Pantheon Books, the company that publishes the greatest Graphic Novels in the world, will be at the 2013 MoCCA ARTS FESTIVAL on April 6th and 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, NY. For more info: CLICK HERE!

Ben Katchor will be there signing his new book “Hand-Drying in America” (Chip Kidd designed this cover!) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., and David Mazzucchelli will be there at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday to sign copies of his incredible book, “Asterios Polyp”. Hope to see you there!! As a side note: Chip Kidd will not be at this event.

Yes, the title of this post is kind of confusing but looking at the photos here should explain everything! A Company called STANDARD DESIGNS has released a series of Art Prints where they have made “Book Cover Spines” that are parodies of actual Record Albums originally done by two bands, Joy Division & New Order. Well, they have done other bands too, but who cares!

Just to clarify, the second photo, is not one of the print images but a very close-up detail shot of the 1st photo.

We thought these parodies were wacky, clever, & fun. So, if you do too then please be sure to visit their site for more information & eye candy!

Hey, just CLICK HERE!

Due to enthusiastic public interest, Book Cover Designer Chip Kidd will now speak at the DAYS INN, 240 S. Pugh Street at 7:15pm on Thursday, April 4th. Free and open to the public. Limited seating is first come, first-served.

For more information please CLICK HERE!

This year Book Author & Writer Neil Gaiman has been placed in Time Magazine’s latest poll titled “THE TIME 100” . So, since he’s a friend, we’re asking everybody to please go vote for him! Hey, this guy deserves it. His books and writing are amazing. You can easily place your vote by CLICKING HERE and then pressing the “Absolutely” button. Yeah, we said it was simple, so please do it now if you can. Thanks!

We recently discovered a cool blog named CORPUS LIBRIS that has a very fun unique concept. They share photos that people have taken where the picture shows them with a real-life BOOK JACKET COVER very strategically placed in the photo to blend in with their own body. You have seen these before, sometimes they’re really very clever! Well, that website has a ton of them and you could easily spend an hour or two of your time just laughing! Here a few we wanted to share, but for the full effect you need to visit their webpage, so please CLICK HERE!

As an important side-note we should mention that a few of these book covers were designed by Chip Kidd like, Jay McInerney’s THE JUICE and a few Book Covers for Japanese Author, Haruki Murakami.

OK, this post is more for fun than anything but I guess it also holds some Historical value too so this could be fun. Here are some random vintage photos we have come across lately showing some Famous Authors… when they were teenagers!

The first Victim, I mean Author, is a picture of Neil Gaiman when he was very young. That’s the photo up above, but you should get that because, really, he still looks the same!

Now I bet that if I didn’t tell you who this next photo is you might have a hard time guessing, give it a try. OK, that’s long enough. This is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain. He’s shown here at the tender age of 15! Yes, he does sort of look like Huckleberry Finn, ha!

Next up is a favorite of many Classic Book Readers, this is an old yearbook photo of our favorite “Catcher in The Rye” Writer, J. D. Salinger. He’s only 17 years old in this picture but, to me anyways, looks a lot older.

The next photo here is another 17 year old. Later in life in wrote such books as “The Old Man and the Sea” and “The Sun Also Rises”. Of course, we’re talking about the great American Novelist, Ernest Hemingway.

Now Last, but not least, is another photo you might have a hard time guessing who this is. But shown here, as Robin (The Boy Wonder!) is Chip Kidd himself! This extremely serious Batman Fan grew-up to write two novels, “The Cheese Monkeys” and “The Learners”. OK, he seems a lot younger here “than a Teenager”, but I just wanted to share this fun photo, ha!

This is exciting news! Well, it’s fun news for all of us here at CHIPKIDD.COM anyway, ha! Yesterday we added a nice new selection of BOOK COVER DESIGN photos to our Gallery Page. This brings the total to about 146 designs & we have many more to go! So, please be sure to check back every now and then. Also, I bet you yourself even own a book or two that Chip Kidd has designed. Go take a look! Please CLICK HERE!

Because we are totally crazy goo-goo about our love of reading books and collecting them we sometimes like to feature photos of extremely cool ideas for Book Storage. Here are some examples of some amazing book shelf ideas and special Designer-made shelves.

Also, I have always wanted one of those “Secret Hidden Room” Moving-Bookcases, ha ha!

Here’s a reproduction of a page from a Vintage PEANUTS Comic Strip Paperback Book. It features the character SALLY having the best day of her life. She is so happy she got her new Library Card, ha! Hey, if YOU don’t have one then please hit your local Library and get it now. It will be the greatest thing you ever did.

Side Note:
Here’s a Meme we made for you to share on your favorite social media site like Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Thanks!

In a recent article posted here at CHIPKIDD.COM we did a story about how the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is raising awareness of an issue of Censorship that is happening, right now, in Chicago. The book we’re talking about is a Graphic Novel drawn and written by Marjane Satrapi titled, THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS (Pantheon Books). It’s a beautiful coming of age story about a young girl growing up in in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. The book is edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking. You might recall the title of this book because it has also been made into a wonderful animated movie.

If you missed that article, then please CLICK HERE!

Anyway, here are some recent MEMES that people have created to show support for the book. Please feel free to use them in whatever social media context you want. Yes, we’re talking about sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. Thanks!! Also, we ask that you use the hashtag, #FreePersepolis