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Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (Adam Hughes Cover to Cover) [Hardcover]

Adam Hughes
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Book Description

June 29, 2010 Adam Hughes Cover to Cover
Collecting the best of Eisner Award winner Adam Hughes's spectacular, sexy covers for WONDER WOMAN, CATWOMAN and other DC series. This amazing collection features the best of Hughes' work for DC Comics, along with commentary from the artist, rarely seen preliminary material and much more!

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: DC Comics; First Edition edition (June 29, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401227821
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401227821
  • Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.9 out of 5 stars
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4.9 out of 5 stars
So buy this book and keep dreaming! Tugg McGroin  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
An amazing trip through the career of Adam Hughes concerning his DC Comics covers. not in SE Missouri  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
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97 of 98 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and glorious July 1, 2010
Format:Hardcover
Length: 0:54 Mins
"When he draws me, I feel like a princess!" - Diana P. Themyscera

"HIS COVERS ARE SO GOOD, IT'S CRIMINAL!" - Selina Kyle

With praises from Wonder Woman, Catwoman and almost Theodore Roosevelt, how can this book be bad?

This 208-page hardcover is filled with beautiful illustrations, each reprinted full page on low gloss paper. Nice. Additionally, there are also pencil sketches and layout that look and feel as good. And every cover comes with insightful commentary from Adam Hughes, so you can find out which is his favourite cover or who's his disliked superhero. Besides the paintings, there are also pictures of figurines and other merchandise created for these characters. Cool.

The main characters for this art book are Wonder Woman and Catwoman, occasionally other superheroes from DC (and only DC) as well. The paintings are gorgeous and glorious. The colours, stylized rendering, glow, and the looks on the faces are all so alluring.

My favourite, among other favourites, is the mugshot of Catwoman, with tears mixed with eye shadow streaming down her cheeks. I like the fact that each cover reveals a bit of the personality and story subtly.

Cover Run is a wonderful collection of quality covers.

Highly recommended to fans, collectors and artists.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Curse you, Adam Hughes! July 7, 2010
By Alexa
Format:Hardcover
Adam Hughes is a better artist than you. Adam Hughes is a better artist than me. Adam Hughes is depressingly, embarrassingly good, and he's making everyone else look bad.

Adam Hughes must be stopped.

So don't any of you buy this book! If you buy this book, Adam Hughes might know how good he is. He might keep drawing, and he might even, (through some dastardly witchcraft,) become EVEN BETTER. And then I might have to kill myself. So don't any of you buy this book!

Since none of you will be buying this book, because I told you not to... I'll let you know what you're missing.

The first 25 pages showcase some of Hughes' earlier work, from the late `80s to early `90s. The largest section of the book, at about 75 pages, is dedicated to his Wonder Woman covers. Then there're about 50 pages of Catwoman covers, followed by 50-ish pages of miscellany (some Superman/fam, Rose & Thorn, Gen13, JLA, Teen Titans, Power Girl, and Batwoman). This is interspersed with a few double-page spotlights on his merchandise-design work (busts, statues, and posters/t-shirts). All sections include sketches, preliminary thumbnails, and commentary, so you get an idea of how the artist works.

This is not a complete sampling of Hughes' work: as the title indicates, only the stuff he's done for DC is represented here. So unfortunately, that means no Tomb Raider, no Red Sonja, no Star Wars, no Marvel characters. The book can't really be faulted for this: it delivers exactly what's promised on the cover. But here's hoping Hughes' will get the chance to publish more collections.

I mean..! Curse you, Adam Hughes!

DON'T ANYONE BUY THIS AWESOME, AWESOME BOOK!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THEY LIVE!!!! September 8, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Today isn't that hard to make beautiful illustrations. With the help of the correct software almost any artist can deliver realistic portraits and landscapes.

So although all works delivered by Adam Hughes are astonishingly beautiful in form, that's not what's impressive in them.

AH imagines scenes that turn fantasy characters in real figures, real persons. The relaxation seen in Power Girl's face when she's flying on her back, it's the same as anyone leisurely swimming. The pain and shame of Selina Kyle being mugshoted in the police precinct is the same as any master criminal would feel being caught. The mix of boredom and despair on Superman face while Lois Lane interviews Wonder Woman is fabulous! The terrifying madness of thorn is palpable. The "I am a goner" look of the pilot seeing WW flying toward him!

Each of AH works is a masterpiece with hidden meanings, secret stories and infinite drama, joy, pleasure or pain...and frequently with loads of humor.

Adam Hughes may be slow to deliver, but he knows his weakness. We, his public, know his strengths.

Keep up with the good job Dr. Frankenstein (yes, this is for you AH)...like him, you also created life from characters that don't exist.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally instead of sketchbooks, We get a Hardcover Classic
Adam Hughes in my mind can do no wrong. I've been a fan of his work for some years now, he is approachable at conventions and his sketchbooks are always fast sellers. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Bryon Peterson
5.0 out of 5 stars Art at it's best.
This is one of the best Art books I have purchased in years. It gives me motivation to become a great artist just like Adam Hughes!
Published 3 months ago by Daronn G. Greene
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect.
Todo a sido perfecto. Ha llegado antes de lo previsto y en perfectas condiciones. No tengo ninguna queja, muy al contrario.
Published 3 months ago by Ruth García Martín
5.0 out of 5 stars More than I expected
I've been a fan of Adam Hughes for a long long time, I was still in high school when I bought my first issue of Ghost, penciled then when he was lesser known but still amazing. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kelsarath
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect present for the Adam Hughes fan.
Bought this as a present for my boyfriend who loves Hughes work. Very satisfied with the contents. Lots of pictures of Wonder Woman.
Published 5 months ago by Lasssy
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
I loved everything about this art book. I loved the fact that Mr. Hughes explained how some of the covers came to be and a lot of the back and forth that went between him and the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by LadyMartel
5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Hughes is a legend to be recognized.
I bought it a while ago and still today I can't get enough of opening it. As an artist, I think that this book is one of the most exciting sources of inspiration. Read more
Published 9 months ago by PHvaladares
5.0 out of 5 stars AH! Covers
Adam Hughes is one of the best artists alive. This book contains all his DC comics cover artworks. No doubt that it's perfect compilation for all (AH!, DC, comicbook) fans. Read more
Published 13 months ago by V the Artist
5.0 out of 5 stars loved it....except for one little thing....
It was worth every penny. I read it from cover to cover...twice. The artwork was gorgeous...his run on Wonder Woman breathtaking. Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. Klecan
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hotness Knows No Bounds.
Finally, a book from one of the greatest comic illustrators of recent times. The book is beautifully made and well representative of Hughes' work. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Adrian M. Kleinbergen
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