The work of a renowned comic book artist is coming to the Dunn Museum in Libertyville, Illinois. Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross will be on exhibit from March 9 through September 8, 2019.

Considered one of the greatest artists in the field of comic books, Alex Ross has created some of the most iconic images known to fans today. For nearly 30 years, he has revitalized classic superheroes into works of fine art by illustrating characters including Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Storm from the X-Men, the Avengers, Black Panther and many more.

“The Dunn Museum is honored to be working with Alex Ross on his first museum exhibition in the Chicago metropolitan area,” said Andrew Osborne, superintendent of educational facilities at the Lake County Forest Preserves, which operates the Dunn Museum. “We have talked about doing a comic book exhibit for years. Given the current popularity of Marvel and the release of the “Marvelocity” book, we think the timing is perfect for an exhibition of this type. We are grateful for the opportunity to present Alex Ross’ remarkable body of work.”

Alex Ross, often referred to as the “Norman Rockwell of comics,” started his craft at a young age. When he was 3, he was drawing TV commercials from memory, and by 13 he was scripting and drawing his own original comics. Ten years later at the age of 23, Ross was hired by Marvel Comics to illustrate Marvel’s central characters in the groundbreaking comic book event, Marvels (1994). Ross jokes that drawing superheroes was his only realistic option if he couldn’t actually become one.

“Dunn Museum visitors will experience a mini-documentary focusing on Ross’ work at all stages of his life,” said Steve Furnett, exhibitions and collections manager at the Dunn Museum. “The gallery will include both 2D and 3D work featuring some of Marvels greatest heroes and villains. Visitors will follow the artist’s journey from a young comic book fan, through art school, to becoming the creator of some of the comic world’s most iconic images,” he said.

“Marvelocity” is his latest release, a curated collection of his best Marvel works over his career. The book, which includes painted pages, covers, childhood artwork, and never-before-seen art, reunites Ross with author Chip Kidd and photographer Geoff Spear, who worked with Ross on a 2003 book, “Mythology,” a collection of his best works for DC Comics.

Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County
1899 West Winchester Road
Libertyville, IL. 60048
Phone: (847) 968-3400

Gallery Hours
Tuesday–Saturday 10 am–5 pm
Sundays 12–5 pm
Mondays Closed (Exception: The Museum will be open from 10 am–5pm on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day.)
FREE First and Third Thursday Nights: The Dunn Museum is open until 8 pm on the first and third Thursdays of every month with free admission after 5 pm. Free admission sponsored by USG.

General Admission
$6 Adults
$3 Seniors ages 62 and better (During the month of October, seniors’ admission is free)
$3 Youth ages 4–17 (limit 10 youth per adult), students ages 18–25 (with proper identification)
Free Children ages 3 and under
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Discount Tuesdays
$3 Adults
$1.50 Seniors ages 62 and better
$1.50 Youth ages 4–17 (with five to 10 youth per adult), students ages 18–25 (with proper identification)
Free Youth ages 4–17 (limit four youth per adult)
Free Children ages 3 and under

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In the world of comic book artists, Alex Ross is a superhero. He’s been called the Norman Rockwell of comics and has put his imprint on Superman, Spiderman, Aquaman and Captain America.

Ross wields his superpower in his paintbrush and he allowed “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Anthony Mason into his secret lair to discuss his love of Comic Book Characters, his Artwork Process, and his new book, Marvelocity (Pantheon).

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YES! YES! YES! The Crew over at KAPOW COMIC BOOK SHOW did an amazing Book Review for Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor’s, “Batman: Death by Design” (DC Comics). So, Please Check It Out!

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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 life as never before. With an introduction by J.J. Abrams, MARVELOCITY includes more than 50 previously unpublished sketches, working models, and other preparatory art, and a 14-panel portfolio gallery of Marvel’s most beloved characters. MARVELOCITY also contains a new 10-page story by Ross that pits Spider-Man against the Sinister Six and ends with a stunning twist. The first printing is 75,000 copies.

In the last decade, Marvel has created the most successful franchise in cinematic history by deftly telling compelling stories about characters that audiences love. Currently, Ross works exclusively for Marvel, though he has also worked for DC Comics. He has an enormous fan base that continues to grow. He works exclusively in pencil, ink, and paint on paper, completely by hand, with no computer enhancement. MARVELOCITY chronicles this creative process.

“Alex is a legend. Even if you don’t consider yourself a comics-head, you should check out his work to see what the best of the form has to offer.” –Ta-Nehisi Coates

As he did for the DC characters in Mythology, Alex Ross now brings the heroes of the Marvel universe into dynamic life as never before. Marvelocity includes more than 50 never-been-published sketches, paintings, photographs and working models, and other preparatory art, and a 14-panel portfolio gallery of Marvel’s most beloved characters. And Ross has written a new 10-page story pitting Spider-Man against the Sinister Six–the webslinger’s most popular villains–that ends with a stunning twist.

Ross was born in 1970 in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Lubbock, Texas. He studied painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and after graduation, he worked at the Leo Burnett advertising agency as an in-house artist. His first published comics work appeared shortly after that, and he soon went out on his own. He has won every comics industry accolade many times over, including ten Will Eisner Awards. He lives with his family in Chicago.

MARVELOCITY:
THE MARVEL COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS
By ALEX ROSS and CHIP KIDD

With an introduction by J. J. Abrams

Full Color Hardcover / $45

Product details

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!

Dan Greenfield, over at the always amazing 13th DIMENSION website, recently got together with Chip Kidd to discuss the release of Frank Miller’s BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Special Gallery Edition.

For anyone who has not heard about this book it is totally amazing! To read the full interview please CLICK HERE!

Basically what happened was DC Comics reprinted this classic graphic novel in a DELUXE FORMAT hardcover book but instead of a regular colorized “comic book” version they published it using the original art from the book. In other words, they show the black and white inked pages without color and in their original glory.

It’s pretty cool and the quality is awesome! (Disclaimer: Chip Kidd didn’t design the cover to this book)

In the interview Chip Kidd discusses how he came about to own, not one, but two of the actual pages of the original art by Frank Miller that were used for this book (shown down below).

Also, as a side note, we would like to mention that Chip Kidd did design the cover to the previous, original, reprinting of this graphic novel by DC Comics, both front and back, and we’re sharing pics of those here:

Oh yeah, if you would like a copy of the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns “Gallery Edition” book then please CLICK HERE!

This post is just a friendly quick reminder that the BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE: SKETCH COVERS Art Show is still happening at the Society of Illustrators Art Gallery in New York City and will run until November 7th.

There are way over 80 different artists featured in this event and the variety is amazing! Down below is a video they did of the opening reception and it will give you an idea of the incredible artwork presented there.

Also, for more details about the gallery, just CLICK HERE!

On October 7, 2015, come celebrate “Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers” with a free opening reception! The event begins at 6:00 p.m. and features a cash bar for attendees. Come see 88 Batman-related pieces of art created by Artists, Cartoonists, Illustrators, and Designers that is on display now. For more information please be sure to visit our “Next Appearance” page. Event starts at 6:00 pm.

Society of Illustrators
128 East 63 Street
New York, NY

Also, For More Details Just CLICK HERE

It’s now official! The ART LECTURE event for the “BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE: The Sketch Covers” show is on Tuesday, September 29th and it starts at 6:30 pm and runs until 8:00 pm or maybe a little bit later. One thing to remember is that this is just a few days before the 2015 New York Comic Con. So, if you have plans to go to NYCC then you should also make plans to visit this show.

Now, if you can’t make the lecture then don’t worry. The actual show opened on September 9th and will run until November 7th, 2015. So even if you can’t make this new lecture event you still have time to enjoy the artwork.

For the location of the Art Gallery and to purchase tickets just CLICK HERE!