This of course is not a news blog, but I was saddened to hear about the death of Neal Adams on April 28th. The medium of comics cannot bear to lose any more of its luminaries, because the list of those that remain is extremely, painfully short. And luminary he was.
I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Adams (and his lovely wife) in 2016, and although he had a reputation as a bit of a curmudgeon, he was completely affable and charming, and honestly too big for the show he graciously attended.
I chose the comic above for him to sign, and after I handed it to him, he joked "What is this? I haven't seen this before..." After he had signed it, he produced a large holographic sticker, which was the Certificate of Authenticity, and told me he would have to apply it to the back cover of the comic. I told him, respectfully, he could do whatever he wanted to do! Like I am going to meet Neal Adams, and then flip out over a sticker that only serves to authenticate his signature in the first place. I imagine somebody did, though, and I hope he let them have it...and I'm sure he did!
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