Rough Justice - The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross

Alex Ross has produced a remarkable body of work which has won him every major award in the industry. His best-known books include Kingdom Come, Marvels, Uncle Sam, and Batman: War on Crime. His artwork is collected in Titan Books’ Mythology.

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Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd is an award-winning writer and designer, and an editor whose books include Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, Batman Collected and The Complete History of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. USA Today called him “The closest thing to a rock star in graphic design today.”

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From Alex Ross, the sensational, award-winning artist of the bestselling Mythology comes his never-before-seen DC Comics sketchbook.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the stunning black-and-white drawings of the DC characters you loved from Mythology: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Black Canary, and many more. All of Alex Ross’s extraordinary, hyper-realistic paintings start as pencil on paper, and some of them never get beyond that stage. None of these hundreds of graphite sketches has ever been published before, and most of them will make their only published appearance in Rough Justice. Plus, in an interview with Chip Kidd, Ross reveals his process and how these drawings translate into the finished paintings.

In 2008 Ross became the first cover artist in DC history to work simultaneously on the monthly Superman and Batman titles. All of the designs he created for an entire year–even those that did not make the final cut–are included here.