Adam Pollina
Encyclopedia
Adam Pollina is an American
comic book artist
and penciller
. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics
' X-Force
comic book.
publisher owned by pornographer
and ferret advocate Eric Shefferman. While at Friendly, Pollina provided pencils for the popular Sex Trek series, an adult parody of Star Trek
featuring characters named "Jism T. Cock
" and "Jean-Luc Prickhard
."
Pollina began to pencil X-Force in 1995 with #44 and continued as regular penciller until #81 in 1998. In 1996 he drew the four-issue limited series
Rise of Apocalypse, again for Marvel.
He has also produced a creator-owned
limited series Big Daddy Danger, which was published by DC Comics
in 2002. This series is reportedly being developed by Walt Disney Studios as a feature film
.
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comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
and penciller
Penciller
A penciller is an artist who works in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms.The penciller is the first step in rendering the story in visual form and may require several steps of feedback with the writer. These artists are concerned with layout to showcase...
. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
' X-Force
X-Force
X-Force is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero team, one of several spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team was formed in New Mutants, vol. 1 #100 and soon afterwards was featured in its own series.The group was a new incarnation of the 1980s...
comic book.
Biography
Early in his career, Pollina worked for Friendly Comics, an adult comicsAdult comics
Adult comics are comic books intended for adults. They may contain material that might be considered disturbing, horrifying, obscene, profane, immoral, and even pornographic, in contrast to the traditionally considered kid-friendly mainstream world of comics. Many adult comics, however, such as The...
publisher owned by pornographer
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
and ferret advocate Eric Shefferman. While at Friendly, Pollina provided pencils for the popular Sex Trek series, an adult parody of Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
featuring characters named "Jism T. Cock
James T. Kirk
James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...
" and "Jean-Luc Prickhard
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
."
Pollina began to pencil X-Force in 1995 with #44 and continued as regular penciller until #81 in 1998. In 1996 he drew the four-issue limited series
Limited series
A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
Rise of Apocalypse, again for Marvel.
He has also produced a creator-owned
Creator ownership
Creator ownership is an arrangement in which the creator or creators of a work of fiction retain full ownership of the material, regardless of whether it is self-published or by a corporate publisher. In some fields of publishing, such as fiction writing, creator ownership is a standard arrangement...
limited series Big Daddy Danger, which was published by DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
in 2002. This series is reportedly being developed by Walt Disney Studios as a feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
.