Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/COMICSCOTF/Neal Adams

Neal Adams
Having just seen and touched-up his remarkably emptyu entry, I was was surprised to find it was a very ... basic, and not-well-organized stub. I believe it deserves expansion and serious attention since Adams truly is a comics-industry legend (and a significant name in commercial art)

By "legend" (an often hackneyed and vague term), I cite the following:
 * Adams' art on Batman, one of the major popular-culture icons, is considered among the definitive interpretaions.
 * In a career that's stood the test of time — nearly 40 years now — he remains as major a name as ever.
 * He helped create/revamp such enduring characters as Deadman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Killraven, the Spectre and others; he drew and co-plotted Marvel's classic "Kree/Skrull War" arc of the Avengers; he's produced significant work on such major characters as X-Men and Conan the Barbarian.
 * He helped usher a sea change in comics art to the naturalistic, illustrative look;
 * And he's been the subject of many hardcover collections.

If for no other reason, his crusading on behalf of creator's rights — particularly during an earlier time when doing so could get you blackballed — was a big press- and attention-getting factor in a major industry change that has had lasting influence on people's livelihoods and made comics more professional and mainstream. This seems significant on societal and cultural levels, respectively, above comics art or entertainment value.

And then there's the whole commercial-art realm that might be new information to many of those who would look up Adams on Wikipedia.

Sorry for the longwinded case. Professional habit. Keep up the excellent work, all! --Tenebrae 17:15, 8 November 2005 (UTC)