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  • "I'm Alex Ross and I'm a GOD!"

  • Alex Ross is the best I hope he lives 2 be 150 so there will be more great art work from him 

  • "If you have to pick one pick the one in red and blue. Which one does bullets bounce off of". Couldnt have said it better.

  • Why didn't toonami do more of these?

  • @wesgriff1 Toonami didn't do more of these because once you have Alex Ross, you can't go back. Everything else is just...Alex Ross is the Jesus of comic book artists.

  • .... Alright.

  • @wesgriff1 Ok, well, maybe he's closer to a patron saint of comic book artists, but, you know, he's Alex Ross.

  • @Rosebunse and Rob Liefeld is Satan lol 

  • @JayDee284 Yes, yes he is. God, it gets me so mad when he tries to to say that Deadpool is HIS and that Joe Kelley did nothing? Liefeild is the reason why I don't fully endorse creator-owned content. The thought of him having full control over characters like Cable and Deadpool makes me sick.

  • he is.

    now and forever

    my idol

    i'm a dc girl cus of him

  • this guy's my hero

  • hes a great artist ALSO because I cant draw like him! :P

  • HES A GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ARTIST! the best! :D

  • Best artist in comics

  • His art work is epic.

  • son of a bitch, he´s so talented!!!!

  • as a fellow artist i humbly say *falls to his knees* ....my master

  • I first saw Alex's work in a bookstore. The realizm is AMAZING. He, w/out a doubt is THE standard that all others should follow IMO.

  • I really love Alex Ross's work. My only beef with the guy is his unwillingness to draw modern versions of costumes.

  • i prefer batman... but superman is good, too!

  • Where does he get those wonderful toys?

  • me encanta su arte de adolescente fui admirador suyo desde que me compré "Batman: Guerra contra el crimen" y me pareció un album maravilloso de ahí busque lo que puedo de Ross y debo decir que es uno de los mejores dibujantes de todos los tiempos un artista.

  • Superman... The Best!

  • I have to with Superman too, My favorite version(other then the original of course) would have to be his Kingdom Come Superman! That shield is just plain cool!

  • That man is awesome! His nerdy epicness is a real turn-on! I'm serious! xD

  • My absolute favorite artist, and personal Hero

  • alex ross is the greatest artist in comic history p.s. superman is the greatest of all time

  • His best is "The Green Goblin" from "New Ways To Die!". It show what his style is all about.

  • Geez he should flipping do voice acting to!

  • Reading Alex Ross's comic is like watching BluRay DVDs...lol

  • @HydrostaticsZ Nice analogy! i love it!

  • This dude never gets laid.

  • @thehognias hes married.  fail

  • @hos427

    you've obviously never been married.

  • @thehognias sorry that was my big brother, i didnt mean for im to do that. but he is married. i met him in south bend indiana and his wife was there

  • @thehognias

    That sir, was an awesome comeback.

  • awww, he used real life people and duplicate it...

    still a great artist

  • I've always wondered: Where in the hell does he get the costumes he makes his models wear for the photo reference?

  • I met him yesterday. Nicest guy.

  • Like Frank Santoro et al have pointed out--Ross does FUMETTI not comics. All that posed stuff--urgh. The black and white drawing as alright, though.

  • superman is gay

  • His realism is stunning, but I always hated how that same realism made his characters look stiff. I'm more of a fan of Jim lee & Ed Benes than Alex Ross, I think those styles although detailed are still best suited for comics bcuz they are more cartoony. But my most favorite now is Leinil Francis Yu. His style is very detailed but with great form with coloring I feel fits comics very well.

  • "My superpower is to make the image REAL" n__n That's so true!!

  • my names alex ross

  • @deathbleach45

    me too

  • Alex Ross does amazing work, but if I have to gripe about something it would be that his figures don't look like superheroes so much as they look like people in superhero costumes.

  • Strange comment, but i completely understand what you mean by that. His style is almost too realistic to work effectively in comics, i suppose i'm used to expecting more of an exaggerated figure in comics rather than what he creates. Phenominal talent and artwork nonetheless.

  • that's the point. Its like he's doing portraits of real men.

  • But sometimes that kind of thing backfires. Look at that one popular group shot he has of the JL. Flash looks puffy and Batman's face is fatter than John Goodman's.

    Again, they don't look like Superheroes, but rather guys in superhero costumes.

    Christopher Reeve looked more like a superhero in costume than Alex's Superman model does. Same with Michael Keaton and Even goddamn George Clooney made a better Batman than Alex's model.

  • well you can inject all the opinion you want, he's a respected Comic book artist.

  • @punkkillah1288 you're an idiot.

  • Also, i dunno, but I think sometimes using models like that make for less dynamic frames. it might just be me, but they always seem more static than, say, Jim Lee's work

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  • Some guys - even people like the late, great John Buscema and Frank Frazetta (though neither named Ross they mentioned the current trend at Ross' height and I regard them as genius' btw), have had in-direct jibes at Alex Ross' excessive photo-referencing... Personally I think if it's so easy why is there an Alex Ross? Everybody could do it!? This guy is different, yes he uses (gasp!) photo's, but he's a true fan of Comic Books and he has a MASSIVE ability to do what others shirk as "easy".

  • his living the life! kudos my good man

  • Best of the Best...

    Ross somehow knows what the characters would really look like if they were alive in our world. His work is as close to perfect as it gets.

  • @ZooRiot True but kirby and ditko started it all!

  • SO DOES JOHN BYRNE.I AGREE ROSS IS THE BEST!

  • He is my excellent inspiration for paint my own T-Skirts n_n

  • omg im gonna buy his comics now i knew about him before but now i definetly want to get some of his work

  • Alex Ross is an amazing artist!

  • "Ive never heard of toonami." PRICK.

  • Ha Ha... Not a prick, man... He was kidding... He love's Toonami. All his favorite shows have been on Toonami.

  • @ZooRiot Yeah.... except for Gotham League Unlimited. That's why he counter-derailed it with it JUSTICE!

    -R78

  • What?

  • Awesome artwork, I'm trying to be a concept artist myself. But how can he like Superman better than Batman?!!

  • Lots of people prefer Superman over Batman. Lot of people prefer Batman over Superman. It's like comparing apples and oranges. Personal taste.

  • Well, yeah, I'm not pissed off or anything. It was just a joke.

  • @xDCxLegends I like Marvel characters better than either of them.

  • @CelestialWoodway Your choice. I don't care....

  • @xDCxLegends And I don't care that you don't care assface!

  • @CelestialWoodway Oh, did I strike a nerve(!)?

  • just sayin. thats what i heard. no doubt he's a good artist.

  • i heard he is a dick in real life.

  • I too heard this.

  • in real life, he's very nice.

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  • Figures Its a piece of shit liberal rag that I wouldnt wipe my ass with

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  • i think after kingdom come rosses work has looked different. like he has to hurry up to get a painting done on time.

  • alex ross is awesome.

  • alex ross is a liberal socialist sack of shit

    cant wait till they censor his ass... oh no they probably wont because he sucks the liberal democrat peen

  • yeah, hes probably even trying to turn all of the superheroes democrat. and the villains republican.

    Fuck Democrats!

  • Di you see his vampire picture of Bush biting the statue of liberty on the neck and the obama painting where he is ripping off his shirt like hes some kind of fucking hero?

    Does ross even FOLLOW what is REALLY going on?

    Has he even heard of HR 2454 the cap and trade aka ENERGY TAX bill? Or does he have so much money he could fucking care less?

  • A really ridiculous one was Bush making out with Cheney...only a fucking loser would take their time to put together something like that! I'm so amazed this asshole would bash on reps more than Bin Ladan, Kim Jong-il, or any other threat to this country. I think he's just following some kind of democrat affiliation. Media bullshit.

  • uhum, oh my god...douche

  • Uhum, oh my god.. great response from someone with nothing to say. Remember, when you don't have a good counter argument, just scream either "Meanie!" or "Dummy!" Works for the left all the time.

  • umm I'm no democrat-sympathizer, but don't bring this up here. Come on, were just trying to enjoy his art.

  • Screw that He paints his propaganda posters thereby throwing his hat into the political realm Now Im going to call him out on it

  • He doesn't paint propaganda. Were did you get that idea?

  • Only from the painting of obama ripping his shirt of revealing a costume with his O campaign logo on it or the painting of Bush biting the statue of liberty on the neck like he was a vampire

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  • Pleae cite where I told someone they could NOT express what they wanted to

    Read the string of comments tool

    I was expressing my displeasure with ross for supporting liberal democrats and it was others who were telling ME to be quiet So it was MY 1st Amendment Rights that were being suppressed

  • Yes, liberalism isn't so liberating...it's a fuckin' self-contradicting word.

  • Liberalism is like the self eating snake

    It start at the tail and eventually gets to the head

  • Whoah, I've never heard that one before. I don't understand it though, can you explain?

  • google

    alex ross obama

    alex ross bush

  • Awsome response from racist white trash. Did it ever occur to you that his illustrations done are what he was hired for by the corporations ? Calling him a liberal socialist is just your way of expressing your white trash supremacist views. Get your shit straight asshole.

  • Racist? Please cite from my previous commenst where I made a comment about RACE

    My issues are with POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

    Dont even TRY to bring the race card into this one

    Yes it is ironic how ross supports someone against the economic system that brought him his fortune and recognition I hope he enjoys his tax increases I can only pray he winds up in the poor house like the rest of us

    So why dont you get your facts straight you race bating sack of shit

  • he seems like a great guy, not a dueche....think i would be a bit of a dick if i had his skill lol, i mean he has all the right in the world to be a total d-bag, he's a true artist, successfull, rich, has a bitchin house, but he's not he's super nice lol, i hope when he "retires" from drawing comics he'll teach a class and i get to attend lol, he really should teach to pass on what he knows lol

  • awesome u lucky, razzin frazzer! lol, i dont know u....but until i get mine signed by him i must hate you lol

  • soy un gran fan saludos desde venezuela...

  • i love that guy's work , i love seeing video's of him to hear words from his mouth rather than on paper , but he does an interview that's in a magazine i like that too ! he's a comic genius , a modern day michaelangelo !

  • my favorite

  • his house is the shit

  • This guy is my art hero. I remember seeing this my sophmore year in high school...7 years ago

  • Ahhhh, there's real comics! LOL, I was beginning to think it was being washed out. The Holy Grail of comic books is the only thing this guy ever does. If not for Ross people would be looking to the movies, where apparently its not easy bein a comic book hero these days. The poor boys have taken their lumps in "Hancock," "The Dark Knight" and even "Iron Man." Self-doubt, angst and inadequacies plague them. And now comes Watchmen. You want the definition of comix; REAL superheroes? Alex Ross.

  • Super cool video  !

  • Alex is not only an amazing artist, but he's a wonderful person!

  • just not my top 3!

  • Alex Ross is a comic book god.

    Not only is his artwork outstanding but his ideas and vision are terrific as well. He isn't a bad writer either. I wish he were running DC Comics.

  • Oh yeah, and he even did the artwork cover of "Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe" as well. They have a video on YouTube on how he did it, excellent!

  • mr. ross, i object to superman > batman. clearly it should be the other way around (batman > superman).

  • totally. batman commands respect. superman gives respect and batman doesnt even have powers

  • Alex Ross is one of the three top artists im comic history! the other two being brian bolland and todd mcfarlane

  • I don't know... David Finch, John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr., and Sal Buschema could all make a case for "top 3" as well, don't you think?

  • yes i understand what your saying but bolland,mcfarlane and ross are artists that leave there mark on what ever they touch,romita sr out of your three is proberly visually the best,but macfarlanes spiderman,bollands batman/judge dredd and ross's kingdom come....ENUF SAID! but hey violet9spider,you know good artwork when you see it..and i totally agree with your case for top 3

  • I agree with you about Todd McFarlane, I've always admired his detailed work in his comics of "Spawn." My favorite artist is Jim Lee.

  • Jim Lee's batman is fantastic! brought the bat right into the 2000's..jims art is absolutly fantastic..jeremyforest is mint!

  • Oh most definitely! Even he did the series for Image Comics called WildC.A.T.S. Another artist that I admire, but is a little controversial is Rob Liefeld. His art is amazing, and he even did some cool stuff from the "Heroes Reborn" series on Marvel Comics. Even though he is controversial, still give him the credit as an excellent artist.

  • my favorite too =D

  • No disrespect to Alex, I love his work but I feel he relies too heavily on reference to the point he's art always looks posed.The only exceptions I feel were the gatchaman artwork - they were really dynamic.

  • batman is a true hero

    fuck superheroman

    as bruce would put it"godamn boy scout"

  • Alex Ross's paintings are amazing

  • Every day I'm at school I stare at all his work up in the halls, it's great inspiration.

  • alex ross uno dei migliori disegnatori di fumetti...

  • suoer cool artist in this galaxy no more is the best can ever see

  • Has anyone ever read Marvels? His art in nothing short of amazing.

  • definetly one of the most amazing artists in the business.

  • amazing

  • Super cool video.  Thanks for posting it!

  • ross is the man and superman is the BEST superhero EVER

  • I want one of those green lantern batteries,

    ALEX ROSS IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!

  • me tooooo

  • a comic book artist?

    THE comic book artist.

  • Superman, I can see that. He is basically the King of Superheros...I also love Capt. Marvel aka Shazam. IF somehow Alex's graphics could be brought to film/animation....it would turn film animation on its ear.

  • His artwork is featured in the opening credits of Spiderman 2

  • i think spiderman 1 to

  • Well, IMHO the real King of Superheroes is Lexington Steele...aka "The Man of Steele"!!!!!

  • He is amazing.

  • Dude... Go to hell...

  • You're soooo right!

  • Alex Ross is awesome! after all, he is the Norman Rockwell of comics.

  • It's interesting that he chose Superman as his favorite hero. From his work and other comments he has made I would have assumed Captain Marvel. I'm glad he chose Supes though as he's my fave as well.

  • he's da coolest.He deserved 2 b called a genius!

  • cau do u do the same he does? no?...

    then........shhhhhhhhhhhh

  • klaus janson

  • "my superpower would be to make the imagined, real"

    Cool sentence.

  • Name: Alex Ross

    Profession: GENIUS!!!!

  • Alex Ross is awesome, but his style is different in that he paints his scenes - which goes beyond basic inking / colorist duties. I LOVE most of his work, but truthfully there have been some pieces I found flat and unappealing. I personally think that Kingdom Come is THE best thing I've ever read and seen in comics - period.

  • Im a big fan of this guy!!

  • some of you treat this guy like he is Jesus with a brush.

    get over it.

    he is good at what he does, but he is a bit of a one trick pony. His work does not evolve. Plus he needs to get out of his time warp.

  • It's a great fucking trick though.

    Good to see the no trick ponies coming out to criticize

  • you don't know me.

  • but i know of you

    Anonymous typical no talent fucking critic

  • believe what ever you like. While I may be anonymous, I'm far from untallented. You however are just like every other jaded sanctimonious internet messagboard twat. So far up upon your high horse that you fail to see that you are just as unimportant as the rest of us.

  • You call me sanctimonious. You...the guy who initiated this whole back and forth by slagging off a largely talented and highly regarded artist. He can't be too bad. You did after all look him up in the first place.

  • I'm unsure of what you mean by one trick pony. Alex Ross does mainly comics because that's what he loves. His work has evolved and his style tightened in the last 13 years - look at his Superman and Batman work from initial to now and I think that's evident. Also, his time warp is not only in homage to creators, but creations as well because they are what inspired him.

  • Ross's stuff is alright... on a technical scale. Sometimes it does have a tendency of losing humanity, becoming stiff and his art work seems made to be mass-marketed to drooling fanboys. Although at least he's not drawing the way, cartoonist in the comics he read as kid drew and he really can draw. (unlike alot of the current hot talent who learned to draw heroes from hero comics and can only draw hero stuff.)

  • Alex is in a league of his own, come on kingdom come was more amazing visually as well as it was a great story, he wrote the premise for kingdom come and mark waid did the script

  • He's My Hero

  • Ales Ross IS THE BEST!! I love his work so much!!

  • I've never heard of a "comic book artist" before. I know superman from the movies and stuff. Apparently he does this drawing for books or newspapers or something, and there was a picture book of superman and batman before they were movies? Did he make up the drawings first then make a movie?

  • i respect his ability, but he preaches to much in his stuff. if I wanted religion or politics I would look for it where it belongs.

  • The essense of a Super Hero is politics and religion. Use your brain.

  • no one asked for your opinion on my opinion. stop wasting your time and mine.

  • how do you know i don't care about his opinion

  • yeah

  • piss off

  • why don't you

  • Alex Ross paints heroes like no other. He has this awesome ability to give life to them and make them larger than life as well. His images are iconic and will remain that way long after the comicbook medium is long gone.

    4 Sep 2007; 7:37pm, Philippines

  • This guy is awesome!

  • Alex is one of the greatest comic book artists EVER. He is in the class of John Romita, Jack Kirby, Bill Finger, John Byrne, and Bill Siekenwicz..the greats.

    Superman is my fav superhero too! Such an American icon.

  • i think frank miller and will eisner is in one of those greats too

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