Most Popular Books by Alex Ross

Working as an ambassador to the human world, Amazon princess Diana, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, is dismayed and hurt when her offers of aid are rejected due to her appearance, causing her to request the advice of Clark Kent.

The second installment of Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's critically acclaimed trilogy, which began with Earth X. In this possible future of the Marvel Universe, all beings are super-human and the protectors of society, the Human Torches, are not successful in defeating the new perils that are emerging. Universe X vol 1, collects the first 7 issues of the Universe X comic series, plus the spin-offs that feature the Fantastic Four, Spider-man and Captain America.

Things look bad for the Justice League as the villains-turned-benefactors ascend in the public eye, while the most powerful League members are conveniently out of the way!

The cracks begin to show within the Justice Society as the 'Heartbreak Slayer' stands revealed! After a heavy battle that spans the globe, Gog takes the JSA to meet his maker--but is this being a friend or foe?

In the penultimate chapter of 'Thy Kingdom Come,' the Justice Society of America goes to war with one another! Torn between Gog's desire to help the world and the moral cost it comes with, it's the old guard vs. the new as the line that was drawn is crossed.

Magog is introduced into the DCU as Gog tries saving the life of a fallen JSA member! The last god of the Third World has walked the Earth delivering goodwill to men wherever he goes. But out of a violent confrontation comes the birth of the one being the Kingdom Come Superman must stop!

Bienvenue à New York ! Dans cette ville, vous pourrez voir des hommes en flammes voler au milieu des gratte-ciel, d'autres au costume bigarré grimper aux parois des immeubles ou encore des créatures de l'espace venues pour dévorer notre planète. Tel est l'univers Marvel, où l'ordinaire et le fantastique se côtoient au quotidien. Découvrez Marvels, l'épopée qui a marqué l'histoire de la Maison des Idées, écrite par Kurt Busiek et peinte par Alex Ross, deux artistes de renom lauréats de nombreuses récompenses. Un épilogue récent et inédit en France complète le programme.

While Steve Ditko and Stan Lee may have created Spider-Man, it was John Romita Sr. who defined him, bringing his clean, romantic style of illustration to the book. From his days before Marvel, through the Sliver Age and on into designing and creating the characters we know and love still today (including Wolverine, the Punisher and many, many more), Romita: Generations covers it all.

"The original Human Torch is dead--but what does death mean for an artificial man? The Mad Thinker is determined to find out, with the reluctant help of the Torch's recently resurrected partner Toro. But the Thinker's true goals are mad indeed: to use the Torch's power for far greater devastation than this villain has ever caused before'"--P. [4] of cover.

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.

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

**NOW IN PAPERBACK, WITH COLOR AND BLACK-AND-WHITE DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT** Alex Ross opens his private sketchbooks to reveal his astonishing pencil and ink drawings of DC Comics characters, nearly all of them appearing in print here for the first time in paperback. Thousands of fans from around the world have thrilled to Alex’s fully rendered photo-realistic paintings of their favorite heroes, but, as they may not realize, all of those works start as pencil on paper, and the origins of the finished images are rarely seen—until now. From deleted scenes and altered panels for the epic Kingdom Come saga to proposals for revamping such classic properties as Batgirl, Captain Marvel, and an imagined son of Batman named Batboy, to unused alternate comic book cover ideas for the monthly Superman and Batman comics of 2008–2009, there is much to surprise and delight those who thought they already knew all of Alex’s DC Comics work. Illuminating everything is the artist’s own commentary, written expressly for this book, explaining his thought processes and stylistic approaches for the various riffs and reimaginings of characters we thought we knew everything about but whose possibilities we didn’t fully understand. As a record of a pivotal era in comics history, Rough Justice is a must-have for Alex’s legion of fans, as well as for anyone interested in masterly comic book imagination and illustration.

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.

All characters, names, and elements are trademarks of DC Comics 2005.

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 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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

Con El ruido eterno Alex Ross consiguió un éxito sin precedentes en un libro sobre música: la unanimidad crítica y la popularidad entre los lectores lo convirtieron en el gran autor internacional sobre el tema. En Escucha esto, el crítico musical del New Yorker continúa su apasionada exploración de este arte, y «nos demuestra que comprender la música es una forma de entender el mundo» ( Time ). Conjugando la vida y el arte, la música y la historia, Alex Ross teje atemporales retratos de los maestros canónicos –Mozart, Verdi o Schubert– a la vez que muestra su visión de la música pop y sus grandes iconos: Radiohead, Bob Dylan o Björk. Todos ellos personajes únicos, buscadores infatigables capaces de plasmar, en breves secuencias o acordes, sus poderosas personalidades individuales y la complejidad del alma humana.

Led by an adult John Connor, the Resistance has battled its way to the gates of Skynet's Colorado stronghold. The loss of life has been great, but humanity at last has an opportunity to destroy the super-computer that's long sought to exterminate all life on the planet!

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.

In the near future, the DC Universe is spinning out of control. The new generation of heroes have lost their moral compass, becoming as reckless and violent as the villains they fight. The previous regime of heroes-the Justice League-returns under dire circumstances, which sets up a battle of the old guard against these uncompromising protectors in a conflict that will define what heroism truly is.

Alex Ross (Kingdom Come) est l'illustrateur le plus populaire de l'industrie du Comics. Mythology est le catalogue de l'exposition SUPER-HEROS, présentée du 05 mars au 08 juin 2014 à l'American Center de Paris, C'est un recueil d'illustrations le plus complet sur un artiste légendaire.