Adam Kubert is an American comic book artist. Both his father (Joe Kubert) and his brother (Andy Kubert) are also comic book artists. Adam graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in medical illustration.
He is probably best-known for his work at Marvel Comics, in particular for a long run on the solo Wolverine title with writer Larry Lama, a short run with writer Peter David on the Incredible Hulk and numerous stints on various X-Men titles. Adam Kubert's trademark is his raw, dynamic, untamed art style, combined with fluid storytelling and excellent pacing. He's also known for his experimentation in art style and storytelling, being one of the first mainstream comic book artists to experiment with the pencils-straight-to-colour approach with Steve Bucellato on The Incredible Hulk. On his X-men run, Kubert was teamed up with European colourist Richard Isanove who subsequently followed Adam to the Ultimate X-men, perfecting the pencils-to-colour approach along the way, as can be seen on the majority of Ultimate X-men covers as well as Wolverine:Origin. Some of Kubert's finest work can be seen in his Incredible Hulk run with writer Peter David and inker Mark Farmer, which features some of the finest renditions of the Hulk ever seen in a Marvel comic.
When Marvel Comics launched the industry changing Ultimate line a couple of years back, Adam Kubert was chosen as the penciller for the second launch book Ultimate X-men. His solid storytelling and distinct style coupled with writer Mark Millars well crafted tales, made the book an instant success. Kubert was also chosen as the penciller to launch the ultimate universe version of Marvel's first family, the Ultimate Fantastic Four, once again with writer's Mark Millar and Brian Michael Bendis. Little known is Kuberts other industry talents. An accomplished inker, he received an Eisner Award for his inking duties on the Dark Horse-DC Comics Batman vs. Predator crossover in the early 1990's. In addition to this, Kubert is well reknowned for his lettering ability, being the youngest proffesional comic book letterer at the age of only 11(!) years old. His very own handwriting was used as the template for the font used in the Ultimate X-men comics.
Both Adam and his brother Andy signed exclusive contracts to work for DC Comics in 2005. This came as somewhat of a shock to the industry as both the Kubert's (along with John Romita Jr) were known as Marvel comic's stalwarts, and the Kubert's were well known for their company loyalty. When Valiant comics tried to lure the brothers over from Marvel in 1994 for exorbitant sums of money, they both blindly refused opting to make a home at Marvel Comics. Adam consequently remained at Marvel for around 15 years, working on most of their high profile books and firmly entrneching himself as an industry superstar. The brothers also work as teachers at the Joe Kubert School, founded by their father (who also teaches there). Adam teaches first year classes, Andy second, and Joe third. in 2005. This came as somewhat of a shock to the industry as both the Kubert's (along with John Romita Jr) were known as Marvel comic's stalwarts, and the Kubert's were well known for their company loyalty. When Valiant comics tried to lure the brothers over from Marvel in 1994 for exorbitant sums of money, they both blindly refused opting to make a home at Marvel Comics. Adam consequently remained at Marvel for around 15 years, working on most of their high profile books and firmly entrneching himself as an industry superstar. The brothers also work as teachers at the Joe Kubert School, founded by their father (who also teaches there). Adam teaches first year classes, Andy second, and Joe third.
Bibliography
Comics work includes
- Batman:Batman Vs Predator (Inked the entire mini series over Andy Kuberts pencils. Received an Eisner Award for his contribution)
- Clash : DC comics, Pencils and Inks
- Johnny Quest : Pencils and Inks
- Ghost Rider Blaze - Spirits of Vengeance : Marvel, Pencils
- Wolverine : Marvel Comics, Pencils
- Onslaught X-men, Marvel Universe : Marvel Comics, Pencils
- Incredible Hulk : Marvel Comics, Pencils
- Uncanny X-men : Marvel Comics, Pencils
- X-men : Marvel Comics, Pencils
- Ulimate X-men : Marvel Comics,Pencils
- Ultimate Fantastic Four : Marvel Comics,Pencils
- Hawkman : DC comics, Cover Pencils
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