OTHER MAGAZINES

There are other magazines from now-defunct publishers, some of which contain new cover art by Alex Ross. Some of these I've discovered along the way and there might be a few that I don't even know about...

FANBOY #2: This short-lived fanzine published in Alex's city, Chicago. features a very rare interview with him, when he was an unknown, or up-and-coming artist and you can see how he hasn't changed. This interview focuses mostly on Marvels and how it came to be, since the initial pitch he did with his friend and author of the Uncle Sam miniseries, Steve Darnall, of some pages of art and a short story about the original Human Torch (which was later printed in Marvel Age #130 - and from which the cover on the left came from) to finally being picked by the editors and having Kurt Busiek repackage the whole story into what became Marvels. Very nice and insightful interview. (I will post this interview shortly).


COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE #110: This magazine's cover is just a composite of a few pieces of previously published art by Alex Ross, plus a picture of him working at his desk, so no surprise there. The surprise comes with a very long interview with Alex mostly about the Mythology book and everything that went into putting together said book. Of special note is an interview with Mike Hill, intermixed into the regular cover story. For those of you who don't know who Mike Hill is, he's an extraordinary sculptor, responsible for the large scale Alex Ross/Marvel line of busts AND for creating life-size wax statues of Superman and Batman done based on Alex's designs.

IN MY COLLECTION: Both magazines.

NEXT UP: BOOKS! We are going to be dealing with the books which have the privilege of sporting a cover by Alex. These do not include graphic novels; ONLY regular novels and guidebooks!