provided the illustrations for a satirical piece in GQ magazine that imagined a number of controversial public figures as comic book supervillains, including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Sepp Blatter, Martin Shkreli, and Kris Jenner.[36][37] Later that year, Dynamite Entertainment announced it that would be producing limited edition poly-resin busts of female characters for its Women of Dynamite line, based on Adams' renditions of those characters and sculpted by Jason Smith. The first bust was a Red Sonja bust debuting in November, followed by a Vampirella bust in February 2017.[38] In the late 2010s, Adams illustrated cover runs on Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol 4) and X-Men Blue.[4]
In February 2020, Marvel released Marvel Monograph: The Art Of Arthur Adams, a 120-page omnibus collection of Adams' art.[39]
In April 2022, Adams was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to
Though his work for Marvel takes priority for him, he also makes a significant amount of his income from private commissions, which he produces when time permits.[6] In a 2017 interview he stated that if he did interior work again, it would more likely be on a creator-owned project, like Monkeyman And O'Brien.[43]
Technique and materials
Adams' art style is noted for its high level of detail, and he has a reputation of being a "tight"
Adams prefers to work from a plot rather than from a full script, a result of
In the early part of his career, Adams' pencils were embellished by inkers such as
Although Adams has experimented with painting with watercolor and oil paints (his 1989 covers for Appleseed were rendered with a combination of ink, watercolor and color pencil), his color work is so sporadic that he says he has to relearn what he has forgotten in the interim each time, and is usually dissatisfied with the results.[1][5] Because a significant portion of his income is derived from selling his original artwork, he is reluctant to learn how to produce his work digitally.[6]
Adams has explained his view on illustrating covers by saying, "My job is to make the characters look as good as I can in the context of what they’re asking for. So I always just try to represent the characters to the best of my ability and sell the book."[4] When asked for his favorite cover work, he named X-Men Blue #9 (October 2017), featuring Polaris, which was a homage to Jim Steranko's cover of X-Men #50 (November 1968).[44]
Adams does not have a favorite character to draw, having remarked in a 2015 interview, "I'm just happy that they pay me to draw."
Influence
Adams is one of the most popular and widely imitated artists in the American comics industry.
Personal life
Adams is married to fellow comics artist Joyce Chin, whom he met at the 1996 San Diego Comic-Con.[61] Chin has inked Adams' pencils, and Adams has inked Chin's, as on Xena: Warrior Princess #4 (January 2000).[5][62] As of 1997 they lived in Portland, Oregon.[7] They later moved to San Francisco, California,[1] before settling in Walnut Creek.[61]
When asked to name a favorite comic, Adams has named Ultimate X-Men #41 by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist David Finch, which depicts Wolverine as he befriends a teenaged boy hiding in cave after his out-of-control emerging powers have killed hundreds of people, including those closest to him. Adams said of the story, "It's a standalone story, it's Bendis, it's one of my favorite comics of all time."[44]
His favorite Godzilla film is
Regarding religion, Adams has stated that he does not believe in "any particular god".[5] He does not drive.[63]
Awards
- 1986 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award[64]
- 1988
- 2017 Inkpot Award[65]
Bibliography
Interior work
- Three Dimensional Alien Worlds: "Away Off There Amid the Softly Winking Lights" (with Bruce Jones, one-shot, Pacific Comics, 1984)
- Longshot #1–6 (with Ann Nocenti, Marvel, 1985)
- New Mutants Special Edition #1: "Home is Where the Heart is" (with Chris Claremont, Marvel, 1985)
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #9–10, 12, 14 (with Chris Claremont, Marvel, 1985–1990)
- Batman #400: "Resurrection Night!" (with Doug Moench, among other artists, DC Comics, 1986)
- Cloak and Dagger #9: "The Lady and the Unicorn" (with Bill Mantlo, Marvel, 1986)
- Web of Spider-Man Annual #2: "Wake Me Up I Gotta Be Dreaming" (with Ann Nocenti, Marvel, 1986)
- Action Comics Annual #1: "Skeeter" (with John Byrne, DC Comics, 1987)
- Gumby's Summer Fun Special: "Summer Fun Adventure" (with Bob Burden, one-shot, Comico, 1987)
- Gumby's Winter Fun Special: "Winter Fun Adventure" (with Steve Purcell, one-shot, Comico, 1988)
- Wonder Woman Annual #1: "Chapter 1: The Diving Bird" (with George Pérez, DC Comics, 1988)
- X-Factor #41–42 (with Louise Simonson, Marvel, 1989)
- Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (with Chris Claremont, one-shot, Marvel, 1989)
- Walter Simonson, Marvel, 1990–1991)
- Marvel Holiday Special #1 (with Walter Simonson, Marvel, 1991)
- Armageddon: Inferno #1, 3–4 (with John Ostrander, DC Comics, 1992)
- Godzilla Color Special: "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (with Randy Stradley, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1992)
- Harris Comics, 1993)
- Urban Legends: "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (one-shot, Dark Horse, 1993)
- Steve Moncuse, one-shot, Dark Horse, 1993)
- Monkeyman and O'Brien (Dark Horse, 1993–1999):
- Dark Horse Presents #80, 100, 118–119 (1993–1997)
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (co-feature, 1994)
- Monkeyman and O'Brien #1–3 (1996)
- Dark Horse Extra#1–7 (1998–1999)
- The Big Book of Urban Legends: "The Spider in the Hairdo" (with Robert Boyd, Jan Harold Brunvald and Robert Loren Fleming, Paradox Press, 1994)
- Negative Burn #18: "Alan Moore's Songbook: Trampling Tokyo" (with Alan Moore, Caliber Press, 1994)
- Extreme Comics, 1995)
- Aliens: Havoc #1 (with Mark Schultz, among other artists, Dark Horse, 1997)
- Wildstorm, 1997–1998):
- Gen13/Generation X: "Generation Gap" (with Brandon Choi, one-shot, 1997)
- Gen13 3D Special: "Mauling" (one-shot, 1997)
- Gen13/Monkeyman and O'Brien #1–2 (1998)
- Gen13 #34: "I Want My Mommaaaaa!!" (with John Arcudi, 1998)
- Starship Troopers #1–2 (with Bruce Jones and Mitch Byrd, Dark Horse, 1997)
- Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2: "The Great Unknown!" (with Karl Kesel, DC Comics, 1998)
- , 2000)
- Superman vol. 2 #165: "Help!" (with Jeph Loeb, DC Comics, 2001)
- Orion#10, 12: "Legends of Apokolips" (with Walter Simonson, DC Comics, 2001)
- The Authority #27–28: "Brave New World, Parts Two and Three" (with Mark Millar and Grant Morrison (uncredited),[66] Wildstorm, 2002)
- , 2002–2004)
- Wildstorm, 2003)
- Action Comics Annual #10 : "The Many Deaths of Superman" (DC Comics, 2007)
- Countdown to Final Crisis #14: "The Origin of Gorilla Grodd" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2008)
- King-Size Hulk: "Where Monsters Dwell" (with Jeph Loeb, Marvel, 2008)
- Hulk #7–9 (with Jeph Loeb, Marvel, 2008)
- Ultimate Comics: X (with Jeph Loeb, Marvel, 2010–2011)
- AvX: VS#6 (with Jeph Loeb, Marvel, 2012, pg 18)
- All-New X-Men #25 (Marvel, 2014)
Cover work
- Marvel Fanfare #13 (Marvel Comics, 1984)
- Marvel Team-Up #141 (Marvel, 1984)
- Micronauts: The New Voyages#2 (Marvel, 1984)
- The Defenders #142 (Marvel, 1985)
- The New Mutants Special Edition (Marvel, 1985)
- X-Men Annual #9 (Marvel, 1985)
- The New Mutants#38–39 (Marvel, 1986)
- Firestar #3 (Marvel, 1986)
- Classic X-Men #1–23 (Marvel, 1986–1988)
- Daredevil #238–239 (Marvel, 1987)
- Uncanny X-Men #214, 218 (Marvel, 1987)
- The Spectre Annual #1 (DC Comics, 1988)
- Marvel Age Annual #4 (Marvel, 1988)
- The Last of the Viking Heroes #7 (Genesis West Comics, 1989)
- Tommy and the Monsters #1 (New Comics Group, 1989)
- Appleseed Book Two #1–5 (Eclipse Comics, 1989)
- The Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular (Marvel, 1990)
- Marvel Super-Heroes #6 (1991)
- Conan the Barbarian #247–249 (Marvel, 1991)
- Animal Confidential (Dark Horse Comics, 1992)
- Harris Comics, 1992)
- Marvel Holiday Special '92 (Marvel, 1993)
- Showcase '93 #1 (DC Comics, 1993)
- Superman: Legacy of Superman#1 (DC Comics, 1993)
- Dark Horse Comics #11 (Dark Horse, 1993)
- Comics' Greatest World: Vortex #2 (Comics' Greatest World, 1993)
- Out of the Vortex #7 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Classic Star Wars: A New Hope#1 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Division 13 #1 (Comics' Greatest World, 1994)
- Medal of Honor#2 (Dark Horse, 1994)
- Wildstorm, 1995)
- Extreme Studios, 1995)
- Godzilla #1-7 (Dark Horse, 1995)
- Maximum Press, 1995)
- Badrock Annual #1 (Image, 1995)
- Godzilla vs. Hero Zero #1 (Dark Horse, 1995)
- Leonard Nimoy's Primortals: Origins #1-2 (Tekno Comix, 1995)
- Oblivion #1 (Comico, 1995)
- Leonard Nimoy's Primortals #13-14 (Tekno Comix, 1996)
- Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17 (Marvel, 1996)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest #9 (Dark Horse, 1997)
- Star Kid #1 (Dark Horse, 1998)
- Crimson #2 (Cliffhanger, 1998)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer#1, 6 (Dark Horse, 1998–1999)
- Daring Escapes #1 (Image, 1998)
- Clerks: Holiday Special #1 (Oni Press, 1998)
- Darkchylde: The Legacy #2-3 (Image, 1998)
- Nathan Never #1-4 (Dark Horse, 1999)
- Wildcats #1 (Wildstorm, 1999)
- Lady Death: The Rapture #1 (Chaos!, 1999)
- Purgatori: Goddess Rising #1 (Chaos!, 1999)
- JLA Annual #3 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Batman Annual #23 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Aquaman Annual #5 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Wonder Woman Annual #8 (DC Comics, 1999)
- The Flash Annual #12 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Superman Annual #11 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Green Lantern Annual #8 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Martian Manhunter Annual #2 (DC Comics, 1999)
- Tellos #4 (Image, 1999)
- Tom Strong #4 (America's Best Comics, 1999)
- Lionheart #2 (Awesome, 1999)
- X-Men #100 (Marvel, 2000)
- X-Men: The Movie Special Edition #1 (Marvel, 2000)
- Generation X #67-72 (Marvel, 2000–2001)
- Top Cow, 2000)
- Gatecrasher #5 (Black Bull, 2000)
- X-Men Annual '00 (Marvel, 2000)
- Deadpool #50 (Marvel, 2001)
- Defenders #2 (Marvel, 2001)
- Cavewoman: Pangaean Sea #0 (Basement, 2001)
- Vertigo, 2001–2002)
- The Authority #29 (Wildstorm, 2002)
- Thundercats#1 (Wildstorm, 2002)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales#5, 12 (America's Best Comics, 2003–2005)
- JLA: Scary Monsters#1-6 (DC Comics, 2003)
- Magdalena/ Vampirella#1 (Top Cow, 2003)
- Wildguard: Casting Call#3 (Image, 2003)
- /Magdalena/ Vampirella#1 (Top Cow, 2004)
- Alter Nation #1 (Image, 2004)
- Action Comics #814-821 (DC Comics, 2004–2005)
- Red Sonja #1-2, 25, 50 (Dynamite, 2005–2010)
- Worldstorm #1 (Wildstorm, 2006)
- The Authority #1 (Wildstorm, 2006)
- Justice League of America#5 (DC Comics, 2007)
- Manhunter #26 (DC Comics, 2007)
- Midnighter #2 (Wildstorm, 2007)
- Tales of the Unexpected #7 (DC Comics, 2007)
- Avengers Classic#1-12 (Marvel, 2007–2008)
- Booster Gold #1-2 (DC Comics, 2007)
- Wildstorm#1 (DC Comics, 2007)
- Fantastic Four #551, 583–584, 600 (Marvel, 2008–2011)
- The Incredible Hulk #112 (Marvel, 2008)
- The Incredible Hercules #113-115 (Marvel, 2008)
- Thor vol. 3 #6 (Marvel, 2008)
- The Perhapanauts #1 (Image, 2008)
- Invincible#50 (Image, 2008)
- Brit#7 (Image, 2008)
- Marvel Apes #0, 4 (2008–2009)
- Agents of Atlas #1 (Marvel, 2009)
- Hulk #10-12 (Marvel, 2009)
- Jurassic Park #2 (IDW Publishing, 2010)
- New Mutants #15, 25 (Marvel, 2010–2011)
- New Mutants Forever #2, 4 (Marvel, 2010–2011)
- Wolverine #2 (Marvel, 2010)
- Carnage #1-2 (Marvel, 2010–2011)
- Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1-5 (Dynamite, 2011)
- Avengers: The Children's Crusade#3 (Marvel, 2011)
- Captain America: Man Out of Time #1 (Marvel, 2011)
- Young Allies #6 (Marvel, 2011)
- Avengers Prime #5 (Marvel, 2011)
- Thunderbolts #154 (Marvel, 2011)
- Journey into Mystery #622 (Marvel, 2011)
- Astonishing X-Men #43 (Marvel, 2011)
- Godzilla: Legends #1-5 (IDW Publishing, 2011)
- The Fearless #1-12 (Marvel, 2011–2012)
- Godzilla #1 (IDW Publishing, 2012)
- Secret Avengers #22-25, 29-37 (Marvel, 2012–2013)
- Battle of the Atom #1-5 (Marvel, 2013)
- Uncanny Avengers Annual #1 (Marvel, 2014)
- Immortal X-Men #9 (Marvel, 2023)
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External links
- Official website
- Arthur Adams at the Grand Comics Database
- Arthur Adams at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Arthur Adams at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Arthur Adams at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Art Adams Image Gallery at Comic Art Community
- Art Adams at Library of Congress, with six library catalog records
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