In Stores Now! Here’s a very recent Book Cover Design at Knopf by Chip Kidd. This is for “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” by Lawrence Wright. LAWRENCE WRIGHT is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a playwright, a screenwriter, and the author of ten books of nonfiction, including The Looming Tower, Going Clear, and God Save Texas. His recent novel, The End of October, was a New York Times best seller. Wright’s books have […]
In a recent article of PENN STATER, the Official Magazine of the Penn State Alumni Association, Designer Chip Kidd was asked about his experience going to school there back in the mid 1980’s. This is his answer, in Comic Strip form, ha! You can also follow this LINK to read the short interview they did. Thanks Penn State!
Before there was Charlie Brown, there was Schulz. Take a delightful look into the magic of PEANUTS, its creator, and the lasting legacy he left on the world. A Brand-New Documentary about CHARLES M. SCHULZ (PEANUTS Creator & Cartoonist) will be premiering JUNE 25th, 2021 on Apple TV+. The Title of it is , “WHO ARE YOU, CHARLIE BROWN?” This documentary will be narrated by Lupita Nyong’o, Directed by Michael Bonfiglio, and Produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard. Many […]
Here’s a very cool video by CARTOONIST KAYFABE (with Hosts: Ed Piskor & Jim Rugg) and it’s basically a Book Review about BATMAN: ANIMATED, a Book by Paul Dini & Chip Kidd. Now keep in mind that this book will not be coming out soon because it was published back in ©1998 & is kind of hard to find. So why a review now?? Because everyone STILL loves BATMAN: the Animated Series!! For a lot of people it’s considered the […]
JURASSIC PARK: THE ORIGINAL TOPPS TRADING CARD SERIES by the Topps Company Introduction by Gary Gerani Afterword by Chip Kidd HARDCOVER Price: $24.99 Additional formats: Ebook Publisher: Abrams ComicArts Publication Date: April 26, 2022 Journey back to where it all started in this deluxe collection of the classic Topps trading cards from 1993—just in time for the theatrical release of Jurassic World: Dominion Jurassic Park was an immediate blockbuster and has gone on to become a multimedia franchise with […]
On the final day of CCXP Worlds (Dec. 6th, 2020), Bruno Porto interviewed New York-based Graphic Designer, Writer and Editor Chip Kidd about Comic Books, Graphic Design, & Book Production. Anyway, here it is, please be sure to check it out! ————————————————————————————————————
On October 2nd, 2020 graphic designer Chip Kidd and comic author/illustrator Patrick McDonnell got together at the Strand Bookstore in NYC to celebrate the release of the 70th anniversary edition of “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts” (Abrams). This event was live-streamed on The Strand’s Facebook Page & we have embedded the video down below so you can check it out! The Eisner Award–nominated tribute to Charles M. Schulz—newly repackaged for the 70th anniversary of […]