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:''For other people named Arthur Adams, see the Arthur Adams disambiguation page'' Arthur "Art" Adams (born April 5, 1963) is an American comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries ''Longshot''. His subsequent interior comics work includes a number of Marvel's major books, including ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''Excalibur'', ''X-Factor'', ''Fantastic Four'', ''Hulk'' and ''Ultimate X'', as well books by various other publishers, such as ''Action Comics'', ''Vampirella'', ''The Rocketeer'' and ''The Authority''. Adams has also illustrated books featuring characters for which he has a personal love, such as ''Godzilla'', ''The Creature from the Black Lagoon'' and ''Gumby'', the latter of which garnered him a 1988 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue. In 1994, Adams joined a group of creators that included Frank Miller, John Byrne and Mike Mignola to form Legend, an imprint of creator-owned comics published by Dark Horse Comics, through which Adams published ''Monkeyman and O'Brien'', a science fiction adventure series featuring archetypal sci-fi monsters that Adams wrote and illustrated. Although the Legend imprint ceased in 1998, ''Monkeyman and O'Brien'' continued to appear in print, sometimes in crossover stories with other comics characters, such as ''Gen¹³/Monkeyman and O'Brien'' (1998), and ''Savage Dragon'' #41 (September 1997). Because of his reputedly tight, labor-intensive penciling style, which was initially influenced by Michael Golden and Walter Simonson, and his admittedly slow pace, Adams does not work as the regular artist on long-running monthly series, but usually provides artwork for short storylines, one-shots, miniseries or contributions to anthologies, such as his 2002–2004 work on "Jonni Future", a pulp science fiction series he co-created with Steve Moore for the Wildstorm Productions anthology ''Tom Strong's Terrific Tales'', and his 2008 work on ''Hulk'' #7 - 9. His other published work consists of cover work for books such as ''Avengers Classic'', ''Wonder Woman'' and ''JLA'', as well as pinups and other spot illustrations for books such as ''Sin City'', ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' and his own published sketchbook series, ''Arthur Adams Sketchbook''. He has also done design work for toys and video games. He is one of the most popular and widely-imitated artists in the comics industry, whose drawing style has been credited as an influence upon the artists associated with the founding and early days of Image Comics such as J. Scott Campbell. ==Early life== Arthur Adams was born on April 5, 1963〔Kraft, David Anthony (1987). ''Comics Interview'' #46 (1987). Fictioneer Books. pp. 16–27.〕 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His father was a loadmaster in the United States Air Force, and as a result, Adams frequently moved with his parents and four younger brothers to places that included West Virginia. When Adams was five years old, the family settled in Vacaville, California, near Travis Air Force Base. Adams' first exposure to superhero and monster comics came through the ones his mother would buy for him once a month at a thrift store. His enthusiasm for superhero stories by particular creators began when his father returned from an overseas trip with the first ''Marvel Treasury Grab-Bag'', which included stories by Ross Andru, Wally Wood, and Gene Colan.〔〔Siuntres, John (September 11, 2013). ("Word Balloon Podcast Greg Pak, Cincy Comicon Panels with Art Adams and Ethan Van Sciver" ). Word Balloon Comic Books Podcast. Retrieved January 3, 2014. Interview begins at 1:19:55.〕 He particularly liked Marvel Comics for their stories with monster-like characters like the Thing, the Hulk and Man-Thing.〔 He became interested in dinosaurs and monsters like King Kong after watching ''Creature Features'' on TV every Saturday, and Universal Monster movies such as ''Frankenstein'' and ''Creature from the Black Lagoon''. He also enjoyed superhero and science fiction programming, such as ''Super Friends'', Ralph Bakshi's ''Spider-Man'' cartoon and ''Star Trek''. Adams enjoyed drawing frequently in his youth, as far back as he could remember. He discovered the work of Frank Frazetta when he was 13 or 14, which was a "huge" early influence on him, and attempted to mimic his style using watercolor. Adams did not consider illustration as a profession, however, as he aspired to be a paleontologist.〔〔〔〔DeAngelo, Danny (November/December 1997). "Art Adams: King of the Monster Artists". ''G-Fan''. pp. 22–25.〕 His interest in professional paleontology waned, however, when he realized that the extreme climates of the environments in which he would be required to work were not appealing to him.〔 Adams first thought about drawing comics professionally while in high school, when he bought Marvel Comics' ''Micronauts'' #1, which was illustrated by Michael Golden, the first artist Adams noticed significantly.〔〔 Adams would subsequently seek out work by other artists, and names as influences Barry Windsor-Smith, Mike Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson and Terry Austin. Adams also cites Bill Sienkiewicz's "Moon Knight" work in ''Hulk'' magazine and in particular Walter Simonson's work on ''The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans'', which Adams saw as "the bible of how to draw comics", and "the perfect example of how to do a team book." Simonson and his wife, Louise Simonson, became close friends and collaborators with Adams, and Louise would later edit Adams' breakthrough project, ''Longshot''. Adams names Simonson and Golden as his two largest artistic influences. Adams also says he was influenced by Jack Kirby after he became a professional artist.〔〔 In a 1997 interview, Adams responded to the observation that fans had noticed a manga influence in his work by stating that he had likely been influenced by Masamune Shirou.〔 Aside from books on drawing human anatomy, Adams' only formal education in illustration was learning newspaper strip-type drawing in his freshman year of high school from Mr. Vandenberg, a teacher who stressed the importance of clear storytelling and perspective.〔〔 After a female classmate Adams was attracted to talked him into joining the acting club, Adams also considered becoming an actor, eventually doing community theater for two years. He quit acting when he turned 19, in order to concentrate on drawing.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Adams (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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