November
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Ross Reigns
Alex Ross is the hot commodity right now.
The super busy comic book illustrator and 2002 Oscar-poster painter chatted with fans and curious onlookers in Pasadena, Ca., at Vroman's bookstore on Nov. 15 while promoting his new hard cover book of art, "Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross."
Ross has been interviewed/profiled in the New York Times (registration required). His books on popular characters like Superman and Wonder Woman, and his art on the Kingdom Come miniseries have helped catapult him to the top of the comic book world.
Ross elaborated on some of the influences that inspired him (Neal Adams, George Perez, and Bernie Wrightson to name a few), dispelled a few of the myths (On drawing Marvel's Ultimate line: "Doubtful"; on his involvement with the "X-Men" movies: "I was involved in some redesigns of the characters that they never used"), and imparted his wisdom about today's comics creators ("The current wave of artists are a little bit more anime influenced" then their predecessors).
Artists also got insight on technical questions about his use of models, style and attention to detail by using photographs and/or costumes ("I now have a closest full of superhero costumes.") A foreword in the book by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, who consulted Ross while thinking up his movie "Unbreakable," even touts the artist's realistic portrayal of people. But Ross chalks it up to common sense when drawing.
"Without the iris, you're thinking 'Where is he looking and why is he blind?' "
Simple, but effective.
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