New Releases by Alex Ross

An oversized, expanded edition of Fantastic Four: Full Circle—the award-winning national bestseller, named Graphic Novel of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society and the Washington Post—with 288 pages of new material, including commentary and unpublished preparatory material from Alex Ross The critically acclaimed, award-winning national bestseller—the first original graphic novel on the Marvel Arts list—now in an oversized, deluxe expanded edition. This new edition has 288 additional pages of jaw-dropping bonus material from Ross (the original graphic novel was 64 pages), as he walks readers through his process and vision for the making of the book School Library Journal called a “pop art masterpiece.” Showcasing early visual concepts through final art, Ross takes readers behind-the-scenes, revealing for the first time his proposal, thumbnails, sketches, inks, and color guides. The book also includes commentary from Ross as well as reprints of the classic Marvel comic from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby that inspired Fantastic Four: Full Circle—Fantastic Four no. 51—and the subsequent run of covers from 2023 which Alex Ross created for Marvel Comics, featuring the Fantastic Four in costumes designed for Fantastic Four: Full Circle. An essential addition to any Alex Ross fan’s bookshelf, Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Expanded Edition) is a comprehensive look at the creative process of one of the most acclaimed and influential artists of our time.

From renowned comics artist Alex Ross, the companion volume to The Alex Ross Marvel Comics Poster Book--an all-new poster collection of the greatest villains from Marvel Comics From Abomination to Venom, all your favorite Marvel Comics super villains are featured in this exclusive collection of painted portraits by Alex Ross--one of the most respected and influential artists working in comics. This eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Alex Ross Marvel Comics Poster Book is the first-ever collection of these stunning and dynamic portraits and comes with 37 ready-to-frame, removable art prints as well as an all-new introduction and commentary by Ross, preparatory sketches and ancillary illustrations, and a bonus four-page gatefold of all 37 iconic portraits. These villainous posters showcase Marvel''s rogue''s gallery as you''ve never seen them before, painted in the award-winning, breathtaking style that has made Ross famous.

David vive em um mundo de monstros que adorariam devorá-lo vivo. Ele é o último garoto da Terra. O último humano da Terra. E essas criaturas que o veem apenas como uma presa são o que costumava ser seus vizinhos. Ele só tem uma esperança: chegar a Nova York e conseguir ajuda do Capitão América e dos outros heróis! Alex Ross e Jim Krueger combinam suas habilidades com o artista Well-Bee em uma incrível história que precede a lendária trilogia TERRA X!

Un libro affascinante, diventato negli anni un longseller internazionale, sui rivolgimenti storici, politici e sociali che hanno rimodellato e influenzato le esperienze musicali degli ultimi cento anni. Questo saggio appassionante conduce il lettore nel labirinto della musica del XX secolo e ne rilegge la storia attraverso il succedersi delle avanguardie musicali, dalla Vienna di inizio Novecento con Mahler e Strauss a Stravinskij e all’arte di Šostakovic, dalla musica dodecafonica a quella dei corsi estivi di Darmstadt del secondo dopoguerra fino ai giorni nostri. Alex Ross non si concentra solo sulle figure dei musicisti, ma anche su dittatori, mecenati, e su quei dirigenti che provarono a controllare la musica che veniva composta. E ancora ci presenta intellettuali che si sforzarono di interpretarla e giudicarla, e scrittori, ballerini e registi che accompagnarono i compositori. E non manca di parlare della reazione: il pubblico osannò, vituperò o ignorò quanto veniva prodotto.

È una notte piovosa a Manhattan e tutto è immobile tranne… Ben Grimm. Quando un intruso appare all’improvviso nel Baxter Building, i Fantastici Quattro – Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), la Donna Invisibile (Susan Storm Richards), la Torcia Umana (Johnny Storm) e la Cosa (Ben Grimm) – si ritrovano circondati da uno sciame di parassiti invasori. Queste creature, composte di energia negativa, sono approdate sulla Terra usando un ospite umano come mezzo di trasporto. Ma per quale scopo? E chi c’è dietro questa sinistra invasione? Ai Fantastici Quattro non resta che recarsi nella Zona Negativa, un universo alieno composto interamente di antimateria, mettendo a rischio non solo le loro vite, ma il destino di tutto il cosmo! Fantastic Four: Full Circle è la prima graphic novel scritta e illustrata dall’acclamato artista Alex Ross, che rivisita una storia classica di Stan Lee e Jack Kirby degli anni Sessanta e la presenta a una nuova generazione di lettori. Con colori vividi e netti e la sua inconfondibile narrazione visiva, Ross porta la prima squadra di super eroi Marvel in luoghi che solo lui può illustrare. Benvenuti nella Zona Negativa. E al primo volume di MarvelArts – un’eccitante collaborazione tra la Marvel Comics e la Abrams ComicArts – dove nulla è impossibile e tutto può accadere!

Un apasionante ensayo sobre la influencia de Wagner, en ocasiones luminosa, otras veces nefasta, en la literatura, las artes, el cine, la vida intelectual y la política. Para bien o para mal, Wagner es la figura más influyente en la historia de la música. Creaciones tan colosales como E l anillo del Nibelungo, Tristán e Isolda y Parsifal sirvieron en el arte como modelos de obras osadas en la forma, como ejemplos en la creación de mitos, la libertad erótica y especulación mística. En Wagnerismo, Alex Ross restaura la magnífica confusión de lo que significa ser wagneriano: un pandemonio de genios, locos y profetas que luchan por el legado multifacético del compositor, y convierte la experiencia de lectura en un constante descubrimiento a través de esas figuras, de Nietzsche, Van Gogh, Dalí y Buñuel a Baudelaire, Virginia Woolf o Proust. En muchos sentidos, Wagnerismo cuenta una historia trágica. Un artista que podría haber rivalizado con Shakespeare en alcance universal se ve arruinado por una ideología de odio. Aun así, su sombra perdura sobre la cultura del siglo XXI y sus motivos míticos recorren películas de superhéroes y fantasía. Ni una apología ni una condena, Wagnerismo es una obra de apasionante descubrimiento, que nos ofrece una idea más honesta de cómo actúa el arte en el mundo.

Spider-Man, Visione, Silver Surfer, Namor il Sub-Mariner, Rocket Raccoon e molti altri personaggi sono i protagonisti di storie brevi scritte e disegnate dai più grandi talenti del mondo del fumetto made in USA. Sotto la guida di Alex Ross e Kurt Busiek questo “dream team” dà forma a un sogno nel cassetto: una testata antologica che permetta alle menti più creative della nona arte di raccontare con le loro penne e le loro matite storie mai viste dei più grandi super eroi della Terra. Steve Darnall, Eric Powell, Gene Ha, Adam Hughes, Lee Bermejo, Frank Espinosa e Steve Rude sono solo alcuni degli artisti coinvolti in un libro che mantiene una promessa, lasciando di stucco i lettori. [CONTIENE MARVEL (2020) 1-6]

Collects Marvel (2020) 1-6. Unforgettable stories from a once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of talent! Thirty years ago, Alex Ross had a vision for a new series showcasing Marvel’s heroes in a way they’d never been seen before. The first realization of that idea became the blockbuster MARVELS — but Ross Alex finally brings his original dream to life! MARVEL is an anthology of stories by unique, exceptional talents, many of whom are working with these characters for the very first time. And all these tales are linked together by an overarching story by Ross featuring the dread dream lord Nightmare, who threatens the entire Marvel Universe — and possibly beyond! Featuring Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Thing, Doctor Doom, the Vision, Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Warlock, Rocket Raccoon, the Golden Age Black Widow and more!

A deluxe collection of Marvel Comics superhero posters from renowned comics artist Alex Ross From Angel to Wolverine, all your favorite Marvel Comics superheroes are featured in this exclusive collection of painted portraits by Alex Ross--one of most respected and influential artists working in comics. This first-ever collection of these iconic images includes 35 ready-to-frame, removeable art prints--perfect for longtime Marvel fans and those just discovering these classic heroes for the first time--as well as commentary by Ross, preliminary sketches, and a bonus four-page gatefold of the portraits, assembled into a mural that was commissioned for Marvel''s New York City offices. These heroic posters showcase the Marvel superheroes as you''ve never seen them before--as realistic as any on the silver screen--painted in the award-winning, breathtaking style that made Alex Ross famous.

Two of DC’s greatest heroes collide in this era-spanning, action-packed collection! The Man of Steel and the World’s Mightiest Mortal are two of the strongest men imaginable, but what happens when they find themselves facing each other? And when Billy Batson is trapped and the powers of Shazam stolen, will the Man of Steel be able to save him? Collects Superman #216, The Power of Shazam! #46, Kingdom Come #4, DC Comics Presents #33, #34, and #49, DC Comics Presents Annual #3, and All-New Collectors’ Edition #C-58.

Ein Standardwerk über den großen Komponisten - von einem der angesehensten Musikkritiker der USA. Beginnend mit dem Tod Wagners erzählt Alex Ross, was für uns zur Gegenwart geworden ist: Wir leben und sehen die Welt seit Wagner mit seinen Augen, seine Themen und Szenen prägen auch heute noch unser gesellschaftliches Bühnenbild. Wagner ist für Ross ein deutsches Drama, das sich aus der Wirklichkeit, aber auch aus dem Wahn speist. Sein Buch ist eine eindrucksvolle Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, durchzogen von dem Erbe Richard Wagners - der widersprüchlich war, ungreifbar, vielleicht sogar unvollendet. Nur so ist auch seine Musik und sein Nachleben in Deutschland zu verstehen: Wir sind noch immer Wagner.

Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. For better or worse, Wagner is the most widely influential figure in the history of music. Around 1900, the phenomenon known as Wagnerism saturated European and American culture. Such colossal creations as The Ring of the Nibelung, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal were models of formal daring, mythmaking, erotic freedom, and mystical speculation. A mighty procession of artists, including Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann, Paul Cézanne, Isadora Duncan, and Luis Buñuel, felt his impact. Anarchists, occultists, feminists, and gay-rights pioneers saw him as a kindred spirit. Then Adolf Hitler incorporated Wagner into the soundtrack of Nazi Germany, and the composer came to be defined by his ferocious antisemitism. For many, his name is now almost synonymous with artistic evil. In Wagnerism, Alex Ross restores the magnificent confusion of what it means to be a Wagnerian. A pandemonium of geniuses, madmen, charlatans, and prophets do battle over Wagner’s many-sided legacy. As readers of his brilliant articles for The New Yorker have come to expect, Ross ranges thrillingly across artistic disciplines, from the architecture of Louis Sullivan to the novels of Philip K. Dick, from the Zionist writings of Theodor Herzl to the civil-rights essays of W.E.B. Du Bois, from O Pioneers! to Apocalypse Now. In many ways, Wagnerism tells a tragic tale. An artist who might have rivaled Shakespeare in universal reach is undone by an ideology of hate. Still, his shadow lingers over twenty-first century culture, his mythic motifs coursing through superhero films and fantasy fiction. Neither apologia nor condemnation, Wagnerism is a work of passionate discovery, urging us toward a more honest idea of how art acts in the world.

Collects four graphic novels featuring your favorite Superpowers characters; The Death-Defying ‘Devil, The Owl, Masquerade, and more. Also includes the Project Superpowers Free Comic Book Day comic and the Project Superpowers Xmas special. Collects The Death-Defying ‘Devil (2008) 1-4, FCBD 2008, The Owl 1-4, Masquerade 1-4, Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys 1-4, and Project Superpowers X-Mas Carol. 448 pages for one great price!

Collects Marvel Comics #1, Saga of the Original Human Torch #1, Marvels #0 and Marvel Comics #1 70th Anniversary Edition. The book that kicked off the Marvel Universe back in 1939 - presented in glorious hardcover, with an extensive array of special features! MARVEL COMICS #1 promised action, mystery and adventure - and it delivered! The original android Human Torch blazed his way into readers'' hearts, and Namor the Sub-Mariner made a big splash! Golden Age pulp star Ka-Zar swung into comics, and costumed detective the Angel made his debut! Plus: Western adventures with the Masked Raider - and terror in the jungle! And from this one issue, published 80 years ago, grew the entire Marvel Universe! Now, MARVEL COMICS #1 is collected along with retrospective stories, bonus artwork, insightful essays and more!

Collects Avengers/Invaders #1-12. The Civil War is over, and the Avengers are divided. Captain America''s death has been a blow to both sides. Now, the Star-Spangled Sentinel is back - and it could destroy the time stream! In AVENGERS/INVADERS, Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Stephen Sadowski (Dynamite Entertainment''s Project: Superpowers) - along with artists Patrick Berkenkotter and Jackson Herbert - show what happens when the conflicted heroes of today''s Marvel Universe are faced with the return of the late hero who inspired them all. When World War II heroes Captain America, Namor, the Human Torch, Bucky, and Toro show up in modern-day New York City, both factions reveal their own agendas and goals for the heroes of the past. In AVENGERS/INVADERS, the heroes of today are taught lessons by heroes from the past in a time-slinging adventure that pits them against everyone from Ultron to The Red Skull.

Signed by creator Alex Ross Edition.Here is the beloved Marvel Universe of comics characters, brought to thrilling life as only Alex Ross can. They''re all here: Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, and many more-all seeming to leap, blast, and launch off the page.

From the dawn of the 20th Century came a new chapter in mankind''s history, unleashed during a time of great war and destruction. It was the beginning of the Age of the Superpowers, yet with the closing of the Second World War, this new spark seemingly flickered and died. Now the story can be told of the great lost superheroes — men and women with incredible abilities who changed the course of mankind forever, and who had been thought lost...until now! This book includes: - Project Superpowers Chapter 1: #0-7 - Project Superpowers #½ (Never before collected!) - Project Superpowers Chapter 2: #0-12 - Over 500 pages of story + more than 50 pages of bonus material by Alex Ross himself!

The members of the Justice League of America are about to learn they aren''t the only ones who can band together toward a common goal. In this 12-issue epic, the greatest DCU villains appear to be acting in concertÑbut with a surprising plan that seeks to achieve more good than the JLA ever could!

Eine glänzende Erzählung lässt uns die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts über seine Musik neu erleben. Alex Ross, Kritiker des »New Yorker«, bringt uns aus dem Wien und Graz am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs ins Paris und Berlin der Goldenen Zwanzigerjahre, aus Hitler-Deutschland über Russland ins Amerika der Sechziger- und Siebzigerjahre. Er führt uns durch ein labyrinthisches Reich, von Jean Sibelius bis Lou Reed, von Gustav Mahler bis Björk. Und wir folgen dem Aufstieg der Massenkultur wie der Politik der Massen, den dramatischen Veränderungen durch neue Techniken genauso wie den Kriegen, Experimenten, Revolutionen und Aufständen der zurückliegenden 100 Jahre. »Eine unwiderstehliche Einladung, sich mit den großen Themen des 20. Jahrhunderts zu beschäftigen.« Fritz Stern

Un esperado libro que narra la apasionante historia del siglo xx a través de su música. Ésta es la historia del siglo XX a través de su música, desde la Viena de antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial hasta el París de los años 20; desde la Alemania de Hitler o la Rusia de Stalin al Nueva York de los años 60. Transportando a los lectores por el laberinto del sonido moderno, Alex Ross nos descubre las conexiones entre los acontecimientos más importantes y los compositores más influyentes, hombres que se rebelaron contra el culto al pasado clásico, lucharon contra la indiferencia del gran público y desafiaron a dictadores. Alex Ross ha firmado un libro imprescindible sobre un tiempo fascinante, caótico y estridente. El ruido eterno ha sido galardonado con el National Book Critics Circle Award, el Guardian First Book Award y un Royal Philharmonic Society Award; ha sido finalista del Premio Pulitzer y del Premio Samuel Johnson, y ha sido elegido como uno de los mejores libros del año por The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, LA Times, The Economist, Slate y Newsweek. «Un libro que se lee de forma compulsiva», Time Out New York; «Una narración impresionante... El visionario crítico Alex Ross se acerca más que nadie a describir las hechizantes sensaciones que provoca la música», Financial Times; «Un libro de referencia que se convertirá en un clásico de la historia del siglo xx», Kirkus Reviews.

Peter Cannon is a world-famous author, an international celebrity, and the superhero known as Thunderbolt, acknowledged far and wide as the man who saved the world from destruction. Unfortunately, he has little interest in fame, even less interest in people, and the peace he has created is based on an illusion. Now, as old and new enemies - unaware of the secret he carries - plan to destroy his efforts, Peter Cannon must fight to keep the peace and preserve his own existence, while fending off deadly foes... and mysterious admirers. Collecting the complete ten-issue saga by comic superstar Alex Ross, co-writer Steve Darnall, and Jonathan Lau, plus a complete cover gallery and the rare origin story by Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt creator, Pete Morisi (and featuring an introduction by Mark Waid)!

Découvrez le dénouement des aventures de Peter Cannon, alias l''Éclair ! Tandis que l''Inventeur pense à l''assaut qu''il a mené sur Manhattan, Peter quitte le monde des vivants et rencontre un homme mystérieux nommé Adam. D''autre part, en convoquant une nouvelle fois le dragon, l''Éclair va s''attirer de graves ennuis et ses secrets risquent d''être révélés.

Collects Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys #1-4! This special story by Alex Ross and Joe Casey invites you to "Meet the Bad Guys!" As the Golden Age heroes return, the villains rise! Illustrated by Jonathan Lau, Mike Lilly, and others, and featuring the Green Lama and the debut of Blood Lust, this collection spinning out of Alex Ross'' Project Superpowers includes character sketches and a complete cover gallery.

Overseen again by Alex Ross, who plots and art directs the entire PROJECT SUPERPOWERS universe, writer Jim Krueger returns for Chapter Two, as the pair of all-star creators are joined for the series by Edgar (DEATH DEFYING ''DEVIL) Salazar!

The incredible story of Project Superpowers concludes here! Collecting Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #7-12 of the acclaimed series, creators Alex Ross and Jim Krueger clear the decks and set the stage for more thrilling adventures to come! In these issues you''ll find out the ultimate fate of our heroes, witness the re-birth of the Claw, and watch as the mad god Zeus wreaks havoc across the world! Plus: the birth of a new world order and a shocking twist in the story of The Supremacy!

Green Arrow is the focus of this issue, which also features The Doom Patrol, The Metal Men, The Titans, Supergirl and others on the battlefield! But whose side are they on? The villains'' plot to exploit the innocent may even affect the heroes'' comrades, colleagues and co-combatants!

The conspiracy of villains has found a way to use Superman''s powers against him. Now, the Man of Steel is beyond control, and there''s only one solution—but it may kill him! Things are going exactly as planned for the villainous cabal...

The worst fears of the Justice League are realized, as the villains strike through those closest to the heroes! Plus, an important member of the JLA returns!

With Green Lantern taken out of the picture, Brainiac advances his plan! The Justice League meets in the Fortress to reconnoiter...and enlist the aid of Metamorpho and the Doom Patrol!