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Tom Adams

Born

in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States

March 29, 1926

Died

December 09, 2019

Genre

Children's Books, Art

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Born Thomas Charles Renwick Adams, Tom Adams was a US-born Anglo-Scots illustrator and painter. Long active in a variety of visual formats, he is known for his work in book cover art, portrait painting, poster, advertising and album art. He is most widely known for his book cover art for the paperback editions of Agatha Christie.

After serving two years in the navy, 1944-1946, he then trained at the Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College, where he received a National Diploma of Painting in 1949. Between 1953 and 1960 he provided illustrations for the youth-oriented UK comics Eagle, Girl and Swift.

In the 1960s and 1970s he became involved with several distinguished poets, including Edward Lucie-Smith, Ted Hughes, C. Day Lewis, Brian Pat Born Thomas Charles Renwick Adams, Tom Adams was a US-born Anglo-Scots illustrator and painter. Long active in a variety of visual formats, he is known for his work in book cover art, portrait painting, poster, advertising and album art. He is most widely known for his book cover art for the paperback editions of Agatha Christie.

After serving two years in the navy, 1944-1946, he then trained at the Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College, where he received a National Diploma of Painting in 1949. Between 1953 and 1960 he provided illustrations for the youth-oriented UK comics Eagle, Girl and Swift.

In the 1960s and 1970s he became involved with several distinguished poets, including Edward Lucie-Smith, Ted Hughes, C. Day Lewis, Brian Patten, George MacBeth and Adrian Henri as well as artists Sandra Blow, John Piper, Josef Herman, and Mark Boyle among others, producing poetry prints published by his own gallery, the Fulham Gallery, London.

He also designed posters for Mark Boyle's light shows (The Sensual Laboratory), the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Soft Machine. His connection with the modern world of rock music continued when he met Lou Reed, an admirer of his Christie and Raymond Chandler covers. Adams designed the cover for his first solo album.

By the early 60s, Collins decided it wanted to do something more artistically distinct with Agatha Christie’s paperback covers. Impressed with Adams’s cover for John Fowles’ 'The Collector', they engaged Adams and a distinct partnership developed.

He was commissioned to do a trial cover of Christie's 'A Murder Is Announced', which was published with his cover in 1962. Everyone involved was pleased with the outcome. As a result, Adams ended up doing covers for many of Christie's paperbacks, often more than once. The only covers he did not create art for were the pre-1926 books which Fontana did not have the publishing rights to.

PocketBooks in the US very much wanted more realistic covers and for this reason, most of Adams' covers for the US editions feature a single dramatic or portentous scene from the novel that spans the front and rear covers. The two exceptions are "Nemesis" and "The Mystery of the Blue Train".

Fontana in the UK was much more open to Adams' creative input. Thus, the UK covers were often akin to a stylized tableau or surrealist collage. Adams ended up doing the covers for Agatha Christie paperbacks for 28 years (1962-1980), thus becoming connected with her intimately in the minds of many readers.

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	Pitt Cue Co. Cookbook: Barbecue Recipes and Slow Cooked Meat from the Acclaimed London Restaurant 4.26 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Track: The remarkable story of how trains have changed our world by Tom Adams, Tom Jay (illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minecraft: Diary of a Curious Baby Zombie Pigman: An Unofficial Minecraft Book (Minecraft, Minecraft Secrets, Minecraft Books For Kids, Minecraft Comics, ... Xbox, Minecraft Books, Minecraft Stories) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nonprofit Leadership Transition 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minecraft: Diary of an Abandoned Creeper: An Unofficial Minecraft Book (Minecraft, Minecraft Secrets, Minecraft Stories, Minecraft Books For Kids, Minecraft Books, Minecraft Comics, Minecraft Xbox) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Are The Logo: Get Visible And Attract Clients To Your Business really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homens Maduros 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Grand livre des mystères by Tom Adams, Jenny Løvlie (illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grass Roots: How Ordinary People Are Changing America it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“mas a maioria das pessoas também não entenderia. Estar casado com alguém, não lhe faz dono daquela pessoa, não somos objetos de posse de ninguém. O amor está acima de qualquer casinho de prazer.”
― Tom Adams, Homens Maduros

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“Preciso ao menos cheirar esse pau. Com certeza deve ter um cheiro delicioso! Se eu não fizer barulho, ele nem vai notar... As minhas mãos suavam frio e o meu coração palpitava em meio ao silêncio e tensão do momento. Lentamente aproximei meu rosto das suas pernas e, suavemente, rocei a ponta do nariz em sua rola mole. Delicioso! Como cheira bem! Tem cheiro de macho. O meu cu até começou a piscar de tesão. Preciso de mais... Tomado pelo momento, não resisti. Pus a língua para fora e a deslizei com calma, da glande as bolas, sempre atento a reação de Leon, que parecia estar em um sono pesado, do qual eu desejava que ele demorasse acordar, assim poderia me esbaldar como quisesse naquele cacete. Eu sempre quis chupar alguém dormindo. Aquela era minha oportunidade. Apesar de os riscos serem altos, valia a pena. Um fetiche sempre vale a pena! Enchi-me de coragem e abocanhei sua glande, chupando-a. Ele gemeu, me fazendo parar, se mexeu um pouco e deu um longo ronco. Suspirei aliviado e continuei mamando seu pau mole, que surpreendentemente começou a enrijecer, babando em minha boca, liberando um líquido salgado e constante.”
― Tom Adams, Homens Maduros

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