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The 13th DIMENSION “Chip Kidd” Interview Continues with the #BATMAN FAMOUS 1ST EDITION

  Dan Greenfield, a writer/reporter for the always brilliant 13th DIMENSION website, has been interviewing a ton of Batman-related artists and writers lately and here is a shout-out for an interview he did with the designer and author, Chip Kidd (This is actually “Part 2” in a continuing series). Anyone who knows Chip knows he is crazy about “Batman”, ha ha, so they get pretty serious about the character. In this segment (link down below) they discuss the BATMAN #1 “Famous 1st Edition” Treasury […]

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VIDEO: Interview with J. D. McClatchy about the American Poet, James Merrill #Poetry

  Please be sure to check out this wonderful video by Langdon Hammer where he interviews J. D. McClatchy about the Great American Poet, James Merrill (pictured up above).          

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#CBLDF Announces New 2016 Membership Incentives, Featuring Art by CRAIG THOMPSON!

  Become a member of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, and help preserve comics as a vital medium for this century! CBLDF’s work defending the right to read is more important than ever. But we can’t do it without your support! When you join CBLDF in 2016, we’ll thank you with the best incentives in the free speech community, starting off with a membership card and member exclusives featuring stunning art by acclaimed cartoonist Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi, Space Dumplings)! […]

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FREE #CBLDF Defender Magazine #4 with Cover by Frank Miller

  Here is the latest issue of DEFENDER Magazine from the CBLDF non-profit organization. For friends that don’t know that stand for “Comic Book Legal Defense Fund” and they help defend censorship of comics. As a side-note: Chip Kidd is on the Board of Directors. In this issue: They start with an exclusive interview with the one-and-only Frank Miller (Sin City, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, 300, etc…), sharing his thoughts on DK3, censorship, pushing boundaries in comics, and more! Look back […]

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Designer Chip Kidd Spotted at the STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Movie Premier!

  OK, here’s a quick post to share a few fun photos shot by Chip Kidd when he was at the STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Movie Premier in Hollywood, CA. While there he got to meet many of the Actors from the new film. Here are a few favorites. First, he is spotted with Director J. J. Abrams and then, Anthony Daniels, who you might already know, is the Actor who plays C-3PO!   May The Force Be With You, Always.

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NEWSARAMA Interview - CHIP KIDD Revisits CHARLES SCHULZ’s Early #PEANUTS Work & Original Art For New Meaning

    Zach Smith, a Guest Contributor over at the NEWSARAMA Comic Book News Website, recently conducted an extensive interview with the Book Designer (and Author) Chip Kidd about his latest book, “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts” (Abrams). They get pretty deep about the creation of this book and the importance of Charles M. Schulz and the wonderful Peanuts characters that he drew for 50 years. Here’s a LINK to check it and please do because […]

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Boing Boing’s RIYL PODCAST Interviews Designer Chip Kidd on His New ART OF PEANUTS Book

  The Always Super-Awesome BOING BOING website has a very fun podcast called RIYL (Recommend If You Like) and they recently talked with Chip Kidd about Graphic Design, Book Covers, His New “Art of Peanuts” Book, and the Future of Books in a Digital World.        

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HOUSTON CHRONICLE Book Review - Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of #Peanuts

  OK, real quick, we want to thank Andrew Dansby over at the HOUSTON CHRONICLE Newspaper for writing such a wonderful book review for Chip Kidd’s latest book, “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts” (Published by Abrams). Now, we had a link to the article all ready to go but today we found out that it’s only available online for a short time and then they make you register on their website to view it later. So […]

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KCRW RADIO - Guest DJ Project with Designer Chip Kidd

  Earlier this year Chip Kidd was asked to be a Guest DJ on the KCRW Radio Show. The basic premise is that you, as a special guest, pick out 5 songs that you consider to be very important and/or meaningful to your life. Here are his top picks: Tracklist: 1. The Partridge Family - “I Think I Love You” 2. New Order - “The Perfect Kiss (Extended Version)” 3. The ‘Letter Aria’ from the opera Emmeline, by Tobias Picker, libretto by […]

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