Adam Pollina is an

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and

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. He is best known for his work on

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' ''

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Rise of Apocalypse The ''Rise of Apocalypse'' is a four-issue limited series published in 1996 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Terry Kavanagh, and drawn by Adam Pollina. Plot summary 5,000 years ago, a baby is found in the Egyptian desert by a band o ...

, and Angel: Revelation, Charlemagne at Defiant, Rai: Fallen World, and Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #2 at Valiant'' '', Loose Cannon and Big Daddy Danger at

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'', and most recently Pyrate Queen from Bad Idea Comics'' ''.

Early life and education

Adam Pollina is an honours graduate from the

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. He started his comic career immediately after graduation, illustrating for Friendly Comics in 1992. While working there, his work was spotted by famed screenwriter

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. In 1994 Jeph and Adam collaborated on Loose Cannon, a 4-issue mini-series for DC Comics featuring

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Career

At the start of his career, Adam worked for Friendly Comics, an adult comics publisher owned by Eric Shefferman. While at Friendly, he illustrated Chromium Man." His work was noticed by Marvel Founder

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. At Marvel, his work included but was not limited to the stretch on X-Force, The Rise of Apocalypse, the occasional issue of

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, and a variety of other contributions. 1995-2002 Adam began to pencil X-Force in 1995 with issue #44 and continued as regular penciler 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 and purchased by

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in 2003. During this time, Adam began working in the video game industry, illustrating character design for

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on such groundbreaking games as

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: Golden Eye, NBA Street 2,

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, Def Jam Vendetta Wrestling, and lastly

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for

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. Approached by

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in 2001, Adam was hired to design the female Terminator in TERMINATOR 3: Rise of the Machines. In 2002, Adam directed his first music video 'Enemy' for the band

Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lowery ...

. Adam went on to direct several other music videos for bands like

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, Tsar, Elkland, and

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. 2008-2013 In 2008 Adam teamed up with writer

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to retell Angel's origin story. His return to Marvel resulted in the five-issue mini series Angel: Revelations set around the origin of the X-Men Angel, who overcomes the trials and tribulations of cold family life, his growing physical mutation while living at boarding school, abuse of power from authority figures, and a religious zealot on a murdering crusade across America. In 2010 Adam relocated to Bali, Indonesia, founded a bespoke Atelier and began creating custom jewelry and garments for an elite list of clients. His designs were featured in the 2012

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in Venice as well as

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Miami 2013. 2014-2019 In 2014, Adam became creative director for the world-renowned Arts/Music Festival

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. Adam also returned to the comics industry and in the beginning of 2018, worked on Secret Weapons #0 written by

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. Shortly after, Adam returned to DC comics to illustrate the Outlaws Annual Volume 3 written by Jeph Loeb. In 2019, he illustrated the sci-fi epic series "Fallen World" by

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of Valiant. 2021–Present In 2021, Adam Pollina,

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, and

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created the fantasy book Whalesville, published by Bad Idea. Most recently, Adam has partnered with an All-Star creative team to launch Rebel Studios, a multi-platform gaming and content provider. Their first project, titled EY3K0N, a genesis NFT collection successfully launched in 2022. Notable Works Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel Comics Big Daddy Danger, DC Comics X-Men Angel, Marvel Comics. Hulk Hogan vs. the Incredible Hulk, Hollywood. Fallen World #1, Valiant Studios 1 Red hood: outlaw annual #3, DC Comics Universe Harbinger Renegade #2 – Cover B, Valiant Studios X-Force, Marvel Comics Pyrate Queen #1, Bad Idea Comics RefuseXLast Resorts, Bad Idea Comics WHALESVILLE #1, Bad Idea Comics "Yes, Jubilee, There is a Santa Claus," Marvel Comics Slingers, Marvel Comics RAI (Deluxe Edition), Valiant Studios Ninja-K #1, Valiant Studios Secret Weapons, Valiant Studios Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #2, Valiant Studios '','' Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #4, Valiant Studios SHADOWMAN Vol. 1: Fear Of The Dark DEADPOOL CLASSIC COMPANION TPB, Marvel Comics

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''

'' (4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 1996–1997) *''X-Force'' #44-48, 50, 52–56, 62, 65–67, 69–72, 74, 75, 77–81, -1 (Marvel Comics)

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pollina, Adam Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American comics artists