EMERALD CITY COMIC-CON 2012

Seattle, Washington, USA will be the host for this weekend (March 30 - April 1) to the Emerald City Comic-Con, which in its 10th year anniversary will be full of surprises.

One of such surprises is this litho (left) Alex Ross made for the convention which depicts the "Crusaderette" a kind of super-hero symbol/mascot for the convention.

This 18" x 24" (46 x 61cm) print will be limited to only 750 copies and will only be available at the ECCC booth #514. Sadly, Alex Ross will NOT be at the convention but this print will. Get yours while they last and enjoy the Con...

JUNE 2012 SOLICITATIONS

THE SHADOW #3
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by AARON CAMPBELL
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), HOWARD CHAYKIN (25%), JOHN CASSADAY (25%), STEPHEN SEGOVIA (25%)
Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers!
HOWARD CHAYKIN “blood red” cover retailer incentive
STEPHEN SEGOVIA black & white cover retailer incentive
ALEX ROSS virgin art cover retailer incentive
JOHN CASSADAY virgin art cover retailer incentive
The Shadow sets a trap for his foes, but neither Taro Kondo nor the fearsome Buffalo Wong are inclined to step into it without taking certain precautions. A night of slaughter in the Shanghai underworld sees Margo Lane learning just how high the stakes are, and how far her master will go to win his deadly game.
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +


MERCILESS – THE RISE OF MING #3
Written by SCOTT BEATTY
Art by RON ADRIAN
Cover by ALEX ROSS
The waters of Mongo run red with blood as Ming's feud with the Sharkmen threatens to spill over into all-out war! But even as new alliances are forged to pave the way for Ming's utter supremacy, the merciless Prince of Mongo suffers a personal loss that threatens to rip a giant black hole in his already dark heart!
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +



FLASH GORDON - ZEITGEIST #8
Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN
Art by DANIEL INDRO
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (1:10)
Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers!
ALEX ROSS virgin art cover retailer incentive
“RISQUÉ ART” cover retailer incentive
While exploring the subterranean labyrinths beneath the Imperial Palace of Mongo, Dr. Hans Zarkov—brilliant scientist and engineer—finds himself trapped in his own past, courtesy of an insidious trap left behind by Ming the Merciless. Is even Zarkov's genius enough to free himself from this deadly snare?
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +


THE BIONIC MAN #11
Written by PHIL HESTER
Art by ED TADEO
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), JONATHAN LAU (1:10)
Fans, ask your retailer for the variant incentive cover!
ALEX ROSS virgin art cover retailer incentive
After his epic battle with Hull, Steve Austin returns to his family's farm to reconnect with his loved ones. How can he break the news of his bionic transformation to his family who believed him dead, especially when that information may cost him the life of his father? Also, just who or what is stalking Steve from the outskirts of the farm?
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +

NEW ARRIVALS: TWO MORE ASTRO CITY HARDCOVERS

Well as if last week's Astro City: Confession Hardcover wasn't enough I have now officially IN MY COLLECTION the first four tomes of this amazing series by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson.

It's still a long way to go for the Astro City area of my collection to be complete but looking at these 4 volumes and their amazing dust jackets together with the amazing art by Alex Ross just reminds me of the fun of collecting.
Enjoy the artwork!


Add the two above to the previously posted ones below: Confession and Family Album.

NEW ARRIVAL: ASTRO CITY - CONFESSION HC

Here it is. As a collector, I feel really proud of having this Hardcover edition of Astro City: Confession IN MY COLLECTION. It is SO hard to find and when you do find one it's either in poor condition or really expensive, which is strange since 1200 editions were made which isn't exactly very limited.

So since I haven't bought something really spectacular for my collection in a while and the opportunity presented itself, I decided to get it and now I have this gorgeous book which houses not only one of Astro City's most amazing story arcs but one of Alex Ross' most spectacular covers which I now offer to you, fellow collectors as a fairly big image so you can use it as a wallpaper and such. Plus, on the left you'll see the book cover without the dust jacket as well as the signatures page.

Trust me this is THE ONLY image of this cover/dust jacket (and the signature page) in this resolution on the internet. If you have been looking for this pic you would've found it in microscopic size. Not anymore thanks to your friendly neighborhood Alex Ross Collector. Remember to give credit where it's due.

NEW ARRIVALS: WARHOL EXHIBIT STUFF

Last October The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, USA organized an exhibition of the art of Alex Ross, which lasted 3 months.
Alex Ross created a special print of Andy Warhol for the exhibit which can be seen in some of the promotional material for the exhibit.
On the left you see the special program which was created to showcase the exhibit featuring a brief history of comic books, a biography of Alex Ross and the artwork that was going to be shown at the gallery including pieces by Alex's mom Lynette, as well as other renowned artist such as Andrew Loomis, Norman Rockwell and Warhol himself. (I'll scan this program as soon as I can, it's truly remarkable)




Photos and scans of a promotional flyer of the exhibit (blue one), a flyer for Alex Ross' signing session (the one with Alex's photo)
and a flyer promoting the films that were played during the exhibit (Flash Gordon, Escape from NY, etc). Also a copy of Carnegie magazine with the Mythology Superman cover and a bookmark, and the 38'' x 27'' (96.5 x 68.5 cm) print with the Warhol flying image.

Special thanks to Jesse Kowalski and everyone at The Warhol Museum for the cool swag!

NEWS: ASSASSIN'S CREED III ART BY ALEX ROSS

Ubisoft, creator of the hit game saga Assassin's Creed has contacted Alex Ross to create these images which will be on the preorder bonus cover of the game when it launches on October 30.
Henry Gilbert at Games Radar interviewed Alex about it and gathered some of the artist's thoughts on video games, art, and who would win in a fight between the Assassins and Batman!
Check out the interview HERE.

MAY 2012 SOLICITATIONS

THE SPIDER #1
Written by DAVID LISS
Art by COLTON WORLEY
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), JOHN CASSADAY (25%), FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (25%), RON LESSER (25%)
One of the greatest pulp characters of all time is now re-launched into the 21st century! The world knows Richard Wentworth as a decorated war hero and the son of a wealthy industrialist – but only a few confidants know the truth. As New York City slides into violence and despair, Wentworth has transformed himself into a force of justice as The Spider! With only his wits, his technology, and his pistols to aid him, he fights a one-man war against crime, but when a mysterious new villain threatens the city with an unspeakable horror, it may be more than even The Spider can handle. How far will a sane man go to restore order to an insane world?
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +


THE SHADOW #2
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by AARON CAMPBELL
Covers by ALEX ROSS (20%), HOWARD CHAYKIN (20%), JOHN CASSADAY (20%), JAE LEE (20%), RYAN SOOK (20%)
Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane fly west on Pan Am's fabulous China Clipper- but the golden age of air travel might just mean fiery death above the clouds for our heroes. In Shanghai, Major Tateo Kondo of Japanese military intelligence puts his own plans
in motion, while his American counterparts struggle to catch up. The Shadow battles aerial assassins and worse in The Shadow #2!
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +


MERCILESS: THE RISE OF MING #2
Written by SCOTT BEATTY
Art by RON ADRIAN
Cover by ALEX ROSS
As the saga of Ming continues, the would-be world conqueror moves one step closer to ruling all of Mongo. But Ming's deviously imagined schemes are complicated by a fetching beauty selected to be a ritual sacrifice to the insatiable Sharkmen! Who will prevail? Even on pitiless Mongo, Ming the Merciless knows that blood is thicker than water!
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +



FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #7
Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN
Art by DANIEL INDRO
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (1:10)
As Ming prepares for the final offensive against the Earth, Flash Gordon -- and allies both new and old -- moves against Ming's palace. Fighting alongside his fellow Earthmen, the brilliant Dr. Zarkov and the beautiful Dale Arden, Gordon leads a rebel band into the teeth of Ming's fearsome defenses. But will even the universe's greatest hero be in time?
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +



THE BIONIC MAN #10
Written by KEVIN SMITH w/ PHIL HESTER
Art by JONATHAN LAU
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), JONATHAN LAU (1:10)
Washington D.C. lies in ruins, O.S.I. headquarters is occupied by a hostile cyborg army, Steve Austin's bionic parts are failing, and the cybernetic madman known as Hull holds Jaime Summers in his unbreakable grip. It may be too much to ask for a happy ending now, but we guarantee an exciting one. Be there for the conclusion of Kevin Smith's epic reinterpretation of the beloved hero.
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +