Art Adams (comic artist)

Art Adams at a book signing (2006)

Arthur "Art" Adams (* 1963 in Holyoke , Massachusetts ) is an American comic artist .

Life and work

Adams, who mostly taught himself to draw himself, began to work as a full-time comic artist in the 1980s. Due to his slow pace of work, which results from his detail-obsessed way of working, he seldom works as a draftsman for ongoing series, but mainly oversees special projects such as one shots , annuals or mini-series, which are produced under less time pressure.

Adams worked with Ann Nocenti on the Longshot miniseries, which was released by Marvel Comics in 1985 . This was followed by shorter runs on X-Factor (1989) and Fantastic Four for Marvel, on Gen13 and The Authority for Wildstorm Publishings and Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (2002-2004).

Two works in Adam's private collection are the series Art Adam's Creature Features and Monkeyman and O'Brien, both of which are intermittently published by Dark Horse Comics . The Dark Horse imprint “Legend”, which he and a few other artists brought into being and which was intended for the publication of further works of his own, only had a short lifespan.

As a cover artist, Adams has illustrated covers for the series Superman , Batman , Incredible Hercules , Justice League of America and Vampirella , among others .

In addition to his comic work, Adams has also developed graphic designs for various magazines, films, games, toy products and commercial goods such as an "X-Men Edition" of the famous Campbell tomato soup cans.