Here’s a quick post to share a very cool fan-made YouTube Video showcasing the Book Cover Design for the New MARVELOCITY: THE MARVEL COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS Book (Pantheon) created by the Book Designer, Chip Kidd. So, a Special THANK YOU goes out to COLLECTOR DUDE for making this, it’s awesome! ————————————————————————————————————
MARVELOCITY: ALEX ROSS & CHIP KIDD Book Signing Event in CHICAGO! Time & Location: Saturday October 27th, 2018 (5:00 to 6:00 PM) First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple 77 W Washington Street Chicago, IL 60602 “Alex Ross is a legend” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates. “You should check out his work to see what the best of the form has to offer.” One of the world’s most preeminent and well-respected comic book artists, Ross’ celebrated artistry brings the world of superheroes […]
Time & Location: Saturday, October 13th (2:00 to 5pm) Chicago Comics 3244 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 528-1983 Chicago Comics welcomes Alex Ross (Marvels, Kingdom Come, Astro City) on Saturday October 13th for a rare appearance and signing. From 2:00 – 5:00 pm he’ll be signing your favorite book, Limit 1, so choose wisely!* Chicago Comics will be the only comic shop in the midwest hosting an event for MARVELOCITY, this cannot be missed! *BONUS: Every purchase of MARVELOCITY at Chicago […]
An Official Barnes & Noble Bookstore Author Event! Time & Location: Friday October 5th, 2018 (Starts at 7:00 PM) Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 17th Street New York, NY 10003 212-253-0810 Alex Ross Art, Pantheon Books, and Barnes & Noble will host a talk and signing with the legendary Alex Ross and Chip Kidd. This is a free event, but if you’d like a signature, you must purchase a MARVELOCITY copy from Barnes & Noble. Fans who plan on buying the […]
Time & Location: New York Comic Con (NYC, NY) Saturday, October 6th, 2018 Alex Ross and Chip Kidd will participate in a MARVELOCITY (Pantheon – October 2, 2018) Lecture & Panel Discussion, followed by a signing with Alex Ross. During this must-see panel, Ross will chat about the new book, his artistic process, comic art, and much much more. Each ticket includes a signed copy of MARVELOCITY, a limited-edition print of Origins: Black Panther, and the signing of one additional personal item. Please note that fans […]
YES! YES! YES! The Crew over at KAPOW COMIC BOOK SHOW did an amazing Book Review for Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor’s, “Batman: Death by Design” (DC Comics). So, Please Check It Out! ————————————————————————————————————
ABOUT MARVELOCITY Marvelocity by Alex Ross will be published on October 2, 2018 by Pantheon Books. Thirteen years after his Eisner Award-winning, nationally best-selling Mythology – here is the long-awaited Marvel Comics counterpart, a retrospective celebration of the other half of the comics galaxy that is currently ruling the world: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, the Avengers, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Fantastic Four. Ross brings the heroes of the Marvel universe into dynamic […]
Just a quick shout out, we wanna thank the guys over at the BRUSHES OF DOOM website for doing a kick ass BOOK OF THE WEEK Review Video (see down below) all about the “ROUGH JUSTICE: The DC COMICS SKETCHES of ALEX ROSS” book edited by Chip Kidd. They covered it pretty damn well. No, seriously! It gives you a really good idea about what this book is about… a Focus on the amazing comic book artwork of Alex […]
A friend emailed me the other day saying that the official QUOTE ADDICTS website was going crazy with memes themed around the “idea of wise words about graphic design”. One of the designers who made the list was Chip Kidd. So, I thought I’d post a few of them here for fun. Their site has many more so please be sure to check them out sometime. OK, HERE WE GO!
Massive Goods announced on Monday that Pantheon Books (Maus, Persepolis) will publish Gengoroh Tagame‘s My Brother’s Husband(Otōto no Otto) manga in English. The first two-in-one omnibus volume is slated for June 2017. Massive Goods describes the story: My Brother’s Husband is a family drama that begins with the auspicious arrival of Mike, a Canadian who has come to pay respects to the family of his recently deceased Japanese husband Ryoji, whose only remaining immediate family member is Yaichi—an identical twin […]