Comic Book Artists and Writers: Alex Ross

Today's post will be on one of the more interesting artists of the comic book world, Alex Ross. Ross has contributed to this industry in a way that no other artist has. He has made the fantastic heroes, the stuff of dreams and daytime thoughts more real than ever before. He does not draw these characters as the other men of this profession do, he paints them. And he also uses friends and look-alikes to humanize the men and women in tights. His first break into comics was his story Marvels, the history of Marvel Comics from the 40's to the 60's through the eyes and life of a normal photographer. After the success of Marvels, he penned the story Kingdom Come, which takes place ten years into the DC history, the world being overrun with power mad superheros, the progeny of the former heroes. Superman, having been retired for those ten years after the Joker killed Lois and the entire Daily Planet staff, comes back with the old heroes to teach this new generation what it means to be a hero. He then wrote Uncle Sam for Vertigo, the Earth X series for Marvel and the two sequels, a series of tabloid sized stories for DC in celebration of their 60th anniversary. In 2004 he published a book on his work, Mythology and has been currently doing cover work for various comic book companies including Dynamite Entertainment and some of their hero books. To Mr. Ross I say, God bless you for all you've done sir.