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 […]
Chip Kidd Book Signing: Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2019 – From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington D.C. 20008 This event is FREE to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. CLICK HERE for more information. ————————————————————————————————————
WOW! We just recently discovered that 2 Books by Designer/Author Chip Kidd have now been translated into the Polish Language! It’s so cool to see these in another language even if you can’t understand Polish, ha! One is the “GO! The Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design” Book & the other one is Kidd’s TED ORIGINAL Book (TED Talks Lecture) . And if you would like a copy of either of these here’s where you can buy them! Just CLICK HERE! […]
Down below is a wonderfully done YouTube Video showcasing the design of the Book Jacket and Case for “Killing Commendatore”, the latest Novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Knopf on October 9th, 2018. Chip Kidd was the Lead Designer & Art Director for the “look of the book”. To Learn More and Purchase Your Copy, Just CLICK HERE! ————————————————————————————————————
In this very well put together YouTube Video by Designer MEAD McCLEAN he discusses the Book Cover Dust Jacket and Interior Page Design of the Hardcover version of Haruki Murakami’s “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage”. Mostly, this talk focuses on the use of the central “hand image” and its integration with elements of the story. Plus, it shows off some of the unique qualities of the book’s design, great job Mead & thank you! […]
Lila Shapiro, a Reporter/Blogger over at VULTURE Magazine’s online website, recently conducted an extensive interview with the Designer Chip Kidd about “The Stories Behind Haruki Murakami’s Most Iconic Book Covers”. This covers (excuse the pun!) the over-25 year history of Chip Kidd designing Book Covers for all of the “Haruki Murakami” First Editions published for the American Market(English Language versions). It’s pretty well done & lavishly illustrated with nice sharp photos of all the Murakami book covers that they talk […]
ABOUT MARVELOCITY Marvelocity by Alex Ross will be published on October 2, 2018 by Pantheon Books. Thirteen years after his Eisner Award-winning, nationally best-selling Mythology – here is the long-awaited Marvel Comics counterpart, a retrospective celebration of the other half of the comics galaxy that is currently ruling the world: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, the Avengers, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Fantastic Four. Ross brings the heroes of the Marvel universe into dynamic […]
We want to thank everyone over at the POPMATTERS website, especially J. M. Suarez, for doing such a wonderful job on their Book Review for “CHIP KIDD: BOOK TWO”. It was very well thought out, very clear & precise, plus…. We think they liked it, ha! Thanks J.M. Everybody please check it out, here’s a LINK! ————————————————————————————————————
Just a quick shout out, we wanna thank the guys over at the BRUSHES OF DOOM website for doing a kick ass BOOK OF THE WEEK Review Video (see down below) all about the “ROUGH JUSTICE: The DC COMICS SKETCHES of ALEX ROSS” book edited by Chip Kidd. They covered it pretty damn well. No, seriously! It gives you a really good idea about what this book is about… a Focus on the amazing comic book artwork of Alex […]
This is just a quick teaser-announcement about a brand-new book on the Book Cover Design Work by Designer Chip Kidd. Later this year, in the fall, Rizzoli has plans to unleash Chip Kidd Book Two: Work 2007-2017, with introductions by Haruki Murakami, Neil Gaiman and Orhan Pamuk! You can see the front and back book cover designs up above and then for people unfamiliar with why this is “Book Two” here is an example of what the first book in […]