Topless Robot selects the “10 Worst Album Covers by Comic Artists,” shredding their claws over such works of art as Neal Adams’ cover for Trixter’s debut:
A highly influential Avengers and Green Lantern/Green Arrow artist—and certifiable crackpot, thanks to his “expanding Earth” theory—Adams did quite a bit of album artwork in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, but mainly for “WHO?!” musical acts like the Mighty Groundhogs and Bill LaBounty. Somewhere in between his failed Skateman series and failed Mr. T and the T-Force series (which both sounded like such can’t-miss concepts!), Adams accepted forgettable pop-metal band Trixter as a client, penciling the cover for their first self-titled album in 1990. Though their lone minor hit was called “Give It to Me Good,” Adams apparently never got that memo and accurately portrayed the group as huge tools.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
So by “Worst” are they talking about the music or the art? I wouldn’t put the Peter Bagge, Geof Darrow and Ethan Van Sciver covers in the “Worst” category, if we’re strictly talking about the art.