Wednesday, April 28, 2010

NEWS: ALEX ROSS ART IPHONE APP

Our good friend Sal Abbinanti just contacted me to alert all Ross fans of their latest foray into the digital era. As of today you can have downloadable (straight to wallpaper) images from Alex's original art vault plus news, videos, convention appearances and more right at your fingertips and it's FREE!

What are you waiting for? Click here to download it! and don't forget to rate it 5 stars.











MY TWO CENTS: Great app! I've been perusing this app all day and it's a great and fun way to access the Alex Ross Art site; and being able to not only check out Alex's original art for sale but download said art and use it as a wallpaper on your iPhone instantly is amazing. I don't know if other artists are doing the same but after going over this app, I'd love to see more like this!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

JUST IN: NOSTALGIA DIGEST




Here it is, and with a bonus. The fine folks at Funny Valentine Press and Nostalgia Digest magazine not only sent me the issue I bought but as an added present, it cam with a copy of the cover, unfolded and uncut so it's easier to appreciate the art. Thanks again to Steve Darnall and Co. Haven't ordered your copy yet? Come on it's only US$4.50 AND SHIPPING IS FREE!. Don't be one of those guys who passes this opportunity and later has to pay double on eBay. Seriously, don't be THAT guy! BUY YOUR COPY NOW!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

NEWS: STAR WARS VISIONS

For the first time EVER Alex Ross will be painting an image from Star Wars, that's correct, the image you see on the left is part of the upcoming book Star Wars: Visionsin which they have asked many well-known illustrators and artists to give us an image of what star wars means to them and of the characters they love the most. Among these artists we have H.R. Giger, Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell, Moebius, our very own Alex Ross and many more.
This book will be out later this year. It's great if you're a fan of Alex's art or Star Wars or both like myself.

Read more about this book at StarWars.com

JUST IN: ROUGH JUSTICE & OTHER STUFF

Left to Right: Wonder Woman - Mythos paperback novel by Carol Lay, Astro City - Life in the Big City TPB collecting the first Astro City miniseries including a sketchbook section and Rough Justice by Alex Ross and Chip Kidd)First of all, I have to thank you guys for helping out this site. It is because of you buying stuff from Amazon.com and such that I was able to buy these items. Think of these as kind of The Alex Ross Collector Foundation whatever I earn or profit from this site will be re-invested into making the collection bigger and then pass on the info and High-Res scans to all of you loyal visitors.

As you can see there's some cool images on the Rough Justice book and speaking of high-res images enjoy the cover to Rough Justice.





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Monday, April 19, 2010

NEWS: ALEX ROSS VISIONS

Every Picture Tells A Story is a Santa Monica, California-based art gallery which has a deal with Marvel comics to produce fine art prints of their library of characters dubbed Marvel ArtWorks. Within this deal there will be a series of prints by Alex called ALEX ROSS VISIONS. The first in this series is that Mythology-esque Iron Man print (left) and as a bonus, there will also be a reprint of the C2E2 promo poster, now called "First Avengers". These prints are very limited, hence, very expensive. Get yours now!

Read more about them in The Los Angeles Times.

Monday, April 12, 2010

NEWS: C2E2 [UPDATE]

This week, April 16 - 18, the first ever C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo) will take place at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Alex Ross will be signing autographs from 12 to 3pm on Saturday and from 1 to 4 on Sunday. Plus, our friend Sal Abbinanti will be at the AlexRossArt.com booth (#624) showcasing a wide array of original art by Alex up for sale.
But the coolest news yet is that, they will make a special 32-page sketchbook available only at this convention AND for only US$10 bucks. Awesome!
So, if you're in the Chicago area or are planning to travel to this fantastic gathering of comics, anime and more, don't forget to drop by the AlexRossArt.com booth and enjoy the con!


Below is the cover to the sketchbook, courtesy of AlexRossArt.com.
Buy Me Toys.com, a Chicago-based toy and comic book store and also publishers of The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles have contacted this site to let us know that they will be attending C2E2 with a couple of Alex Ross related exclusives.
On the left is a print of the cover to issue 4 of of Oz/Wonderland. These 18x24 prints will be limited to 250 units and cost US$20. On the right is an exclusive preview of their comic with a negative cover, limited to 1000 copies.
So drop by booth 1349 and get yourself these exclusives. Good luck!

Monday, April 5, 2010

NEWS: NOSTALGIA DIGEST COVER

Steve Darnall, publisher of Funny Valentine Press and Nostalgia Digest magazine, contacted this site to alert all the fandom of this cool new cover by Alex Ross.
Nostalgia Digest is a magazine which takes on the wonderful task of reinvigorating and making relevant again, the Golden Age of radio, movies, TV and comic books.
You might remember Mr. Darnall as the writer of that awesome Vertigo/DC Uncle Sam miniseries with Alex Ross. The cover art features a combination of Uncle Sam with famous radio personality Norman Corwin, who will turn 100 years old next month. Gotta love these guys' effort to preserve what is truly a Golden Age we could all learn from. Thanks Steve for chronicling and keeping that post-war era alive and well to this day.


Order your copy of Nostalgia Digest here for only US$4.50 I already did!