▁art ▁was ▁style ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁deliber ate ▁experiment ation ▁on ▁his ▁part , ▁and ▁partly ▁to ▁Dick ▁Gi ord ano ' s ▁in king , ▁which ▁exhib ited ▁a ▁different ▁line ▁weight . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁illustrated ▁G um by ▁Summer ▁Fun ▁Special ▁# 1 ▁by ▁Com ico ▁Comics , ▁a ▁job ▁he ▁obtained ▁through ▁Com ico ▁editor ▁D iana ▁Schutz , ▁an ▁old ▁friend ▁who ▁noticed ▁the ▁incident al ▁images ▁of ▁G um by ▁that ▁Adams ▁had ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁Long shot . ▁Adams , ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁har bor ▁fond ▁mem ories ▁of ▁that ▁cart oon ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁and ▁who ▁fe ared ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁type cast ▁as ▁a ▁G um by ▁artist ▁if ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁job , ▁told ▁Sch ult z ▁he ▁would ▁only ▁do ▁it ▁if ▁she ▁could ▁get ▁Bob ▁Bur den ▁to ▁write ▁it , ▁on ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁Sch ult z ▁would ▁decl ine ▁this ▁condition . ▁Sch ult z , ▁who ▁initially ▁wanted ▁Mark ▁E van ier ▁for ▁the ▁job , ▁considered ▁this , ▁and ▁eventually ▁agreed ▁to ▁it ▁after ▁contact ing ▁Bur den , ▁who ▁was ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁the ▁idea . ▁That ▁book , ▁which ▁demonstrated ▁Adams ' ▁vers at ility ▁in ▁handling ▁comedy ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁super h ero ics , ▁gar ner ed ▁him ▁and ▁Bur den ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁E is ner ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Single ▁Issue . ▁Adams ▁would ▁later ▁illustrate ▁a ▁second ▁G um by ▁book ,