Tag Archives: Jack Adler

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 January 2024)

Have a Gotham 2024! In this year’s weekly reminders that comics can be awesome, I’m going back to spotlighting ten covers every Monday. To get things started, I’ve chosen covers from very different genres (including from peaks of the medium … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (22 May 2023)

This weeks’ reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the long history of tank covers at DC:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (12 December 2022)

This has been a year marked by war. I know, I know, aren’t they all? Sure, but the stakes feel more global than they had felt in a while – and, yes, this conflict’s impact hits closer to (my) home. … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (3 October 2022)

I’ve highlighted the fantastic cover work of Carmine Infantino in the past, namely his beautiful covers for Silver Age Batman and Flash comics. Yet these heroes weren’t the only ones to benefit from Infantino’s extraordinary talent for cover composition… Along … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (12 September 2022)

Another week, another reminder that comic book covers can be freaking awesome…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (25 July 2022)

A reminder that comic book covers can be awesome, Silver Age The Flash edition:  

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (13 June 2022)

This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the magnificently bizarre creatures Bob Brown drew on the covers of the original Challengers of the Unknown: (This last one is actually by the great Joe Kubert, but the … Continue reading

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Neal Adams’ realistic surrealism

In the third installment of this week’s tribute to Neal Adams’ comic book covers, let’s look at instances where the late artist combined his signature realistic style with a more conceptual approach, including occasional ventures into surrealism. You can see … Continue reading

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Neal Adams’ atmospheric horror covers

Like I mentioned in the last post, this week is devoted to the late Neal Adams’ uncanny skills as a cover artist. Today I want to highlight his knack for moody horror. As you can see below, Neal Adams liked … Continue reading

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Neal Adams (1941-2022)

Neal Adams died last week. Years ago, I wrote briefly about his gothic artwork and his sensationalist Batman covers, but I can’t really overestimate Adams’ importance: he was arguably the greatest and the most influential artist in the history of … Continue reading

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