Neal Adams - Beyond Comics Frederick - Thursday, Sept. 5

Meet Comics Legend                        Only NEAL ADAMS!          at the Frederick Store! Thursday, September 5th - 4:00pm to 7:00pm                 We are proud to present a rare and unique in store event. On Thursday, September 5th Beyond Comics has gotten the privilege to host comic artist Neal Adams for his only regional store appearance in over 20 years. The appearance will run from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Learn More First Autograph is FREE!  Neal is offering a special for Beyond Comics Customers! Get 1 Free Autograph Additional Signatures are half the convention price ($10)   Sketches   We are already taking names and payment. Basic Quick Sketches - $150.00 & Up   Detailed Blank Cover Comic Sketches - $400 Prices vary widely upon amount of detail requested. Contact Jason Adams at spyda@spydacreations.com for detailed pricing or to pay them directly via PayPal.  CGC Signature Series Available - See store for details and fees             Neal Adams is a towering figure in the world of comic book creation and art. Neal has had legendary 'runs' on Batman, X-Men, Green Lantern-Green Arrow and Deadman. Adams rescued Batman from the campy nostalgia of the television show, and re-fitted him in his present incarnation as an "Avenger of the Night." His run on Batman led directly to the new, more realistic incarnation in "Batman Returns" movie, which featured the character he created, Ras Al Ghul.           Beyond Comics is proud to be hosting an in store appearance by Neal Adams, one of the comic book industries most important and influential artists the day before Baltimore's incredible Comic Book Convention, The Baltimore Comic Con. Mr. Adams will be inaugurating the Baltimore Comic Con by coming to our store and autographing copies of his newest work, Batman Black & White #1, as well as other prints and books. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet one of the most influential comic artists ever. Beyond Comics 5632 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD 21704 301-668-8202 Let all your friends know! STAY CONNECTED

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NPR's Weldon also has an opinion on 'Superman vs. Muhammad Ali'

Float Like a Snagriff, Sting Like a Fish-Snake: 'Superman vs. Muhammad Ali'
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (November 17, 2010)

Adams, Kubert do comic book story on Holocaust survivor

Today's NY Times has an article about Neal Adams and Joe Kubert drawing a story to aid Dina Gottliebova Babbitt, a Holocaust survivor and animator get some original artwork returned. Stan Lee also participated. See "Comic-Book Idols Rally to Aid a Holocaust Artist," By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES, New York Times August 9, 2008. You can download the comic story as well.

Early articles on this issue, courtesy of my Comics Research Bibliography research, are

Wyman Institute. 2006.
450 Cartoonists Urge Poland to Return Auschwitz Paintings [by animator Dina Babbitt].
Kansas City infoZine (September 21):
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/17845/

Brady, Matt. 2006.
JOE KUBERT RALLIES THE CREATIVE COMMUNTY FOR DINA BABBIT.
Newsrama (September 12): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=83781

OT: Underground comics mag find part one - A Secret History of Comics Special

I picked up a couple of underground magazines - well they were probably ground-level for the time - that are going to be passed along to MSU's Comic Art Collection soon. Before I do that, here's some of the more famous underground cartoonists from Apple Pie May 1975.



Neal Adams art on this.


Terry Austin, the great inker, apparently did editorial cartoons too.


A couple of one-pagers by Justin Green.





Paul Kirchner did the surrealist strip The Bus for alternative weekly newspapers, until I seem to remember that he came into money - Ninja Turtle money maybe?



And a three-page strip by Kirchner: