If you haven't heard yet, Neal Adams died yesterday.
And as you can expect, I got a fax from Dave:
I could only find images of these two. (click for bigger):
Speaking of Heritage, they're gonna be auctioning off a whole buttload of original Cerebus Art. Including, but not limited to, the complete issue #4. I wanna buy it and give it to Dave. I can't afford that, so I'm looking for a handout. So far, I've gotten pledges from seven people for a total of $5,528.11 (Thanks Dion!) And since the two "big fish" want the art to go back to Dave, THAT'S the plan. But, as I keep reminding everybody, Money Talks, Bullshit Walks. So, if you WANT a page of the art, pledge more than Dion's $2500, and YOU get to dictate who gets what...
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I just looked up GL/GA 83, page 3, and I ... um ... what??? THAT is one of the two "greatest pages ever by Neal Adams?
Well, OK, if that's Dave's opinion, that's Dave's opinion, but it wouldn't be on MY list of top 10
What happens on that page, Steve? I'm hoping your description might be enough to jog my memory so I don't have to go to all the trouble of finding that issue in my longboxes.
Growing up Neal was one of the first comics artists I remember thinking of as 'good' - in that his art was more reminiscent of reality that any other comic art I knew of.
(But then, with the old Gold Key Donald and Scrooge comics I had, I could also tell one artist / writer was better than the others ~~ Carl Barks, of course.)
And while the GL/GA series was groundbreaking and all that I'd have to peg his artistic highwater point with the Superman vs Muhammed Ali treasury title. I read that to pieces!
Steve
I had not heard about Neal. Thank you for the news.
In addition to his sheer artistic skills, Neal was, of course, a key figure in the promotion of creators' rights in the comics industry, which as we all know was and is near and dear to Dave Sim's heart. Neal Adams' contribution to this art form everyone here loves so much cannot be overstated.
He will be missed.
I found an online copy of the page and was going to come in here and see if I could post it somehow, but I see that yesterday's entry includes a black-and-white copy of it, so you can see it for yourself.
It's a good page, to be sure. Lots going on there and I'm sure Dave could explicate for you just exactly WHY he thinks it's the best Neal Adams page of all time. But like I said, it wouldn't be on my list.
Steve,
I think you're inferring that Dave considers that particular page as one of Neal's best.
I infer that Dave likes ALL Neal pages, and that particular page was in that particular Heritage catalog. And Dave is thinking of getting prints made of whatever he can.
I could be wrong...
Kinda can't wait to see what "Grandpa" thinks of the folder of every Neal original I can download, that I'ma gonna email to him...
Manly Matt Dow
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