a b "Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. n.d. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013 . Retrieved February 1, 2014. This standalone story set in a time period that Ross describes as “contemporary-ish.” The artist wanted to place his tale in between the previous FF volume and the book’s current status, where Franklin and Valeria Richards are now teenagers. Ross portrays the team as space explorers (complete with new costume designs) as much as superheroes, and the book gives Ross ample room to pay tribute to Kirby’s era-defining work on the FF. The artist wanted to sync up with the bombastic art Kirby was doing on the Fantastic Four during the title’s '60s heyday, but he didn't want to do a purely nostalgic period piece. After graduating, Ross took a job at an advertising agency [6] as a storyboard artist. [11] Ross's first published comic book work was the 1990 five-issue miniseries, Terminator: The Burning Earth, written by Ron Fortier and published by NOW Comics. [12] Ross created all of the art, from pencils through coloring for the series. He performed similar work on a variety of titles over the next few years. His first work for Marvel Comics was to have been printed in the science-fiction anthology series Open Space #5 but the title was cancelled with issue #4 (August 1990). Ross's story was printed in 1999 as a special supplement to Wizard's Alex Ross Special. [13] In 1993, he completed his first painted superhero assignment, the cover of a Superman novel, Superman: Doomsday & Beyond.

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This is good shit. Is it Fantastic? Probably not, but it's as close as we've gotten in a long time. I'm going to keep this high level as not to spoil anything. Basically, something happens and the FF have to return to the Negative Zone. They learn some things, fight some stuff, visit a new yet familiar location, and run into someone that hasn't made an appearance in a long time, hence the Full Circle part of the title. Marvel has confirmed a Fantastic Four film is coming in November 2024. How would Ross like to see Marvel’s First Family introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe? In the early 2000s, with writer Jim Krueger, Ross plotted and designed characters for a trilogy of Marvel limited series, Earth X, [24] Universe X, and Paradise X, which combined dozens of Marvel characters from various time periods. [12] DC Direct, the collectibles division of DC Comics, has produced three sets of action figures from the comic book Kingdom Come based on Alex Ross's artwork. The first set of figures included Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. The second set included Batman, Red Robin, Captain Marvel, and Kid Flash. The last set included Magog, Flash, Armored Wonder Woman, and Deadman. An exclusive figure of Red Arrow was released through ToyFare magazine. DC Direct also released several other Ross-designed characters through their Elseworlds toylines. These figures included the Spectre, Norman McCay, Jade, Nightstar, Aquaman, and Blue Beetle. Ross designed the costume the current incarnation of Batwoman wears; this character has been released in action-figure form by DC Direct as part of its "52" line of toys.Phegley, Kiel (July 24, 2009). "CCI: Fighting American Comes to Dynamite". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "2000s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p.283. ISBN 978-1465424563. Set in its own Elseworlds-like alternate reality, this 12-issue series became the next big project for show-stopping painter Alex Ross. {{ cite book}}: |first2= has generic name ( help) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) It helps if one knows "This Man... This Monster!" from Fantastic Four #51, to which this book is a sequel (and maybe the Janus story from FF #107-109 (a love letter to Kirby would reference FF #108! Subtle and very well done, Mr Ross!)).

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Harvey Awards Best Continuing or Limited Series Marvels, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin (Marvel Comics)Two decades later, when Marvel was prepping to relaunch the Fantastic Four comic title after an extended hiatus, Ross made a pitch to helm the revival. That didn’t happen, either. Partnering up with another writer was out of the question, as well. ADV Brings Gatchaman to America". Anime News Network. March 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 4, 2008 . Retrieved May 26, 2013. The character who once impersonated Ben Grimm* and died saving Reed Richards in the Negative Zone had been unnamed in that story, though a later comic revealed his name to be Ricardo Jones. Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards – Winner – Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: ( Batman: War on Crime (DC Comics))

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a b Evanier, Mark "Alex Ross' Hollywood press conference". "Point of View" Comics Buyer's Guide #1474; February 15, 2002 Adams, Tim (June 16, 2020). "Marvel Debuts Alex Ross Cover for New Ultraman Comic". CBR.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020 . Retrieved September 7, 2020. MARVEL.COM: Fantastic Four: Full Circle delves deep into FF history. Without giving too much away, how did you arrive at using these deep-cut characters and references? Mason, Chris (July 1, 2004). "Exclusive – Alex Ross Spider-Man 2 Art". Superhero Hype. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. MARVEL.COM: Which member of the Fantastic Four surprised you the most as you were crafting this story?This may all sound familiar to you. That’s because Ross had a Fantastic Four pitch rejected years ago and we broke that story as part of our coverage of the book Marvelocity in October 2018. So we re-present that original story below. The book is hitting stores as interest in the Marvel title and heroes is crescendoing. Marvel Studios recently set a date for a new Fantastic Four movie and is close to sealing a deal with Matt Shakman to helm it. (Watch for any possible news at September’s D23 convention.) And the Fantastic Four comic is being relaunched once again by the publishing division in November. In 2015, following the conclusion of that year's " Secret Wars" storyline, Ross designed the high-tech variation of Spider-Man's costume that the character wore during Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli's run on The Amazing-Spider-Man. [47] 2020s [ edit ] Overall, this was a great short read, with the artwork being by far the strongest aspect of the whole comic. Alex Ross & Dynamite Bring in The Phantom". Newsarama. May 7, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014.