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Alex Ross Marvel Art Book Announced
Celebrate Ross’s Stint At The House Of Ideas
We have had a DC Alex Ross art book and we are now getting a Marvel art book this autumn apparently. Thanks to newsarama for tipping us off…
Marvelocity is described as the Marvel counterpart to Ross’s DC Comics retrospective art book Mythology, and will include a new Spider-Man story written by Ross which pits the Wall-Crawler against the Sinister Six. Like Mythology, Marvelocity is edited by Chip Kidd, who wrote that book’s original story. It’s not certain whether Kidd will contribute to Marvelocity‘s Spider-Man story.
Here’s the full description of Marvelocity:
Thirteen years after his Eisner Award-winning, nationally best-selling Mythology – here is the long-awaited Marvel Comics counterpart, a retrospective celebration of the other half of the comics galaxy that is currently ruling the world: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, the Avengers, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Fantastic Four.
“Alex is a legend. Even if you don’t consider yourself a comics-head, you should check out his work to see what the best of the form has to offer.” – Ta-Nehisi Coates
As he did with the DC characters in Mythology, Alex Ross now brings the heroes of the Marvel universe into dynamic life as never before. Marvelocity includes more than 50 never-been-published sketches, working models, and other preparatory art, and a 14-panel portfolio gallery of Marvel’s most beloved characters. And Ross has written a new 10-page story pitting Spider-Man against the Sinister Six–the webslinger’s most popular villains – that ends with an impressive twist.
The book has an introduction by J. J. Abrams.
Marvelocity will be published by Pantheon in the US, and is scheduled for a 2 October release date.
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