Loved his DC Batman work. Wasn't always wild about some of his panel layouts on other stuff 'though. I got the 3 volume DC Adams/Batman books that came out a few years back - I see he had 'tweaked' some of it.
I was right there with you...in the 60's on up I would buy two of any good art cover on a comic or paperback! I would slice off the cover of one and keep it in my flat file of the individual artist...you know...Frazetta, Jones, Steranko, Adams, Stevens, Wrightson, Kaluta and many others! To this day "I have detailed files..."
Always a pleasure to see early-70's work by Adams; at that time, for me at least, he was untouchable. His cover for Batman #241 is my all-time favourite -- Batman running/floating over the rooftops. I don't know if you have it in your collection, but I'd love to see a good scan of it sometime.
I was listening to a podcast a few months ago and one of the podcasters had met Adams at a convention. During the conversation, Adams told him that he was tired of people telling him, "I love your old stuff from the '70s." He apparently thinks he's a much better artist now than he was then. I would disagree.
Loved his DC Batman work. Wasn't always wild about some of his panel layouts on other stuff 'though. I got the 3 volume DC Adams/Batman books that came out a few years back - I see he had 'tweaked' some of it.
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ReplyDeleteI was right there with you...in the 60's on up I would buy two of any good art cover on a comic or paperback! I would slice off the cover of one and keep it in my flat file of the individual artist...you know...Frazetta, Jones, Steranko, Adams, Stevens, Wrightson, Kaluta and many others! To this day "I have detailed files..."
Always a pleasure to see early-70's work by Adams; at that time, for me at least, he was untouchable. His cover for Batman #241 is my all-time favourite -- Batman running/floating over the rooftops. I don't know if you have it in your collection, but I'd love to see a good scan of it sometime.
ReplyDeleteI was listening to a podcast a few months ago and one of the podcasters had met Adams at a convention. During the conversation, Adams told him that he was tired of people telling him, "I love your old stuff from the '70s." He apparently thinks he's a much better artist now than he was then. I would disagree.
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