Here’s some pretty amazing news we knew we had to share. Chris Ware’s new book, RUSTY BROWN (Pantheon), has been reviewed by the New York Times. This is seriously a big deal!! Here’s a LINK to check it out, just CLICK HERE! ————————————————————————————————————
With the publication of RUSTY BROWN (Pantheon), Chris Ware joins the Virtual Memories Show Podcast to talk about how he and his art changed over the 18 (on-and-off) years since he began the project. We talk about the nature of memory, the experience of time, and the purpose of empathy (or empathy as the purpose of human life). We get into art and its role in organizing consciousness, the give-and-take of self-doubt, his impact on comics and other cartoonists, the […]
The new book by Chris Ware, RUSTY BROWN (Pantheon 2019), is starting to get some attention… whew! For example: Christopher Borrelli, a Book Reviewer over at The CHICAGO TRIBUNE, just wrote a very excellent (and super-detailed) review about Ware’s latest Graphic Novel. We just wanted to share it… so, please just CLICK HERE! ————————————————————————————————————
BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL 2019 Saturday, October 19th, 2019 (Starts at 5:15 PM) Graphic Designer Chip Kidd will be at this year’s 2019 BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL. He will be a part of a very special event titled, “THE PEANUTS PAPERS” where he will join Chris Ware, Andrew Blauner, & Clifford Thompson to discuss the impact that the comic strip PEANUTS, created by Charles M. Schultz, has had on the world. This lecture series will be moderated by Hillary Chute. The Boston […]
On June 20th, at 6:30 PM in New York City, the Designer Chip Kidd was honored to be a Special LIVE Guest on the “PERSON PLACE THING” Podcast. This happened at the MAD Museum in NYC. This was a LIVE EVENT (on stage) where the Host of the Podcast, Randy Cohen, interviewed Chip Kidd under the premise they he would discuss his favorite “Person”, then “Place” & then “Thing”. Here is PART ONE of the interview (and we’ll share PART […]
In stores now, Marvel Comics has just released SPIDER-MAN #1 written by J. J. Abrams & Henry Abrams. Illustrated by Sara Pichelli (Cover Art by Oliver Coipel). Now, this is a brand-new beginning for Spider-man & it’s a really great story line too so we’re all very excited!! Here’s the Official BOOK TRAILER for Spider-Man #1! But wait, there’s more! The cool thing is… the Book Designer, Chip Kidd, designed one of the variant covers & we’re really excited about […]
Okay, this news is almost too surreal to share but it’s the main reason we’re doing so, ha! Neil Gaiman was recently contacted by the Apple Computer Company to see if it would be alright if they used a small sample of his now super-famous “Inspirational Commencement Speech” that he did at the University of the Arts in 2012. The YouTube video of this speech as garnered over 1 million views! if you have never seen it before we have […]
This post is just a quick shout out directed towards Chris Ware to congratulate him on getting a great book review over at KIRKUS REVIEWS. Here’s a LINK to check it out, so please do that. ————————————————————————————————————
Quote from Bottleneck Gallery: “We are thrilled to announce our JURASSIC PARK ART project with the original designer Chip Kidd to release a screen printed / letterpress deluxe hybrid poster with a blind emboss and signature / numbering by Chip Kidd himself! The JURASSIC PARK logo is one of the most recognizable images in not only film, but in CULTURE. It has been endlessly spoofed, homage, honored and stolen and become the mark of a franchise with over 5 films […]
Here’s a quick post to share a very interesting interview done by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY with Chris Ware about his new book titled, “Rusty Brown” (Pantheon, 2019). Here’s the LINK to the article. Please be sure to share this on your favorite social media! The press on this new book has been amazing! Thank you PW & Congrats to Chris Ware too! ————————————————————————————————————