This morning I woke-up to happily discover that a favorite popular website in the UK, named FORBIDDEN PLANET INTERNATIONAL, wrote a very excellent Book Review for Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s DC Comics’ Graphic Novel, BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN. It was very well-written by a Blogger/Reporter named Zainab. So, Please CLICK HERE and give it a quick read! ( Thanks Zainab )

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! )

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!

This is a limited edition, archival, facsimile print of the cover painting used for issue no.18 of the comic Eightball by Daniel Clowes. It has been reproduced at a 1:1 scale to match the size of the original painting that is currently on display as a key part of the "Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes" touring museum exhibition.

This gicl e print was created to the highest standards of production under supervision of the artist. The finest quality materials were used including an eleven color, high dynamic range, process inkset on conservation grade 100% cotton acid and lignin free paper and tested by the Fine Arts Trade Guild and guaranteed to resist fading and discoloration in excess of seventy five-years. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist and includes a registered certificate of authenticity. Don't miss out on this chance to have a museum quality piece of art for your very own. For more information please be sure to visit DANIELCLOWES.COM

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. OK, Who has not heard of this extremely successful book series? It’s taking the Publishing & Book Reading World by storm! It was written by British Author E. L. James in 2011 and has quickly become THE major hit of the season. In fact, this book has topped best-seller lists around the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States. The series has sold over 40 million copies worldwide and set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, even surpassing the Harry Potter Series. We should also note it was published by Vintage Books ( Random House ).

So, who is E. L. James? Well, ABC News 20/20 Reporter, Elizabeth Vargas, gets this early interview:

Here’s a quick post to share some interesting Literary History. Here are actual Vintage Magazine Ads for “New Books Coming Out”. The 1st one is for Cormac McCarthy’s Novel OUTER DARK ( Published by Random House in 1968 ). Then we have Ernest Hemingway’s THE SUN ALSO RISES ( 1926 ), Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five ( 1969 ), and A.A. Milne’s WINNIE THE POOH ( 1926 ).

A special THANK YOU goes out to the BIFF BAM POP Website for doing a wonderful Book Review for THE ART AND MAKING OF THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. This is the recently published book that Chip Kidd designed for Abrams. It tells the story of how all three of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies were made. Anyway, Blogger Andy Burns wrote an excellent review. Please CLICK HERE to check it out!! ( Thanks Andy! )

OK, first off, we gotta say that this video might contain spoilers if you have not read the book yet. Here’s a wonderful “Book Review” Video that explains a true sci-fi classic, “Fahrenheit 451″ by Ray Bradbury. It’s a dystopian novel that the Author wrote in 1953 and has since become a must-read on many Book Lover’s Reading Lists. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and Firemen burn any house that contains them. Sadly, Ray Bradbury recently died. But his extremely intriguing stories will live on forever.

About the video you’re about to watch:

This guy has an interesting take on the book and explains some of the unusual details to it’s storyline. Plus, it’s kinda funny!

YES! We’re really proud to announce that over at the super-excellent COMIC BOOK RESOURCES website they just did a Book Review for Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor’s new Graphic Novel, BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN! The article was written by Greg Burgas for their COMICS SHOULD BE GOOD! page and we think he did a very nice job on it. Well done, Sir! So, we want to thank both Greg Burgas and CBR for giving the book some attention & also invite our readers to check it out. Just click HERE!

YES! We wanna thank the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for giving a shout-out to THE ART AND MAKING OF THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY Book published by Abrams! Yes, this is the one all about Christopher Nolan’s Batman Movies. Over at the STAFF BLOGS website they did a very excellent review and we always appreciate that. One clever angle they used in their article is the fact that some of the recent Batman movie, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, was actually filmed there. It was a huge success for that cities economy as it brought in a lot of money. But otherwise they really do focus quite a bit on the book and it’s a great read, check it out, CLICK HERE!