ILLUSTRATION: I don't think any title ever impressed me quite as much as Neal Adams's run on X-MEN. Adams couldn't match Steranko's operatic bravura, but he crafted comics pages that were more seriously ambitious t (...)

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I don't think any title ever impressed me quite as much as Neal Adams's run on X-MEN. Adams couldn't match Steranko's operatic bravura, but he crafted comics pages that were more seriously ambitious than I'd ever seen before: impeccable realism, immaculate craftsmanship, and a thorough command of the narrative possibilities of comics design. Like many young artists of my generation, I was deeply influenced by Adams. As time went by, I became less imitative, but I was surprised to notice, as I became more confident in my draftsmanship, that the best solutions to drawing problems often left my artwork looking like the work of Adams and the artists who most directly influenced him, such as Stan Drake, Leonard Starr, and Lou Fine.