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Neal Adams Father Left When He Was Ten
This story about Neal Adams from Bleeding Cool tells the tale of Neal’s father leaving when he was ten years old:
Frank Cho also wanted to talk about Neal Adams’ childhood. At an otherwise “dead” show, when they went to eat together, Frank got the chance to ask Neal about his background. Neal’s dad left his family when he was young so Neal became the “man of the house” aged ten. His mother had opened up a boarding house, and Neal told Frank stories of the people who went through the house.
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Klaus Janson believes that because Neal’s father left, Neal became very protective of his mother, and that’s what he was like as an adult. He took care of people, and kids, becoming the daddy of an entire generation. And that everyone knows what he did representing Superman’s creators Siegel and Shuster, against DC Comics, to get some kind of recompense for the character when the movie hit, establishing artists’ rights including royalties and share, as well as getting original artwork back for creators, something that has helped so many in their older age.
Source: Neal Adams/George Pérez Tribute Panel At Lake Como Comic Art Festival
R.I.P. Neal Adams
The great Neal Adams has died at the age of 80 from complications of sepsis.
My first encounter with Neal was not from Batman or Superman or Deadman. It was his creator-owned titles in Continuity Comics.
I found these on the street for a buck an issue back in the 90s. The art is what caught my eye.
Read more »Neal Adams Was a Father
“Neal Adams’ most undeniable quality was the one that I had known about him my entire life: he was a father,” Josh Adams wrote on Twitter. “Not just my father, but a father to all that would get to know him.”
Source: Neal Adams, comic book legend and defender of artists’ rights, dies at 80 : NPR
