Neal Adams Returns to The Avengers

[kingdom warrior]

Again i'll say it and Samurainoir showed it. There IS NO DECLINE in his artwork that was a loose sketch he did that Marvel published. That drawing is 100 times better than most current Marvel artist can do on a good day.....

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I think Adams just doesn't care to polish his artwork like he used to. When he inked his own stuff it was more raw and less slick than when Giordano inked it (see Batman #251 for example), but he seems to be more "sketchy" now than even back then.

The "improvements" he made to the Batman Illustrated volumes shows this. Side-by-side to his older stuff, I think it actually looks inferior.

He has held up better than most artists do, though.

Chris

[kingdom warrior]

^I think Adams just doesn't care to polish his artwork like he used to. When he inked his own stuff it was more raw and less slick than when Giordano inked it (see Batman #251 for example), but he seems to be more "sketchy" now than even back then.

The "improvements" he made to the Batman Illustrated volumes shows this. Side-by-side to his older stuff, I think it actually looks inferior.

He has held up better than most artists do, though.

Chris

True, I'm good friends with Mark Beachum who use to do Samuree for Continuity. Mark had told me that back then Neal had a whole studio system going on where many of his top guys would ink Neal's work....Neal would only ink the faces so it looked like his signature face......he might be still doing it this way....

[samurainoir]

[EMCE Hammer]

I agree. It's always good to see Neal Adams' work, but The Avengers this ain't. And why is it that Adams' art is degrading? I know he's getting older. but it's like he's not happy with how his stuff looks/looked, so he's trying to make it look like someone else. Sad. Adams' is one of the grandfathers of modern comics art....

I had the same reaction - what happened to his art?!? Good grief it's unrecognizable.

[samurainoir]

[samurainoir]

Just occurred to me

[emeraldknight47]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/...a50471111e.jpg

OK. For an Adams piece, that Captain America sucks....

[emeraldknight47]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xA3SykqKbK...devil.+001.jpg

But the Daredevil piece is pretty sweet. Maybe it's just that Adams' style lends itself to characters like Daredevil, Batman, etc.

But on the other hand, he did do iconic Superman and his Green Lantern run is still largely without peer....

[The Toyroom]

OK. For an Adams piece, that Captain America sucks....

Yeah it does....He should be airborne with those head wings

[thunderbolt]

^^^ And where do you get a rubber flag pole. Never cared for Adams all that much, but man he's really hit the wall.

[The Toyroom]

For me, some of Adams best artwork was on The Avengers during the Kree-Skrull War (inked by Tom Palmer I think)...but all of this modern stuff like these Marvel covers, Batman Odyssey and even the redos/recolors he did on the Deadman HC just leave me cold...

[kingdom warrior]

At 70 years old the man still draws rings around most artist....sorry I fail to see what part of "He sucks" applies..... Has his work changed yeah a bit but he's not a 20 year old. he's 70 years old and he's not a starving artist anymore with anything to prove. Can he still draw dynamic poses Yup! If he had a Great inker doing his work and "fixing" the things he just doesn't want to do any more....most people would be none the wiser.

Point John Bryne is a great artist but Terry Austin's inks made his X-men run Legendary

[samurainoir]

Old school goodness

[samurainoir]