Comic book fanatics far and wide are mourning the death of Neal Adams, the artist who changed the game with his realistic illustrations in the 1960s and '70s. Considered somewhat of a superhero himself in the comic book world, he was the champion of his peers, pushing for artist rights and fair pay.
Batman, Superman, the Green Lantern and the X-Men are just a handful of the characters that Adams reimagined beginning in the late 1960s. He flipped the script by straying from the traditional cartoonish look found in comics. Instead, Adams sketched heroes and villains with a gritty, realistic flair.
