Chip Kidd Insights Lecture

[N1ckyPoo]

I think Mr. Kidd was just playing to the crowd and being catty for humor purposes. Frank Quitely's art is absolutely gorgeous. All Star Superman was very introspective, the cover both humanizes Supes and shows he's incredible at the same time....a perfect image for the series in my opinion. Quitely's art is subtle, gestural, organic...the stories he illustrates are full fo life.....the comicbook industry is lucky to have him..

[sm0kinbUdz]

I love it when talentless hacks get off on judging those with far superior abilities than their own. Guess what Mr(s?) Kidd... Noone outside of type face geeks and flamers knows or gives a rats' ass who you are while Jim Lee and Frank Quitely are known by millions. Quit acting like a jealous little bitch and enjoy your paycheck from the "mouth breathing" geeks at DC ya douche.

Also, this has got to be the ugliest, not to mention laziest, logo design I've ever seen.

[B0vril]

@sm0kinbUdz Quite an aggressively desperate comment there. You resort to conjecture and straight up insults to defend.... What? Your aesthetic principles?? Compose yourself and comment sensibly; Stop trying to put others down in attempt to persuasive your self perceived importance of your own interests.

Chip Kidd comes off as a pretentious dork here, but your comment is puerile at best and does nothing to "defend" against Kidd's comments; which would be a worthless exercise.

[trautstudio]

Chip Kidd is gay he is openly homosexual.

[simonwilchesc]

I like his books a lot, so sad he's acting like such a stereotype. I'll keep with the books' voice and try to forget this.

[electrojones]

What a complete asshole. I really hope he wasn't depending on getting any more work from DC. What a flaming homunculous..

[MayorHundred]

Wow. What a dickhole.

[wickermanburningowl]

Wow..Kids,never meet your heroes...

He comes across as a total douchebag..Is he bitter that he can't draw or something?

Quitely is a genius..Kidd is also a very talented guy but I don't hold im in high regard anymore..plus that 'Superman is gay' joke..WTF???

[CooperTFN]

@wickermanburningowl If I eat a hamburger I don't like, does that mean I'm bitter that I can't cook? As to the gay Superman thing, I'm under the impression Chip is gay himself (he even jokingly hits on a guy in the audience at the end of the video), so it can't really be taken as a prejudicial joke. Vague, perhaps.

[wickermanburningowl]

@CooperTFN I have total respect for the guy's talent as a designer-but not so much as a human being.I was just trying to guess at his motivation for being so arrogant and sneering at the work of Frank Quitely.He also clearly feels himself to be superior to all the employees at DC Comics where he's obviously done a lot of work.I have no idea if he's gay or not but even if he is it doesn't make that comment acceptable-it merely promotes unhelpful stereotypes and a name-calling mentality.

[wickermanburningowl]

Also it's not just that he 'didn't like' the artwork.He decided to do a presentation about it in front of many people,deliberately mocking a respected artist and the staff at DC simultaneously.

[trautstudio]

@CooperTFN he even says something about his boyfriend in the first few minutes of his talk. I think its crazy how negative you are about him / his work / etc without paying attention to his talk.

[CooperTFN]

Chip is a genius. Geniuses are rarely tactful.

[electrojones]

@CooperTFN Please. He's a moderately talented little piss who has maybe two tricks he's run into the ground. In NY we've been rolling our eyes when non designers drop his name for the past couple of years. He's a sliiiightly known quantity that everyone trots out until the next thing comes along, which has already happened, so so long Kidd. PS: you cannot write. Your books are fucking terrible.

[flonkerton1]

Chip Kidd is a Prick.

[HelloAarghPeople]

This guy is an absolute douche bag

[pinkrabbit66]

thankz for posting