Charmaine Esmeralda, over at the MEDIUM Website, recently wrote a super-excellent article on the Book Designers who have created covers for Haruki Murakami. She does a short individual biography of Chip Kidd, John Gall & Suzanne Dean. It’s very well researched & it’s also loaded with great pictures too! To check it out, just CLICK HERE!! ————————————————————————————————————
In this recent video by the POLITICS AND PROSE Bookstore James Ellroy discusses his novel, “This Storm” (Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Ellroy, one of the top crime fiction writers working today, excels at telling large stories on an expansive canvas. He won renown first with his Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy–which included the classic American Tabloid—and cemented his reputation with his unparalleled L.A. Quartet. In his new novel, which follows Perfidia as the second volume of a projected four, […]
If you think Jim Carrey is merely a brilliant-but-quirky actor/comedian, just wait until you read his new book titled “Memoirs and Misinformation:A Novel (Knopf).” CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Carrey and co-author Dana Vachon about their new “semi-autobiographical novel.” ————————————————————————————————————
In his newest book, Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World (Knopf), former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates provides a candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations, and how it has been exercised, effectively or poorly, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity, […]
Jim Carrey was on the Graham Norton Show (BBC America) where he talked about his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel”. Now, the cool thing, is that they show the cover of the book on screen really big & Jim shares a very interesting story about the image used for the cover. As a side note, this book & it’s cover were designed by Chip Kidd. ( The book is being published by Knopf, a Division of Penguin Random […]
Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote “The End of October” before the new coronavirus was discovered in China, but some of its chapters feel ripped from today’s headlines. In the video down below, Wright joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss returning to fiction after years in journalism and what inspired his prescient story. Little Side Note: This book was published by Knopf (In Stores Now!), & Chip Kidd designed the Cover! This is […]
Neemz (Nima Nakhshab) a.k.a. “The Movie Poster Guy” on Tumbler recently interviewed Chip Kidd on his Instagram Page titled, “Jurassic Your World“. The main focus of that page is “Jurassic Park” movie fandom so the topic quickly goes to Chip Kidd’s involvement with the creation of the Jurassic Park Logo. They also discuss the other Book Covers he has designed & other Graphic Design Commissions. Overall, a really great interview! To hear/see it just click down below:
Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Alfred A. Knopf has decided to delay publication of a new book co-written by Jim Carrey. The Actor’s latest book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel”, co-written with Dana Vachon, is now set to be published on July 7th, 2020. The book (Cover designed by Chip Kidd) was originally set to be published on May 5th. The book’s tentative publication date is now July 7th. ————————————————————————————————————
Here’s some fun news. The Actor Jim Carrey appeared on “Lights Out With David Spade” and the coolest thing about it was he got the cover to his new book (published by Knopf, designed by Chip Kidd), “Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel”, shown on National TV!! Hey, Don’t believe us?? Well, just check out the video down below, ha! Congrats Jim Carrey! Memoirs and Misinformation: A NOVEL By JIM CARREY and DANA VACHON Hardcover May 05, 2020 by Knopf ISBN […]
The Eisner Award–nominated tribute to Charles M. Schulz—newly repackaged for the 70th anniversary of Peanuts is due to hit book stores on September 1st, 2020. Charles M. Schulz believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what’s necessary. For 50 years, he wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world. Renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the […]