Hot Stuf #2 Pin-Up: Remembering Neal Adams' Birthday

 Today would be the 82nd birthday of writer/artist Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941). From Hot Stuf #2, a pin-up gag cartoon by Neal Adams.

National Lampoon Nov. 1971, "Dragula": Remembering Neal Adams' Birthday

Today would be the 81st birthday of legendary artist Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941). From National Lampoon Nov. 1971, "Dragula"; story by Tony Hendra, art by Neal Adams.

RIP Neal Adams: Playboy May 1975, "Clark Ghent's School Days"

 Just read the sad news that legendary comics artist Neal Adams has passed away at age 80.

From Playboy May 1975, "Clark Ghent's School Days"; a satirical story written by Robert S. Wieder with an illustration by Neal Adams.

Fantastic Four: Antithesis #1: Neal Adams

From this week's new releases: Fantastic Four: Antithesis #1; story by Mark Waid, art by Neal Adams & Mark Farmer.

Storm Sketch: Neal Adams

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: A topless rough sketch of Storm by Neal Adams.

Epic Illustrated #7, "Holocaust": Happy Birthday, Neal Adams!

Happy birthday to writer/artist Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941)! From Epic Illustrated #7, "Holocaust"; story and art by Neal Adams.

Imagine #1, "Flightmare": Happy Birthday, Frank Cirocco!

Happy birthday to artist Frank Cirocco (born June 13, 1956)! From Imagine #1, "Flightmare"; story by Neal Adams, art by Frank Cirocco. First, here is Cirocco's cover:

And the back cover, the same image without the trade dress:

And now, on to the actual story:

Eerie #53, "Schreck: First Night of Terror": Happy Birthday, Vicente Alcazar!

Happy birthday to Spanish artist Vicente Alcazar (born April 4, 1944)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Eerie #53, "Schreck: First Night of Terror"; story by Doug Moench, art by Vicente Alcazar & Neal Adams.

Heavy Metal Monday: August 1981, "The Making of Heavy Metal": Neal Adams & Mike Ploog

From Heavy Metal August 1981, the feature "The Making of Heavy Metal," an article including a number of behind-the-scenes images from the making of the Heavy Metal animated film. First, some character designs for the "So Beautiful and So Dangerous" segment, drawn by Neal Adams (who was a guest at this past weekend's C2E2 convention):

And some designs and preliminary drawings for the "Taarna" segment, drawn by Mike Ploog.

Star*Reach #2 Cover: Neal Adams

Since I just posted panels from the "Stephanie Starr" story in Star*Reach #2 for Dick Giordano's birthday, I thought I'd go ahead and post Neal Adams' cover featuring the character:

Big Apple Comix #1, "Over and Under": Happy Birthday, Neal Adams!

Happy birthday to artist Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941)! From Big Apple Comix #1, "Over and Under"; story uncredited, art by Neal Adams. (Adams illustrated the left-hand side of the pages, or the "Over" story; check this post from last week for the right-hand side "Under" storyline drawn by Larry Hama & Ralph Reese.)

Superdupont Vol. 4: Neal Adams

Another big-name guest at C2E2 right now is the legendary Neal Adams. Reposting from the old Tumblr site, a scene from the French super-hero spoof Superdupont (Superdupont Vol. 4, Oui Nide Iou); script by Jacques Lob, art by Neal Adams. (I don't have the actual Superdupont graphic novel, but this excerpt was featured in a book of Adams' artwork that I bought from him at a past convention.)

And, as a bonus, here's a commissioned drawing of Superdupont by Adams, as posted on the Comic Art Fans website: