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Check Out THE HISTORY OF BATMAN Podcast Interview with Designer CHIP KIDD!

  This week, THE HISTORY OF BATMAN Podcast interviewed graphic designer and Batman writer Chip Kidd from New York Comic Con! Londyn and his co-host, Mason Booker, talk with Chip about his journey into becoming a modern book jacket designer, his life-long fandom of BATMAN, and how he became part of the Dark Knight’s celebrated history with his book, “Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan” (Pantheon Books), exploring the lost art of the Batman Manga during the 1960s. Listen in to this riveting interview […]

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November 30th #ADCC DESIGN NEW YORK – Showcases 6 of the Best NY Graphic Art Studios

  If you live anywhere near Toronto then you need to attend an event there on November 20th titled, “DESIGN NEW YORK“. It will be hosted by the Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC). The  main speaker and guest curator will be Paula Scher of Pentagram, and it will display work from six of New York’s most celebrated design studios – each of which will receive its own poster design treatment by Underline (The poster for Chip Kidd is featured down below).  Also, just […]

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#BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE – Custom Comic Book Cover Art by Bill Sienkiewicz!

  Here’s a quick post to share some amazing artwork done very recently by the amazing comic book artist, Bill Sienkiewicz. Designer Chip Kidd commissioned this special cover on a blank “variant cover” copy of BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE. The art was inspired by Frank Miller’s Graphic Novel,”The Dark Knight Returns” and it features Batman with his trusty sidekick, Carrie Kelley Robin!      

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BROOKS BROTHERS is Now Offering a TRUE PREP Limited Edition Book by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd!

  OK, this is pretty cool! BROOKS BROTHERS is now offering a Special “Limited Edition” Copy of TRUE PREP by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd! You can purchase the book from their official website. For more info, just CLICK HERE!   Oh yeah, just in case you have never heard of this book check out the sales copy: From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, and designer Chip Kidd, comes a whole new take on the prep world. True Prep […]

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RED CAPES Book Review – BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN, A Graphic Novel by CHIP KIDD

  It’s always a complete honor to have your book reviewed and we always try to give a shout-out to those who do. This one is for Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN, published by DC Comics. This book review was just recently posted by Marco Sciarra over at the RED CAPES website in Italy where they cover Comics, Movies, TV Series, Video Games and much much more.     So, please be sure to check it out by clicking […]

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ILLUSTRATION AGE – Think Like A Designer with #ChipKidd

  OK, Here’s a quick shout-out to Thomas James over at the ILLUSTRATION AGE website for doing a recent story about the online classes being taught by Designer Chip Kidd. He is teaching an online “how to” class over at the SKILLSHARE website titled, THINK LIKE A DESIGNER: MAKING AN ART POSTER. Enrollment is available anytime and the classes just started so please go check it out sometime. Also… Thanks James!      

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CHIP KIDD Gets Interviewed at the NOTEBOOK ON CITIES AND CULTURE Podcast!

  Here’s a nice  item we found in our archives of an interview with Designer Chip Kidd that was done for the NOTEBOOK ON CITIES AND CULTURE Podcast awhile back. It’s a really great conversation about the importance of Art School, Chip’s obsession with the now-infamous Milgram Experiment and, also, his use of an Andres Serrano photo for a brand-new Bible book cover! They also get pretty serious talking about Chip Kidd’s 2nd novel, The Learners: The Book After The Cheese Monkeys…  Enjoy:        

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New CHIP KIDD #Skillshare Class Online Now! Think Like a Designer: Making an Art Poster

About This Class Chip Kidd is world-famous for designing some of the most innovative book covers of our time. How do his ideas come to life? This inspirational 35-minute class takes you on a journey through Chip’s process for designing an art poster, a real project he took on for the Brooklyn Book Festival in Fall 2016. As he explores his assignment, research strategy, and even graphic ideas, you’ll see how the best graphic designers — Chip amongst them — are creative and conceptual problem-solvers. […]

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Why I Love BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN, a Graphic Novel by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor

The other night I fell down the YouTube Rabbit Hole. Yes, we have all been trapped there at one time or another. But my reward was that I discovered this fun “Book Review” video on Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN Graphic Novel (DC Comics). The book has been out for awhile and it’s extremely cool that it still gets some really good attention. Yeah, we love that! This guy shares a lot of interesting information about the book and […]

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#CreativeLive Online Class: A BRAND CALLED YOU with Debbie Millman Starts August 31st

  Next Wednesday, on August 31st to be exact, DEBBIE MILLMAN will be teaching a FREE class for CREATIVE LIVE titled “A Brand Called You” Modeled after the curriculum she teaches for her “Masters in Branding”class at New York City’s School of Visual Arts (SVA). The day long course will cover “Why no one cares if you are a people person”, “Why busy is a decision”, “How to make cold calls”, “How to ask for what you want”, and “How to write a kick-ass resume”, and […]

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