Alex Ross

Alex Ross ( born January 22, 1970 in Portland, Oregon) is an American comic book artist and writer. Contrary to the usual style of drawing for comics Ross is a classically trained painter who works on presentation. To this end, he can usually be friends model. Since his working method as compared to normal comic drawings is very time consuming, it controls too many projects with only the cover images and leaves the drawings in the inner part of the other signatories.

Works

• Marvels (1995 ) ISBN 3928108530
• Astro City (1995 to present) superhero series with author Kurt Busiek and artist Brent Anderson. From the Ross cover images originate, he also developed in collaboration with Anderson the appearance of the individual figures.
• U.S. Uncle Sam (1999) The figure Uncle Sam leads the reader through American history. With writer Steve Darnall Alex Ross tried in the criticism of the American way of life. Alex Ross for this work was awarded the 1998 Eisner Award for " Best Painter " and "Best Cover Artist ". ISBN 3910079482
• Superman - Peace on Earth (1999) with author Paul Dini. 1999 Eisner Award in the category " Best Graphic Album" and " Best Painter" excellent. ISBN 3551744017
• Batman - War on Crime (2001) with author Paul Dini. Excellent 2000 with the Eisner Award for " Best Painter / Multimedia Artist" ISBN 3551744041
• Kingdom Come - The Apocalypse (2001) The superheroes are waging a fierce war against each other, which leads the world to the brink of the abyss. Alex Ross and Mark Waid offer a reinterpretation of the American superhero myth. ISBN 3551726256

Additive

For the opening credits of the film Spider- Man 2 Ross made ​​in 2004 to 15 drawings that summarize the plot of the precursor film Spider-Man. The originals were auctioned to 20 October 2004 in favor of " United Cancer Front" on the Internet auction site eBay.