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Continuity Associates

Comics art and illustration studio

Field	Value
name	Continuity Associates
trade_name	Continuity Studios
former_name	Continuity Graphics Associates
type	Comics and illustration studio
services	Comic book art & packaging, commercial illustration, advertising art, storyboards, animatics, 3D computer graphics, conceptual design
foundation
founders	Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
defunct	2022
hq_location	15 West 39th Street
location_city	New York City
location_country	United States
members	Cory Adams
Kristine Adams Stone
Terry Austin
Liz Berube
Pat Broderick
Howard Chaykin
Larry Hama
Bob Layton
Val Mayerik
Bob McLeod
Al Milgrom
Win Mortimer
Carl Potts
Joe Rubinstein
Walt Simonson
Jim Starlin
Greg Theakston
Bob Wiacek
owner	Neal Adams
homepage

Dick Giordano Kristine Adams Stone Terry Austin Liz Berube Pat Broderick Howard Chaykin Larry Hama Bob Layton Val Mayerik Bob McLeod Al Milgrom Win Mortimer Carl Potts Joe Rubinstein Walt Simonson Jim Starlin Greg Theakston Bob Wiacek Continuity Studios (formerly Continuity Associates, originally known as Continuity Graphics Associates) was a New York City and Los Angeles–based art and illustration studio formed by cartoonists Neal Adams and Dick Giordano. For 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 storyboards and advertising art. As times changed, Continuity adapted its services to offer animatics, 3D computer graphics, and conceptual design.

Over the years, Continuity also served as an art packager for comic book publishers, including such companies as Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, Adams' own Continuity Comics, and the one-shot Big Apple Comix. 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".

More established cartoonists like Win Mortimer found work at Continuity profitable enough that they left the comics industry to work exclusively on Continuity projects.

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—illustrated by Continuity co-founders Neal Adams and Dick Giordano—which portrayed Jack Abel, Mark Alexander, Joe Barney, Pat Bastine, Cary 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".

Continuity Associates members

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

Jack Abel
Mark Alexander
Terry Austin
Joe Barney
Pat Bastine
Cary Bates
Liz Berube
Pat Broderick
Joe Brozowski
Howard Chaykin
Denys Cowan
Joe D'Esposito
Lindley Farley
Dennis Francis
John Fuller
Al Gordon
Larry Hama
Bob Layton
Val Mayerik
Bob McLeod
Al Milgrom
Louis Mitchell
Steve Mitchell
Win Mortimer
Michael Netzer (Nasser)
Carl Potts
Marshall Rogers
Joe Rubinstein
Walt Simonson
Jim Starlin
Greg Theakston
Trevor Von Eeden
Bob Wiacek

References

Eury, Michael and Giordano, Dick. ''Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003.
KUPPERBERG, PAUL. (July 20, 2022). "A Comic Moment With… DICK GIORDANO".
Hatcher, Greg. (Feb 25, 2006). "Friday at the License Bureau".
Mietkiewicz, Henry. "Win Mortimer (1919-1998)". Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards.
"Win Mortimer (1919–1998)".
(1978). "[[Superman vs. Muhammad Ali]] cover legend". [[DC Comics]].
[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=SAFIAN%2c+ELIZABETH Safian entry], ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Aug. 10, 2014.
Stroud, Bryan. (January 2, 2019). "An Interview With Steve Mitchell - Invasion of the Blue Jean Generation". Nerd Team 30.

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