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Darren Ashmore
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 8:15am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Another legend of the comics industry leaves us. Very sad
news RIP
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L Hunt
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Only just heard the news. Should've wondered why on twitter people were posting his art so much but just assumed, well, hey it was Neal Adams' art.

First came across his work in black and white British reprints of his X-Men run, this would have been early 80s after I had just discovered the X-Men through the tale end of the Byrne run. His art seemed quite other-worldly and majestic. 

RIP Neal Adams
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John Byrne

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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 10:07am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

A few years back I acquired a hardcover black and white collection of Neal’s work (in German!). More or less chronologically presented, it affords an excellent opportunity to review the evolution of his art. His earlier storytelling is famously flawed, as he always favored imaginative camera angles over clarity. As he goes forward his vision becomes more clear, and sometimes awkward poses—mostly a result of those camera angles—become fluid.

Thus… legend.

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Bruce Eaton
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 10:25am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

He could draw a mammoth man, with incredible shoulders and they looked and felt...real. 

His figures had weight.

And his depictions of women were exquisite.


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Shawn Kane
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 10:38am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Another giant gone.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 11:18am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

He could draw a mammoth man, with incredible shoulders and they looked and felt...real.

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Someone said he drew people who looked exactly how people would look if people looked that way.

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Phil Kreisel
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 11:34am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

I was fortunate to meet Neal at two separate conventions and have him sign Green Lantern 76. He’ll be missed. RIP.
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Stéphane Garrelie
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

R.I.P.
Very sad news.
I loved his work on the X-Men and on Batman.
Green Lantern & Green Arrow, and Deadman too of course.

I'm not as much a fan of his Avengers work, not that it isn't good, but for me i prefer the Buscema brothers on this book. (Or Kirby, or a few others.) Neal's work is awesome, and i enjoyed it when i reread the Kree Skrull War recently, but i preffer him on other books. A question of taste, not of quality.
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Eric Smearman
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 12:14pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Glad I got to meet him at a signing a few years ago. What a
character!
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Kevin Brown
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Glad I got to meet him at a signing a few years ago. What a character!

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Same here.  He was doing a special signing at C2E2 for those who paid for the VIP package.  I had just gotten the new re-issue of Superman vs Muhammad Ali and brought it with for him to sign.  I was extremely fortunate to be first in line (which was by pure chance).  

After he signed it for me, he then started to flip through it and start pointing out his favorite parts, telling me why he did certain angles on a particular page.  Now I loved it, it was great, but there were dozens of fans waiting their turn for this signing, and it appears I'm taking up their precious time!  It was all Neal.  I hated having to stop him, but I mentioned there were others waiting and he looked up.  Gave me that grin of his and asked me to come back to his table later.

When I did, he sat down and we talked.  Just comics.   He didn't know me from Adam, but he just wanted to talk comics.  His son, Josh, was there as well.  He pulled out his father's portfolio to show it off.

Quite possibly the best experience I've ever had at con.
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Paul Wills
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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 1:52pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Kevin - what a great encounter! Not very many would do what he did.
As a side note, I wonder who Neal Adams looked up to and was influential in his artwork.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 30 April 2022 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

Neal cited Joe Kubert and Mort Drucker as influences. Look at his early days and the work does look a bit like Kubert inked by Drucker.
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