Neal Adams

Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941) is an American comic book and commercial artist known for helping to create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, and Green Arrow; as the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and as a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Adams was inducted into the Eisner Award's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.

Early life

Neal Adams was born on Governors Island, New York City, New York, and attended the School of Industrial Art high school in Manhattan, graduating in 1959.

Career

Early work

After graduation in 1959, he unsuccessfully attempted to find freelance work at DC Comics, and turned then to Archie Comics, where he wanted to work on the publisher's fledgling superhero line, edited by Joe Simon. At the suggestion of staffers, Adams drew "three or four pages of [the superhero] the Fly", but did not receive encouragement from Simon. Sympathetic staffers nonetheless asked Adams to draw samples for the Archie teen-humor comics themselves. While he did so, Adams said in a 2000s interview, he unknowingly broke into comics:

O'Neal Adams

Howard O'Neal Adams (January 21, 1919 – October 27, 1998), also known as Neal Adams, was a professional American football player. Born in El Paso, Arkansas, Adams played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He played in the National Football League for the New York Giants (1942-1945) and the All-America Football Conference for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1946-1947). Adams played as an end and wore number 30.

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