For the rest of this week we’re going to be celebrating ART ADAMS DAYS!  Why you ask?  Because it’s my blog and I say so!  And because Arthur Adams is an amazingly, friggin’ly great artist!!!  Today we’ll be looking at some of his X-Men work.  This is by no means a complete collection of his X-Men work, just some images I picked out to highlight.  I think it’s fair to say that he’s my favorite X-Men artist of all time, even more so than John Byrne.

Mr. Adams did quite a bit of work for the Classic X-Men series in the mid-1980s.  This series reprinted the early adventures of the All-New, All-Different X-Men in chronological order starting with Giant Size X-Men #1.

Art’s first real break into Marvel Comics was the Longshot limited series.  I’ve always loved the cover to issue #4, it’s so much fun!

Eventually Longshot was added to the X-Men roster.

Here is a neat one.  Art Adams drew his own rendition of the cover to The Incredible Hulk #181 – the first appearance of Wolverine.  Great stuff!

If you’re a fan of Art Adams work, you should really pick up TwoMorrows Modern Masters Volume Six: Arthur Adams.  It’s a gorgeous book that celebrates the work of Art Adams and includes a gazillion obscure Art Adams drawings.  The book is in black-and-white so it really highlights his line work.  Great book!

Be sure to check back here tomorrow for more ART ADAMS DAYS!