Later, he went through a serious Crumb phase, drawing strips like "Oliver Limpdingle's Search for Love," which is pretty much summed up by its title.
Cartooning now comes easily to Mr. Adams, who gets many ideas from readers via his Web site and draws strips in a few hours each morning on his computer.
If your knowledge of comic books was limited to what got adapted, up until recently you would think that drawing strips was just done by men.
In Europe, and especially in France, comics, or bande dessinée ("drawn strips"), have long been collected in high-quality albums, with themes and styles appropriate to a mature audience.
Hooking (drawing strips of material through a woven foundation) began around the turn of the 18th century and became very popular; early examples have floral, geometric, or animal designs and are very colourful.
In their place, he began drawing strips that have addressed Americans' fears of suspected terrorists and the pain of many friends and family members of victims of the World Trade Center attack.
At one point, maybe 20 minutes into the show, I looked at his face and it had acquired that drawn, stripped look that comes from sleepless nights.
Entitled ("Tintin in the Land of the Nazis"), the short and crudely drawn strip lampoons Hergé for working for a Nazi-run newspaper during the occupation.
He painted, drew comic strips and wrote, all with exceptional verve.
