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Post by G on Dec 15, 2007 14:48:51 GMT -5
If there was ever a Comic Creator Hall of Fame (that's not a bad idea there), I think Neal Adams would be an inductee. I cannot say I have a vast collection or knowledge of his work. But, generally when you do find, purchase and look at his work, to me at least, its generally great stuff.
If you were to ask me what is the 1st title that comes to mind when I think of Neal Adams, it would be Batman. When it comes to Batman, I think he made a major difference. It should almost be divided in my opinion to Before Neal and After Neal. Batman before Neal was often very corny and childish. The character itself was still kind of cool, but the villains and situations he was placed in was just so corny, it made it very hard for me to get into.
After Neal, it seems like Batman became what he was supposed to be. A dark and gritty character who almost had believable abilities. He became the great dark detective. He fought believable battles would believable villains and weapons. I peronally would love having any of his Batman works.
I also think of X-Men and Green Lantern when I think of Neal Adams and again highly desirable. There really isnt a Neal Adams work I wouldnt want. I thought later in his career he seemed out of the limelight. He made Continuity Comics legit and those are even good works to have. But I find very little that I personally know of to collect from 1980 to the present. Someone please fill me in on what else is worthy.
Rarely, his work annoyed me. Sometimes I thought he drew too skinny or just his style didnt match a character or title. But generally, I found Neal Adams to be a go to creator. If you his name in the arts credits, you could generally go to it and it was very enjoyable.
I think he should be in the creator's hall of fame.
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Post by cfs on Dec 15, 2007 19:55:35 GMT -5
If there was ever a Comic Creator Hall of Fame (that's not a bad idea there), I think Neal Adams would be an inductee. I cannot say I have a vast collection or knowledge of his work. But, generally when you do find, purchase and look at his work, to me at least, its generally great stuff. If you were to ask me what is the 1st title that comes to mind when I think of Neal Adams, it would be Batman. When it comes to Batman, I think he made a major difference. It should almost be divided in my opinion to Before Neal and After Neal. Batman before Neal was often very corny and childish. The character itself was still kind of cool, but the villains and situations he was placed in was just so corny, it made it very hard for me to get into. After Neal, it seems like Batman became what he was supposed to be. A dark and gritty character who almost had believable abilities. He became the great dark detective. He fought believable battles would believable villains and weapons. I peronally would love having any of his Batman works. I also think of X-Men and Green Lantern when I think of Neal Adams and again highly desirable. There really isnt a Neal Adams work I wouldnt want. I thought later in his career he seemed out of the limelight. He made Continuity Comics legit and those are even good works to have. But I find very little that I personally know of to collect from 1980 to the present. Someone please fill me in on what else is worthy. Rarely, his work annoyed me. Sometimes I thought he drew too skinny or just his style didnt match a character or title. But generally, I found Neal Adams to be a go to creator. If you his name in the arts credits, you could generally go to it and it was very enjoyable. I think he should be in the creator's hall of fame. Neal Adams and Tom Palmer on X-men was some of my favorite art. I prefer Neal to have a good inker rather than ink himself. I thionk a good inker enhances the elements that Neal has already laid out so well. I've exchanged a few emails with him, but not about comics. I find his scientific theories interesting. I will not say I agree nor disagree, but I find them compelling. cfs
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Post by G on Dec 23, 2007 9:01:09 GMT -5
This is not the 1st thing I think of when I think Neal Adams nor do I think this is really a nice piece. But it is a book I actually own. I dont usually buy variant covers that are knew because mainly, I cannot keep up with them. If I could, that might be a different story. But here is an example that caught my eye. Again nothing spectacular. But compared to the original cover, I felt this blew the original away. And then knowing Neal Adams did it, well.....I just ended up wanting it. This is one of his more recent works that I know of. Anybody know of anything else he has done recently?
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Post by G on Dec 23, 2007 9:13:02 GMT -5
I really believe he made Batman cool. He helped make Batman the character I always felt he should be. Not some clown chasing around clowns and acting like the 1960's Batman TV Show.
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Post by G on Dec 23, 2007 9:14:31 GMT -5
He helped DC escape it's lameness and had it enter into one of its coolest periods IMO.
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Post by bigw1966 on Jan 26, 2010 12:13:17 GMT -5
I cannot say one bad thing about Neal Adams. Just one of the most perfect Artists to ever work in comics. His company Continuity Studios is the force behind the recent MArvel Motion comics. Neal also works in Film and they will be adapting Rocket Racoon from Larry Hama and Michael Golden to a big budget R rated cartoon feature. Can't wait for that.
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Post by cyberstrike on Apr 3, 2010 9:47:39 GMT -5
Well Neal Adams is writing, penciling, and inking (at least a few issues) of a 12 issue maxi-series called Batman: OdysseyRead more about it here.Plus DC will release a new deluxe hardcover of Superman vs. Muhammad Ali in June.
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Post by G on Apr 3, 2010 11:57:33 GMT -5
Well Neal Adams is writing, penciling, and inking (at least a few issues) of a 12 issue maxi-series called Batman: OdysseyRead more about it here.Thanks for the update! I think this sample looks great! But I only wish this was part of the main line of comics instead of a 12 issue maxi-series. That part of it really seems to cheapen it a bit for me. But the art itself looks great. I might consider this when it comes out.
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Post by defiant1 on Apr 3, 2010 18:14:16 GMT -5
Neal has been working on this for over a year. In an interview published in a May 2009 comic distributor's catalog, Neal said he was working on the second issue of this. DC has denied knowing anything about it during that time. I will not be buying anything DC produces until the guy who canceled Shooter's run on Legion is gone. They better get Jesus Christ to draw an issue if they want my money.
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Post by G on Apr 3, 2010 19:36:57 GMT -5
I will not be buying anything DC produces until the guy who canceled Shooter's run on Legion is gone. They better get Jesus Christ to draw an issue if they want my money. While I admire your stance on this, I can't say I've ever personally felt that strongly about whether or not to purchase comics from a particular company over issues like that. Usually it just came down to a matter of I did not like the comics they were producing and therefore I stopped buying. I may have not liked some decisions a company has made, it never stopped me from buying their comics. Perhaps I should feel stronger about some issues, but in reality, there is a lot I don't care about and ultimately the product itself determines if I buy it or not.
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