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New Chip Kidd Book Cover/Design – WIDESPREAD PANIC: A NOVEL by James Ellroy #Knopf

WIDESPREAD PANIC: A NOVEL by James Ellroy From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine. Freddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to know in ‘50s L.A. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp—and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet—and delivered the dirt, […]

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Foreign Policy Book Review: GENIUSES AT WAR (How World War II Code-Breakers Created the Modern Digital World)

Here’s a quick shout out to Author David A. Price for receiving this amazing review over at the FOREIGN POLICY website for his latest book, “GENIUSES AT WAR: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of The Digital Age” (Knopf). Of course we’re featuring it here because the book (& it’s cover design) was designed by Chip Kidd. But seriously, this book deserves all the praise it gets, it’s got a very well thought out story line with historic details. […]

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BOOK TRAILER VIDEO – FRANCIS BACON: REVELATIONS by Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan #Knopf

Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan chart the life and art of the formidable Francis Bacon, a towering figure in 20th century art. Through 25 choice images, the duo sketch a more varied, nuanced, and surprising character than typically known of the celebrated bon vivant. The conversation is expanded by art critic, curator, and artist Robert Storr, bringing together three luminaries of contemporary art writing. If you CLICK HERE you can view a 1-hour video featuring these two […]

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New Chip Kidd Book Cover : First Person Singular – Stories by Haruki Murakami #Knopf

First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and […]

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Spark & Fire Podcast: Chip Kidd Interview About the Dinosaur Cover for Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park”

SPARK & FIRE PODCAST recently did a profile on the Designer who created the Iconic “Jurassic Park” Book Cover. Back in the day, a Designer named Chip Kidd got a dream assignment: Create an iconic book cover for a soon-to-be-blockbuster: Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. And when the pressure to perform is that high, it’s easy to get creatively paralyzed. SPARK & FIRE follows Chip on his journey in and out of stuck-ness as he creates one of […]

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New Chip Kidd Book Cover: “ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY” By Billie Jean King #Knopf

Coming to a Store Near You! Here’s a very recent Book Cover Design at Knopf by Chip Kidd. This is for “ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY” by Billie Jean King. An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice.In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life’s journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career–six years as […]

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New Chip Kidd Book Cover: “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” by Lawrence Wright #Knopf

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 […]

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CARTOONIST KAYFABE Book Review ~ BATMAN: ANIMATED SERIES Book by Paul Dini & Chip Kidd #Batman

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 […]

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Book Tour Video: Rescuing the Planet with Tony Hiss

Tony Hiss, author of the new book, “Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth”, is on a Book Tour, well sort of. In the age of Covid-19 Mr. Hiss is doing a lot of speaking engagements on ZOOM. Down below is a recent example. Then, we found a graphic that shows other dates with other Podcasters & Bookstores. So be sure to check that out! Oh yeah, the Book Cover was designed by Chip Kidd! RESCUING […]

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MSNBC Interview With Stuart Stevens About His New Book, IT WAS ALL A LIE

On a recent episode of the MSNBC Podcast,”WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?”, Chris Hayes interviews Stuart Stevens on his new book, “IT WAS ALL A LIE” (Knopf). Did Donald Trump hijack the Republican party, or is he the party’s logical conclusion? Having spent decades as a political operative putting Republicans in office, Stuart Stevens argues it’s the latter. His new book “It Was All a Lie” (Knopf) sifts through the party’s decades-long march that led to the election of President Trump […]

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