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Marin Balabanov
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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 2:54pm \| IP Logged \| 1

Does anyone know, what Arthur Adams is up to nowadays?

I loved his work. It is fun, inspirational and energetic. Unfortunately there's
not much of it...

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John Byrne

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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 3:03pm \| IP Logged \| 2

some of them reminds me of the old engraved prints of Gustave Dore...

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Almost certainly the effect Arthur was after with some of those pieces.
(Bernie Wrightson dabbled in the same realms.) But look at that big, open
piece of MonkeyMan and O'Brien. A tiny fraction of the number of lines
Arthur usually uses. In comparison to most of his work, in fact, practically a
blank page!

Yet, is it any less successful? Is it any less a good drawing?

(My answer -- no. In fact, in many respects, I think it does the job better!)

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Steve Miller
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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 6:18pm \| IP Logged \| 3

I think Arthur is a great illustrator, and I've been fortunate enough to get to know him a bit. He and Joyce are some of the kindest folks working in funny books I know. But still if we could somehow crank up the old output meter...

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 6:55pm \| IP Logged \| 4

"...the New Mutants/X-Men Asgardian story..."
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While definitely not his best work, it may be my favorite Art Adams comic
book.

I like Adams' "open" style a lot more than his super-detailed stuff.

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Brad Hague
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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 7:32pm \| IP Logged \| 5

While it would certainly be nice if Arthur Adams could maintain a regular schedule and put out regular work, I would much MORE like to see our generous host on a regular schedule and putting out regular work, which we all know he can do.

I still reflect back on 1979-1980, during which John Byrne was doing the art for the three biggest team books at Marvel, Fantastic Four, Avengers, and Uncanny X-Men.

That is such a huge accomplishment!

Has anyone else ever done such a thing other than the king himself, Kirby? If they have, I would like to see if they also did it as great as JB did it.

Knowing that JB can do that much work, it seems the Universe is deprived of greatness each month that no Byrne-art book is released.

I would otherwise have no interest in Star Trek: Assignment Earth, except that John Byrne did it. So I buy it. I take what I can for now.

But let's somehow help JB know that we all want him and prefer him to do a regular title. Don't care if it's DC or Marvel, but it seems that Marvel needs him more.

What do you all think?

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Joe Smith
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Posted: 02 October 2008 at 7:35pm \| IP Logged \| 6

I think this thread has gone longer than Arthur's career
in monthly comics!

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Warren Leonhardt
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Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:08am \| IP Logged \| 7

I like Art Adams' work in small doses. I think he's best suited for pin-ups and such. I'm one of those slowpoke readers who dislikes being distracted by extraneous noodly artistic details when I'm trying to get into the story itself. So, Art Adams is an Art Adams does, which is fine with me. It sounds like doing interior art on a monthly would make him unhappy anyway. I quite enjoy his pin-up/covers/poster/advertising work. He has come up with some pretty iconic images in his career.

I second Joe Kubert's uncanny ability to draw something as you remember it being, rather than the photo-real reality. And he does his research - he's dead accurate with the details of an object or setting. Everything that needs to be there is there, exactly. And yet, he's choosing the lines that will sum it up instead of showing you every rivet. It's so effective for continuity it's incredible - it's like looking at a memory on paper. It's a perfect approach for storytelling. But I'm old fashioned.

I'd like to see more JB on any title! The funnybooks need storytellers like him. One artistic thing he did which I really liked on his Superman run was that in some action scenes, when there was debris flying all over the page, Superman's body was often the source of the most negative space in each panel - focusing your eye on him at all times. Clever, and really effective when telling a Superman story! Uses a lot of line mileage to a focused result.

Edited by Warren Leonhardt on 03 October 2008 at 10:08am

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Geoff Gibson
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Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:10am \| IP Logged \| 8

God, I loved that Superman run! Thanks JB!

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Marcio Ferreira
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Posted: 03 October 2008 at 4:39pm \| IP Logged \| 9

Talking about missed deadlines, has anyone even close to Brian Bolland on Camelot 3000? I cannot remember waiting for soooo long for a comic book.

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Paul Greer
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Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:42pm \| IP Logged \| 10

This was along the lines of a question Howard Chaykin asked Adam Hughes this past weekend in Baltimore. He wanted to know if Hughes could be able to capture the essence of his work without the polish (his word) and would he feel comfortable doing that. Hughes said he is trying it with All Star Wonder Woman, and hopes he can find that nice mix for his interior comic work.

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Brian Miller
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Posted: 11 October 2008 at 11:32am \| IP Logged \| 11

JB, what did you think of the ACTION ANNUAL you two did together? How did you like the Giordano inks over Arthur's pencils?

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