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Alex Ross opens his private sketchbooks to reveal his astonishing pencil and ink drawings of DC Comics characters, nearly all of them appearing in print here for the first time. Thousands of fans from around the world have trilled to Alex's fully rendered photo-realistic painting of their favorite heroes, but as they may not realize, all of those works start as pencil on paper, and the origins of the finished images are rarely seen. Until now. From deleted scenes and altered panels for the epic Kingdom Come saga to proposals for revamping such classic properties as Batgirl, Captain Marvel, and an imagined son of Batman named Batboy, to unused alternate comic book cover ideas for the monthly Superman and Batman comics of 2008-2009, there is much to surprise and delight anyone who thought they already know all of Alex's DC Comics work. Illuminating everything is Alex's own commentary, written expressly for this book, explaining his though processes and stylistic approaches for the various riffs and reimaginings of characters we thought we knew everything about but whose possibilities we didn't fully understand. As a record of a pivotal era in comics history, Rough Justice is a must for Alex's legion of fans, as well as anyone interested in masterly comic book imagination and illustration.Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375714901
ISBN-139780375714900
eBay Product ID (ePID)74240405
Product Key Features
GenreArt, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year2010
LanguageEnglish
Artist/WriterAlex Ross
Dimensions
Item Length11.3in
Item Height1.2in
Item Width8.8in
Item Weight43 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Book TitleRough Justice : the DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
Lccn2009-032864
Dewey Decimal741.56973
Lc Classification NumberNc1429.R7628a4 2010
SeriesPantheon Graphic Library
Reviews"For any artists wanting to break into comics, Rough Justice is a visual treasure trove to guide them, as surely as any by Da Vinci or Michelangelo. But more important, it's a volume that gives comics fans a rare opportunity to celebrate a top artist in action. Alex Ross is a master shaper of superhero worlds." --denofgeek.com, "For any artists wanting to break into comics, Rough Justice is a visual treasure trove to guide them, as surely as any by Da Vinci or Michelangelo. But more important, it's a volume that gives comics fans a rare opportunity to celebrate a top artist in action. Alex Ross is a master shaper of superhero worlds." -denofgeek.com
Dewey Edition23
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
TopicSuperheroes, Techniques / Cartooning, Popular Culture, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General