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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Chip Kidd’s ART OF #PEANUTS Book Has Been Nominated For a 2016 Eisner Award! #SDCC

  Here’s a quick shout out to Abrams ComicArts for their recent nomination into the 2016 EISNER AWARDS which will be held at the San Diego Comic-Con International! They were included in the “Best Publication Design” section for their new book, Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, designed by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear.     The other publishers and publications in this category include: Beyond the Surface, designed by Nicolas André, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille […]

FREE ONLINE GRAPHIC DESIGN CLASS with Debbie Millman, Chip Kidd, Julie Anixter, Marc Ekco, and Veronika Scott #CreativeLive

  CreativeLive has partnered with HOW Design Live to bring you a selection of keynotes from the 2016 HOW Design Conference in Atlanta, GA! Special Keynote speakers this year included Debbie Millman, Chip Kidd, Julie Anixter, Marc Ekco, and Veronika Scott. Now, they have taken this spoken material and turned it into a FREE online class. A few of the things you get are: 5 Video lessons in HD Lifetime access, anywhere, anytime Streaming and downloadable files Available on desktop, mobile […]

Video CHIP KIDD – All’Università Di Verona (Italy)

Intervista a Chip Kidd, graphic designer e editore statunitense ospite del master in Editoria dell’università di Verona. Translation: Interview with Chip Kidd , graphic designer and guest editor of the US Masters in the University of Verona Publishing.    

Free CBLDF Defender Magazine #5 – Spring 2016

CBLDF DEFENDER is a free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech! You can find it on sale at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology, and for free at CHIPKIDD.com. It is also always available (for free!) at CBLDF.org! Each issue of CBLDF DEFENDER will bring engaging creator interviews, detailed analysis of current censorship news, and in-depth features that tell the story of the people fighting for the freedom […]

Chip Kidd and the 13th DIMENSION Talk About #BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Gallery Edition

  Dan Greenfield, over at the always amazing 13th DIMENSION website, recently got together with Chip Kidd to discuss the release of Frank Miller’s BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Special Gallery Edition. For anyone who has not heard about this book it is totally amazing!  To read the full interview please CLICK HERE! Basically what happened was DC Comics reprinted this classic graphic novel in a DELUXE FORMAT hardcover book but instead of a regular colorized “comic book” version they published it […]

SNACK PODCAST – Profile On the Book Cover Designs of Chip Kidd

  Here’s a podcast episode we knew we had to share an soon as we heard it! Andrei Triburca, over at the SNACK PODCAST, recently posted a link to an amazing podcast profile who’s main focus is on the career of the book designer, Chip Kidd. In episode #17 they discuss the history of book cover design and Chip’s place in it. So, here it is, please listen and enjoy.    

Katherine Dunn, Author of GEEK LOVE, Dies at 70

It’s with a heavy heart that we need to share the sad news about the passing of Katherine Dunn, a completely wonderful woman and exceptional author. Her connection to Chip Kidd is that he designed the book cover for her iconic novel, Geek Love (Random House, Vintage), and it went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. It even became a National Book Award Finalist in 1989. “Geek Love” was curiously original and imaginative, though some called it bizarre. It revolves around a […]

BETTER THAN FICTION Podcast Talks About All Things Chip Kidd

  This post is a quick shout-out for an extremely cool podcast in Oklahoma City called BETTER THAN FICTION. It’s main theme is comic book collecting, nerd culture, movies, and more…. but in episode #116 they totally geeked-out on the Author and Book Designer Chip Kidd. Their main focus was Chip Kidd’s recent book, GO: A Kidd’s Guide To Graphic Design (Workman). But they also discuss many other of Chip’s book cover designs and we could not be more proud of that. Thanks […]