Continuity Studios (formerly Continuity Associates, originally known as Continuity Graphics Associates)Eury, Michael and Giordano, Dick. ''Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003. is a New York City and Los Angeles-based art and illustration studio formed by cartoonists

Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Supe ...

and

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Early li ...

. Still in business after almost fifty years, the company showed that the graphic vernacular of the comic book could be employed in profitable endeavors outside the confines of traditional comics.

History

At its founding in 1971, Continuity primarily supplied

motion picture A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

storyboards A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in the ...

and advertising art. As times changed, Continuity adapted its services to offer

animatics A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, i ...

3D computer graphics 3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” sometimes called CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for th ...

, and conceptual design. Over the years, Continuity has also served as an art packager for

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

publishers, including such companies as

Charlton Comics Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986, having begun under a different name: T.W.O. Charles Company, in 1940. It was based in Derby, Connecticut. The comic-book line was a division of Charlton ...

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

, Adams' own

Continuity Comics Continuity Publishing, also known as Continuity Comics, was an American independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in 1984, publishing comics until 1994. History After years as a freelancer and comics art packager (with his company Con ...

, and the one-shot ''

Big Apple Comix ''Big Apple Comix'' is an early independent comic book published by Flo Steinberg in 1975. A historically important link between underground comix and what would later be called alternative comics, this 36-page, 6" × 9" hybrid with glossy color c ...

''. The company served as the launching pad for the careers of a number of professional cartoonists. When doing collective comics work, the artists were often credited as "

Crusty Bunkers Crusty Bunker, or the Crusty Bunkers, was the collective pseudonym of a group of comic book inkers clustered around Neal Adams' and Dick Giordano's New York City-based art and design agency Continuity Studios from 1972 to 1977. The group was also ...

." More established cartoonists like

Win Mortimer James Winslow Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) Note: The Marvel Comics 1978 Calendar merchandise lists Mortimer's birth date as June 23 and ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' lists it as May 23 per was a Canadian comic book and comic strip arti ...

found work at Continuity profitable enough that they left the comics industry to work exclusively on Continuity projects."Win Mortimer (1919 - 1998)," Superman Super Site.
Accessed March 9, 2009. A snapshot of the studio in 1977–1978 came in the form of the wraparound cover for the oversize celebrity comic book ''

Superman vs. Muhammad Ali ''Superman vs. Muhammad Ali'' is an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, a story in whi ...

'' — illustrated by Continuity co-founders Neal Adams and Dick Giordano — which portrayed

Jack Abel Jack Abel (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996)
at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. November 24, 2009. was an United States of Amer ...

, Mark Alexander, Joe Barney, Pat Bastine,

Cary Bates Cary Bates (born 1948) is an American comic book, animation, television and film writer. He is best known for his work on ''The Flash'', '' Superman'', ''Superboy, the Legion of Superheroes'' and ''Captain Atom''. Biography Early career Bates ...

, Joe Brozowski, Joe D'Esposito, John Fuller, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Carl Potts, Marshall Rogers, Trevor Von Eeden, and Bob Wiacek as members of "Neal Adams' Continuity Associates."''

'' cover legend, ''

All-New Collectors' Edition ''Limited Collectors' Edition'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1972 to 1978. It usually featured reprints of previously published stories but a few issues contained new material. The series was published in an overs ...

'' #C-56 (DC Comics, 1978).

Continuity Associates members

People who at one time or another were members of Continuity Associates: *

Jack Abel Jack Abel (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996)
at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. November 24, 2009. was an United States of Amer ...

* Mark Alexander * Terry Austin * Joe Barney * Pat Bastine *

Liz Berube Elizabeth Safian Berube (January 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021) was an American comic book artist, best known as a romance comics artist for DC Comics in the 1970s. Simply signing her work "Elizabeth," her modern, stylized art was used to illustra ...

Safian entry
''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Aug. 10, 2014. *

Pat Broderick Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an American comics artist, known for his work on the ''Micronauts'' and ''Alpha Flight'' for Marvel Comics, and ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', ''Captain Atom'' and ''Green Lantern'' for DC Comics. Broderick a ...

* Joe Brozowski * Howard Chaykin * Joe D'Esposito * John Fuller * Steve Mitchell * Al Gordon * Larry Hama * Bob Layton * Val Mayerik * Bob McLeod * Al Milgrom *

* Michael Netzer (Nasser) * Carl Potts * Marshall Rogers *

Joe Rubinstein Josef "Joe" Rubinstein (born 4 June 1958) is a comic book artist and inker, most associated with inking Marvel Comics' ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' and the 1982 four-issue ''Wolverine'' miniseries by Chris Claremont and Frank ...

* Walt Simonson * Jim Starlin * Greg Theakston * Trevor Von Eeden * Bob Wiacek

References

External links

* {{official, http://nealadamsproductions.com Companies based in New York City Design companies established in 1971 Graphic design studios Continuity Comics 1971 establishments in New York City https://www.nerdteam30.com/creator-conversations-retro/an-interview-with-steve-mitchell-invasion-of-the-blue-jean-generation

History

Continuity Associates members

See also

References

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