Louise Angrilli, over at the Melbourne Review of Books website, recently posted a fresh review on Chip Kidd’s latest book titled, “JUDGE THIS.”. This new book is a part of the TED TALKS book series published by Simon & Schuster (in stores now). Reading the review you can tell that Louise really loves both Books and Graphic Design. Her article has a lot of depth and we always appreciate well-written reviews. Thanks Louise! To read the full review please CLICK HERE!
Right now you can view the 2015 ABRAMS COMICARTS online catalog for FREE!! I mean, hey it’s posted right down below!! Also, the thing that is ultra cool is that the front cover graphic this year celebrates the Brand-New Hardcover Book coming out October 20th by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear titled, ONLY WHAT’S NECESSARY: CHARLES M. SCHULZ AND THE ART OF PEANUTS (Abrams). ABRAMS COMICARTS publishes high quality, contemporary, groundbreaking illustrated books about the legends and history of comics art, animation, and […]
We want to congratulate Book Designer, Author, and Editor Chip Kidd on receiving this year’s 2015 INKPOT AWARD at the recent San Diego Comic-Con International!! Inkpot Awards are given to individuals for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services. Chip won in the “Comic Arts” Category and the wonderful thing about this award, besides the amazing honor, is that they do not announce that you have even been nominated until the exact moment they are given […]
Over at the always amazing DIGITAL TELEPATHY website Brent Summers conducted an interview with Penguin Random House book designer Chip Kidd about rising to the occasion, hard work and making a great impression—every time. This was in connection to the release of Chip’s latest book, “JUDGE THIS.” (Simon & Schuster). “JUDGE THIS” is a part of the TED BOOK series and is based on a TED TALKS video shown down below. We wanna thank Brent Summers for a great interview. […]
The Author, Editor, & Designer Chip Kidd will be making a ton of appearances at this year’s 2015 San Diego Comic Con! The SDCC event runs from Thursday, July 9th, until Sunday, July 12th. For a complete schedule please be sure to visit the NEXT APPEARANCE page. Chip will be there to promote “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts”. It will be published by Abrams ComicArts and is coming out on October 20th, 2015. Also – Chip Kidd, along […]
In collaboration with the San Diego Comic Con the comic book industry has an event known as THE EISNER AWARDS. It’s named after the extremely prolific and highly influential Graphic Novel Artist/Writer, Will Eisner. This year, 2015, the designer Chip Kidd made the list along with his two partners in crime, Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins. Their nomination is for the book, “Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It”, published by Fantagraphics. Their spot is located in the “Best Anthology” […]
Comic Book Fans and readers of Graphic Novels know that there are times when these forms of art are under attack. Yes, censorship still exists for comics in 2015! The leading non-profit organization against this is the Comic Book legal Defense Fund. Also known as “CBLDF“. We would also like to mention that this year’s new logo was drawn/created by the Cartoonist, Michael Cho. Here’s what he had to say, “I support the CBLDF because freedom of expression is a […]
Check out this extremely cool image of a new movie poster that just premiered around the world! This is for the JURASSIC WORLD film coming to theaters on June 12, 2015. Now, why are we excited about it? Well, not only is this a super-great franchise and we can’t wait to see it, but the Designer Chip Kidd is very well known for creating the original “Jurassic Park” Logo and they are still using his design… OH YEAH!
Comic-Con International revealed the art for this year’s Souvenir Book at a special event co-sponsored with the CBLDF. The event, part of Will Eisner Week, was held at the Society of Illustrators in New York City on Wednesday, March 4. The CCI/CBLDF event was part of an ongoing series of education programs offered by the two organizations. This year’s book features an incredible cover by illustrator Michael Cho (whose book, Shoplifter (Pantheon), was one of the best reviewed graphic novels […]
To launch the 10th season of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Isaac Mizrahi about why he loves fashion and why he does so many things outside of fashion.