If you're a fan of the graphic novel, then this is your night! Chris Ware, author of Acme Novelty and Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth joins writer Charles Burns, creator of Black Hole, to discuss their latest work with esteemed author, editor and graphic designer Chip Kidd. Ware's new novel, Building Stories and Burn's new book, The Hive, will be talked about, but so will everything from the process of writing a graphic novel to the popularity of this genre- and if that wasn't enough, slides will be shown to illustrate the talk.

This book signing & lecture event takes place at STRAND BOOKS, which is in New York City, NY. The date is October 10th, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The event will be located in the Strand’s 2nd floor Art Department at 828 Broadway at 12th Street. Admission into the event requires the purchase of a copy of “Building Stories”, “The Hive”, or a $10 Strand Gift Card. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. For more information, CLICK HERE!

Whoops, almost forgot to mention this important news!
If you are unable to attend this event you can still pre-order signed copies of both books. Just click the link up above for details.

The reason for this post is two-fold. First, it’s cover was designed by Chip Kidd. Second, this new book written by DAVID QUAMMEN, “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic”, is getting quite a bit of serious attention since it’s Oct 1st release and is quickly becoming a very important book in the world-wide Scientific community. We have included 2 videos down below: The first one is from the Author & the second one is the Official Book Trailer. The basic premise of the story is this:

The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia-but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field-netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo-with the world's leading disease scientists. In Spillover Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?

If you happen to love Graphic Novels, Books, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, or Chip Kidd then please be sure to visit the FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA on October 9th for a Lecture Series & Book Signing. The main focus of the event will be 2 brand-new Graphic Novels published by Pantheon Book, “Building Stories” by Chris Ware and “The Hive” by Charles Burns. Admission to the event is FREE so there’s absolutely NO excuse NOT to go, ha! That date/time again is Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 at 7:30PM. For more info: Please CLICK HERE!

Here’s a fun video we discovered last night on YouTube. It’s one of those demos where they “open a new product they just bought”. This one features the opening of a brand-new BUILDING STORIES Graphic Novel Book Boxed Set by Chris Ware ( Published by Pantheon Books & on sale now! )

America’s Leading Newspaper, USA TODAY, announced today that they will be starting their 2012 Print Ad Competition on October 8th. One winner will receive $1 million in ad space in USA TODAY!! With over 1.8 million readers everyday. That's a lot of eyes on your canvas.

Agencies and clients are invited to submit their most engaging and creative print ads to be reviewed by some of the most respected names in advertising and publishing, including USA TODAY publisher Larry Kramer. Also, as a side-note, we should add that Chip Kidd ( Knopf / Pantheon ) will be on the panel of judges too. For more details and information please be sure to visit their site by clicking HERE!

This post is just a friendly reminder that Chip Kidd will soon be appearing at the AIGA Minnesota 2012 DESIGN CAMP from October 5th to 7th. For more information please be sure to CLICK HERE! Also, always remember, if you ever want to know where Chip Kidd’s next Book Signing, Design Lecture or Speaking Engagement is then just be sure to visit the NEXT APPEARANCES page of this website ( TAB Button up above ).

Bill Moggridge, director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and an outspoken advocate for the value of design in everyday life, died September 8th, 2012, following a battle with cancer. He was 69. Designer of the first laptop computer and co-founder of the renowned innovation and design firm, IDEO, Bill pioneered interaction design and integrated human factors into the design of computer software and hardware.

YES YES YES! Here’s the latest movie trailer for the film-adaptation of, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, based ( of course ) on the classic children’s book written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937. Now, while the main focus of this post is the trailer, I thought it would also be fun to share this photo of the original FIRST EDITION Book Jacket ( front & back ). This beautiful cover is a total art masterpiece!

Over at the VICE MAGAZINE Website a Reporter named Nick Gazin recently interviewed Chip Kidd about his latest Graphic Novel, Batman: Death By Design ( Published by DC Comics with Artwork by Dave Taylor ). This BATMAN book has been getting a lot of attention lately and Nick did an excellent interview. Seriously, the questions are pretty clever. To check it out it please CLICK HERE. Also, Please be sure to share, tweet, & spread the news of CHIPKIDD.COM on your favorite Social Networking Site ( Facebook, Twitter, etc…). You can click some of the SHARE Buttons down below, OR use the ones located at the top-right side-bar of this page. Thanks!