Art Adams can flat out draw, folks, and what’s more is, he understands how to draw for comics, a skill set that’s unfortunately rare even among professional comic book artists. I was lucky enough to pick up the first issue of his creator-owned series “Monkeyman and O’Brien” recently and every page is just jam-packed with the kind of hyperkinetic, frenzied, fun, sharp layout that you can only find in truly accomplished super-hero titles. I want to do a full retroview of it on Saturday, but in the meantime I’m going to focus specifically on how well Adams understands and uses the power of onomontoPOWia to enhance his storytelling.
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