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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wanda Gág, Bob Justin, Henry Reuterdahl, Adam Hughes, Chris Moreno, Antonio Jacobsen, Harry Devlin, Richard Tuttle, David Ho, Michael Avon Oeming, Susan Waters, Bake, William Armstrong, William Ranney, Grif Teller, James E. Buttersworth, Tommy Castillo, M. D. Bright, Jenene Nagy, Brian Belott. Excerpt:Adam Hughes Adam Hughes is a comic book artist known mostly for his renderings of pinup -style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as Wonder Woman and Catwoman . Career In 1987, Hughes penciled two short stories and the first issue of the character Death Hawk , created by Mark Ellis . In 1988 Hughes' work appeared in Comico 's Maze Agency with co-creator/writer Mike W. Barr , and stayed on the book for one year. When Maze Agency was canceled by Comico , DC Comics offered him a job on Justice League America . He did both covers and internal renditions on that series for two years, before switching to providing covers only. He was one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios , his tenure lasting from 1991 until 2005. Hughes then had a short stint at Dark Horse Comics , spent working on Ghost . This series was an important run for him; this is where he started adjusting his technique, using an art nouveau influence along with Adobe Photoshop in his work. He has also had stints on Penthouse Comix , Legionaires and PlayStation Magazine . In late 1998 he began a successful five-year run as cover artist on DC Comics Wonder Woman , which brought him critical acclaim. He had successful runs on Tomb Raider from Top Cow Comics , and wrote and illustrated the interiors of the two-issue miniseries, Gen¹³ : Ordinary Heroes from Wildstorm . When Wizards of the Coast created their d20 -based Star Wars RPG RPG , he created designs for both the original and revised core... ... Read more

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