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Indie Edge Creator Spotlight: Ted Adams

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PREVIEWSworld: Please tell us a bit about yourself!

Ted Adams: 2020 will be my 30th anniversary of working in comics. I started my career at Eclipse where I worked for Dean Mullaney and cat yronwode. From there, I went to Dark Horse, working for Bob Schreck and Mike Richardson; WildStorm, working for Jim Lee and John Nee; and Todd McFarlane Productions, working for Todd and Terry Fitzgerald. In 1999, we started IDW and I worked there for 19 years, primarily as the company’s CEO and Publisher. I’ve also written a number of comics, mostly adaptations of video games, movies, and novels; and have a creator-owned title, Diablo House, that was co-created and drawn by Santiperez. I’m lucky to have a beautiful wife who loves books almost as much as I do and a cool son who loves hockey as much as I do books.

PREVIEWSworld: What are your favorite projects you’ve contributed to over the past decade?

Ted Adams: As a publisher: Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key (Master Ed. Vol. 1 HC, DEC140577); Darwyn Cooke’s Parker adaptations (Martini Edition Vol. 1 HC, NOV190719); What Fools These Mortals Be: The Story of Puck; Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (AUG150325), adapted by Troy Little; all of the Artist’s Editions; and all of the books that I published with Top Shelf, Library of American Comics and Yoe! Books.

As a writer: Getting to work with Gabriel Rodriguez on an adaptation of The Island of Doctor Moreau (NOV190718) was a dream come true. I also had a ton of fun creating Diablo House (JAN180555) with Santiperez.

PREVIEWSworld: What are you currently working on?

Ted Adams: As a publisher: I’m proud to be publishing a new collection of Will Eisner’s The Spirit (DEC191591) from Clover Press. When we first started publishing comics at IDW, Mr. Eisner let us do a book based on his John Law character, and I was extremely grateful to him for choosing us!

As a writer: I’m working on an adaptation of a classic (arguably “the” classic) American novel that will be out in early 2021. We also have plans to bring back Diablo House and I’ll be writing at least one story for that book. I’ve also been slowly working on a graphic novel biography of Theodore Roosevelt and a non-fiction book called 25 Comics That Changed the World. I wrote a book about my experience starting and running IDW that will only ever be read by my wife.

PREVIEWSworld: What fun titles are you reading?

Ted Adams: Copra by Michael Fiffe, Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips, Maria M. by Gilbert Hernandez, Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai, Drawing Blood by Kevin Eastman, David Avallone, and Ben Bishop; Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty; Shock, edited by Joe Pruett; Ghost Tree by Bobby Curnow and Simon Gane; and the list goes on and on…  


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Pick up these books to learn more about Ted Adams’ Indie Edge style!

IDW PUBLISHING
DIABLO HOUSE TP
(W) Ted Adams (A/CA) Santiperez
In one of the most beautiful, most wealthy zip codes in the country lies the sleepy, sun-drenched coastal town of La Jolla, California, and among all of this beauty stands Diablo House. It'll make your dreams come true, if you dare. Surf bum and host Riley invites us into his home and shares stories of the people who fulfill their desires at the cost of all else. Money? Sex? Power? It's all yours-for a price-in this anthology that recalls the classic horror comics of the past.
In Shops: Jun 27, 2018
SRP: $17.99
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IDW PUBLISHING
HG WELLS THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU HC
(W) Ted Adams, Gabriel Rodriguez (A/CA) Gabriel Rodriguez
Ted Adams (Diablo House) and Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key) collaborate on a chilling tale of a man's tremendous intellect coupled with great hubris-with catastrophic results!

The first half of this collection features the complete story. In the second half of the book, we reproduce all of Gabe's stunningly beautiful blue-pencil renderings, Artist's Edition style-a true joy to behold!
In Shops: Jul 15, 2020
SRP: $24.99
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Preorder these Clover Press titles from the December PREVIEWS!

CLOVER PRESS, LLC
SPIRIT 80TH ANNIV CELEBRATION TP VOL 01
(W) Will Eisner (A/CA) Will Eisner
Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Will Eisner's The Spirit with this all-new collection from Clover. Acknowledged by everyone from Alan Moore to Michael Chabon as one the of the most important comic book creators of all time, this collection features 10 stories, five of them with all-new coloring by Eisner Award winning colorist, Laura Martin. After you read these stories, you'll understand why the most important award in comics is named for him.
Graphic Novella trade paperback
In Shops: Mar 25, 2020
SRP: $12.99
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CLOVER PRESS, LLC
KEVIN EASTMAN TOTALLY TWISTED TALES TP VOL 01 CVR A BISLEY (
(W) Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley (A) Kevin Eastman (A/CA) Simon Bisley
A hell bent for leather collection! Ripped from yesterday's nastiest headlines! A dark look at the depth of twisted human depravity! As well as a Completely Awesome Collection of Totally Twisted Tales from the clinically insane minds of Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley! Three full length stories featuring guys, girls, monsters, mutants, superheroes, slackers and lowlifes - as well as one VERY fast rat!
In Shops: Mar 18, 2020
SRP: $12.99
PREVIEWS Page #283
CLOVER PRESS, LLC
KEVIN EASTMAN TOTALLY TWISTED TALES TP VOL 01 CVR B BISLEY (
(W) Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley (A) Kevin Eastman (A/CA) Simon Bisley
A hell bent for leather collection! Ripped from yesterday's nastiest headlines! A dark look at the depth of twisted human depravity! As well as a Completely Awesome Collection of Totally Twisted Tales from the clinically insane minds of Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley!  Three full length stories featuring guys, girls, monsters, mutants, superheroes, slackers and lowlifes - as well as one VERY fast rat!
In Shops: Mar 18, 2020
SRP: $12.99
PREVIEWS Page #283
CLOVER PRESS, LLC
PIRATES A TREASURE OF COMICS TO PLUNDER TP VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Wally Wood (A) Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingles (CA) Sol Brodsky
Yoe-Ho-Ho! The same scurvy dogs who brought you Haunted Horror now share this booty: "Pirates"! Swashbuckling artists the likes of Frank Frazetta, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, Dick Briefer, etc. give ya complete comics stories to plunder, arrr!  Plus feast on art by bilge rats Wally Wood, Bernard Krigstein, Carl Burgos, Howard Pyle, and, yarrr, more! Avast ye, prepare to take you a prize, matey?
In Shops: Mar 25, 2020
SRP: $12.99
PREVIEWS Page #282

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