10/30/2003 Archived Entry: "Adi Granov"

Adi Granov is my favorite artist to emerge in the comics industry in quite some time. What makes Granov stand out is that he works solely on a computer. From initial sketches, to grayscale, to colours; it's all digital. I'm really impressed with his ability to render the human body realistically and his characters have a very fluid look to their poses. The best part about Granov's art though, is the colouring. The computer colouring gives everything an almost-painted look with a smooth grainy finish (like really fine sandpaper) if that makes any sense.

I'm really dissapointed to hear that Granov decided to leave Dreamwave after only doing three issues of Necrowar. The sci-fi series was sold largely on the strength of his art and was cancelled when Marvel offered him a cushier job. Sure, it was in his best interest to take the Marvel job but it would have been more professional of him to finish off Necrowar before jumping ship.

Professionalism aside, I think his art is amazing. Here are some samples, check out his Iron Man covers (1, 2), Inhumans covers (1, 2) and his Silver Surfer cover. See art from the now defunct Necrowar here.

Aside from covers, Granov is also doing some yet-to-be announced work, hopefully he'll stick with it cause I want a full story illustrated by this guy.

Replies: 4 comments

Check out Adi's website!

Posted by Rayne @ 11/03/2003 03:04 PM EST

I don't think Adi left Necrowar because of a better job. Apparently they were going to cancel Necrowar anyway due to poor sales, and Marvel jumped on the opportunity to hire him. The book was cancelled because of sales, not because he left. I can't wait to see some more of his Marvel work.

Posted by Joseph @ 11/05/2003 03:14 AM EST

From what I can recall, Adi left and then Necrowar was cancelled. But you might be right. Nevertheless, I would have liked to see that series finished first.

Posted by Rayne @ 11/05/2003 03:09 PM EST

I am a Sci-Fi writter looking for an artist like Adi. I went to his website to contact him about a project but he has no way to reach him because he doesn't post his E-mail address on his site.
Does anyone know how I can reach him to discuss working on a cover for my Graphic Novel.

Please reply to my E-mail.
Thank you, Wayde

Posted by Wayde Fishman @ 11/16/2003 03:39 AM EST