Adam is the staff cartoonist for The Buffalo News.
His cartoons are internationally syndicated and have appeared in many publications around the world, including The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. In his spare time he has done freelance work in book illustration and storyboarding. His work has also appeared magazines such as The Week, Time, and MAD Magazine. In 2006 and 2011, he won third place for Editorial Cartoons in the National Headliner Awards, sponsored by the Atlantic City Press Club.

He accepted the full-time position at The Buffalo News in August of 2004, at the end of his three-month illustration internship at the paper. The News is the only daily newspaper in Buffalo, NY and has a circulation of around 300,000. With a tradition of great cartoonists, the paper was home to Bruce Shanks and Tom Toles, both Pulitzer Prize winners. Currently, Adam draws four to five editorial cartoons every week, along with a caricature on the book page and occasionally a cover illustration.

   Adam is originally from Buffalo. In 2004, he graduated from the Canisius College Honors program summa cum laude, with a major in Computer Science, a minor in Math and a concentration in Studio Arts. Adam's first cartooning job was for The Griffin, the weekly student newspaper at the college. Because of his work at the newspaper in 2003, he was honored with a first place national award from the Associated Collegiate Press and the Universal Press Syndicate. He placed second in the 2004 John Locher Memorial Award, and he was a finalist in the 2003 CharlesM. Schulz Award. As a senior, he wrote his honors thesis on the art of editorial cartooning. And he met many inspiring people at Canisius, including his wife Jessica.