Neal Adams, 1941-2022

"Neal Adams, whose vigorous, realistic, emotional art arguably set the highest standards of the Silver Age comics mainstream, died April 28 at the age of 80 of complications from sepsis. Only Jack Kirby could be said to be more influential on comics artists of the day, but whereas Kirby gave expressive shape to the most fantastic visions of the superhero genre, Adams’ heroes seemed to live in the same world we lived in. His images combined a detailed realism with an exhilarating dynamism, so that one could almost imagine meeting Batman on the street or squinting up at the stars to see the Avengers mixing it up with alien armadas. As much as Adams was admired for his art, he was also known and respected as a fighter for creators’ rights who helped form the Academy of Comic Book Arts and spearheaded one of the first serious efforts at a union for comics creators."

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Neal Adams, 1941-2022 - The Comics Journal