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

Adam Hughes (Illustrator)

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Product Description

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!

About the Author

Adam Hughes' recognizably strong and elegantly drawn women have graced the covers of WONDER WOMAN, CATWOMAN and other DC Comics series. He has since worked on a variety of comics for major publishers and independents, including Tomb Raider, Star Wars, Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and others. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (June 29, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401227821
• ISBN-13: 978-1401227821
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and glorious, July 1, 2010

By	Parka (Singapore) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (Adam Hughes Cover to Cover) (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.)

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Curse you, Adam Hughes!, July 7, 2010

By	Alexa "bo-bexa-banana-fana-etc." (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (Adam Hughes Cover to Cover) (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!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A journey with a modern master., June 30, 2010

By	not in SE Missouri - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (Adam Hughes Cover to Cover) (Hardcover)

An amazing trip through the career of Adam Hughes concerning his DC Comics covers. This thorough compilation of his DC art is accompanied by Adam's own insights and commentary. The special wit and humor that Adam brings to his work are frequently on display throughout as well. All presented gorgeously in hardback format. Get your copy while they last!