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Neil Adams lost portfolio

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Kreton

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Batman comic artist left extensive portfolio in a cab

 

By Rebecca Harshbarger

 

September 26, 2013 | 1:46pm

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Batman comic artist left extensive portfolio in a cab

Neal Adams

 

Photo: NICHOLAS ROBERTS/Getty Images

 

A legendary comic book artist accidentally left two portfolio books with original art in a cab in Manhattan—and is hoping an everyday superhero will help him track them down.

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Neal Adams’s missing art

 

Neal Adams, an artist best known for Batman and Green Arrow, as well as dozens of other characters, left the books in a beige Bucky O’Hare bag inside the trunk of a Crown Victoria yellow cab about 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 4.

 

The driver dropped him off at West 27th Street near 7th Avenue after picking him up on 39th Street and 6th Avenue.

 

The books are valued at tens of thousands of dollars, his daughter, Kris Adams, said.

 

To find them, Adams’ studio is working closely with the Taxi and Limousine Commission, and the NYPD. Flyers have been handed out to cab drivers all over Manhattan — with a sketch of the driver by Adams, the images, and the bag.

 

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“We need everyone’s help and hopefully the artwork will be found,” said his daughter Kris Adams.

 

Anyone who has the books or a tip should call 212.869.4170, and a reward will be offered.

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Batman comic artist left extensive portfolio in a cab

 

A legendary comic book artist accidentally left two portfolio books with original art in a cab in Manhattan—and is hoping an everyday superhero will help him track them down.

 

Neal Adams, an artist best known for Batman and Green Arrow, as well as dozens of other characters, left the books in a beige Bucky O’Hare bag inside the trunk of a Crown Victoria yellow cab about 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 4.

 

The driver dropped him off at West 27th Street near 7th Avenue after picking him up on 39th Street and 6th Avenue.

 

The books are valued at tens of thousands of dollars, his daughter, Kris Adams, said.

 

To find them, Adams’ studio is working closely with the Taxi and Limousine Commission, and the NYPD. Flyers have been handed out to cab drivers all over Manhattan — with a sketch of the driver by Adams, the images, and the bag.

 

 

Bummer for him, of course. But wouldn't that sketch be a cool collectible? hm

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Wow! Hope he got a receipt from the driver and they're found ...

 

pretty sure if he had a receipt this thread wouldn't exist.

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That Ron Dude

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This isn't the first time. He lost a portfolio on the subway probably in 1974. I remember because Jim Warren wrote in a convention program booklet, "Don't sleep in the subway darlin'," which were the lyrics to an old (even then) Petula Clark song.

 

At least he is losing his stuff on a better mode of transportation now.

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