Art Adams

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Art Adams

Orig:250px-AaclassicX1.jpg Arthur "Art" Adams, born in 1963 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is an American writer and artist noted for his work on comic books.

A self-taught artist, Adams wanted to work in comics since his childhood. He became a fan favorite when , starting at the age of 19, 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, the labor-intensive nature of producing said artwork has the downside of Adams being fairly slow to provide on the short deadlines oft found in the comics industry, which has contributed to him working on miniseries , specials, and annuals, but never working as the illustrator of a regular title for an extended period of time. 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, Gen??, 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 Alan 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 other comic book-related merchandise. Outside the field of comics, he has also provided illustrations for various magazines, movies and games, as well as worked in toy design.

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. He was nominated for the R.A.C. "Squiddy" Award for Favorite Artist in 1989 and 1990, the R.A.C. "Squiddy" Award for Cover Artist in 1998, 2000, and 2004, and the R.A.C. "Squiddy" Award for Favorite Penciller in 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002.