Product Description
Here's your chance to get all the Marvel villains in one place, and created as a piece of art by the incomparable Alex Ross. We have AP1 of Marvel Villains, so order this today! It comes rolled in a tube, with a certificate of authenticity, and will be shipped when the Alex Ross folks have caught up from SDCC. This is a must-have!
- “Marvel: Villains” is a dynamic illustration by Alex Ross created as a companion piece to the hero’s mural created for the Marvel Studio’s corporate offices. Ross, rendering each character individually, pays homage to the rich history of Marvel Comics and their most notorious bad guys. Featured are Emma Frost, Namor, Mysterio, Vulture, Dormammu, Mephisto, Lizard, MODOK, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, The Mandrain, Kingpin, Elektra, Loki, Red Skull, Black Cat, Hela, Doctor Doom, Venom, Green Goblin, Thanos, Mole Man, Juggernaut, Magneto, Raven, Dark Phoenix, Ultron, Annihuls, Scorpion, Apocalypse, Kang the Conqueror, Zemo, Electro, Abomination, The Leader, Super-Skrull and Rhino.
- Each Marvel Villains print is signed by Alex Ross.
Born in Portland, Oregon, and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Alex made his artistic debut at three when, according to his mother, he grabbed a piece of paper and drew the contents of a television commercial he'd seen moments before. By age 13 he was scripting and drawing original comic books. Ten years later? He was hired by Marvel Comics to illustrate Marvel's central characters in the comic book event, Marvels (1994).
Having established himself creatively and financially with superhero projects, Ross turned to the real world with Uncle Sam, a 96-page story that took a hard look at the dark side of American history. Like Marvels, the individual issues of Uncle Sam were collected into a single volume - first in hardcover, then in paperback - and remain in print today. Ross would eventually go on to win the Comic Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Painter. He won so many times that the award was officially retired.
Alex's work has celebrated the 60th anniversaries of Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman with fully painted, tabloid-sized books, depicting each of these characters using their powers to inspire humanity as well as help them.
In recent years, Ross has applied his artistic skills to outside projects with comic book roots, including a limited-edition promotional poster for the Academy Awards. In 2015, Alex was chosen by Apple Corps LTD to be commissioned as the first artist in over 30 years to paint the Fab Four. Driven by the Beatles legendary music and inspired by the generation's new trends in art, "Yellow Submarine" is a classic of animated cinema. Alex has often been referred to as 'the Norman Rockwell of comics' yet his "Yellow Submarine" piece reveals the similarly powerful influence of master surrealist Salvador Dali, whom Alex has also recognized as a guiding influence on his style.
