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Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (2010)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 9, 2013, 8:34 pm
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Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes is a fantastic
coffee table book showcasing the incredibly talented Adam
Hughes. The bulk of the book is primarily on his Wonder Woman
and Catwoman run of covers that were very well received by fans
and artists alike. If you know anything about Mr. Hughes, you
will definitely have an idea of just how popular he is within
the art community and how popular the covers were, which always
had people buzzing with excitement and anticipation of what he
could do to top it.
The book is very "light" on prose as the artwork does the
majority of the talking. That's not to say that Adam doesn't
have anything to say. He does. In fact, most of what he dishes
out in information about each piece that's highlited is his
thought process behind it and how and why he chose to work a
certain why to achieve his covers. He also goes into some
background stuff that you will find interesting. I really like
the way the book is constructed with his page layout. Every two
pages is devoted to one particular cover (the opposite page)
with the other page taking up a paragraph of text with smaller
covers, along with Sketches of said Cover and other thumbnails.
What's funny about this book is that it's half the size of The
Art of Todd McFarlane
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/>and yet it took twice as long to get through Cover Run. You
really spend a great deal of time soaking up all the amazing
stuff that Adam has produced over the years. This isn't
something to just casually look at and move on. To get the most
out of the book, you really need to look at it all, which are
the finer details in each piece. I highly recommend this as a
Buy.
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