Alex Ross (b. 1970)

Biography:

Alex Ross is an American painter and illustrator born in 1970. He is known for realistic, photo-referenced artwork for comic books and cover illustrations. His best-known comic book work includes Marvels (Marvel, 1994 series) for Marvel and Kingdom Come (DC, 1996 series) for DC. He has also produced covers and interiors for multiple other comics publishers including Dynamite and Image as well as non-comics work including album covers for the heavy metal band Anthrax and a promotional poster for the 2002 Academy Awards.

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Not to be confused with Alexander Ross, the award winning artist/painter born in Denver in 1960.

Ross appeared on the CBS This Morning TV show, December 22, 2018, and the CBS Evening News broadcast the same day: "Meet the artist who put a realistic spin on comic book superheroes".

Name:

  • Alex Ross
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Alex Family name: Ross

Other Names:

  1. Alexander Ross Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Alexander Family name: Ross
  2. Nelson Alexander Ross Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Nelson Alexander Family name: Ross
  3. Алекс Росс Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Алекс Family name: Росс
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Signatures:

  1. A.ROSS [generic]
  2. Alex Ross [generic]
  3. Alexander
  4. Ross [generic]

Awards:

  1. Squiddy Award - Best Comics Artist of the 1990's
  2. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  3. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a New Talent
  4. 1994: Harvey Award - Best Artist
  5. 1994: Eisner Award - Best Painter
  6. 1994: Squiddy Award - Favorite Painter
  7. 1994: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Cover Artist
  8. 1994: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  9. 1995: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Cover Artist
  10. 1995: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  11. 1995: Squiddy Award - Comics Cover Artist
  12. 1995: Squiddy Award - Comics Painter
  13. 1995: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  14. 1996: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Cover Artist
  15. 1996: Squiddy Award - Comics Cover Artist
  16. 1996: Squiddy Award - Comics Creative Team
  17. 1996: Squiddy Award - Comics Painter
  18. 1996: Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist
  19. 1996: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  20. 1996: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  21. 1996: Eisner Award - Best Cover Artist
  22. 1996: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  23. 1997: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  24. 1997: Squiddy Award - Cover Artist
  25. 1997: Squiddy Award - Painter
  26. 1997: National Comics Awards - Best Artist
  27. 1997: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Cover Artist
  28. 1997: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  29. 1997: Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist
  30. 1997: Harvey Award - Best Artist
  31. 1997: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  32. 1997: Eisner Award - Best Cover Artist
  33. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Painter
  34. 1998: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  35. 1998: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Cover Artist
  36. 1998: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  37. 1998: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  38. 1998: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Painter
  39. 1998: Squiddy Award - Cover Artist
  40. 1998: Troféu HQ Mix - Desenhista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Penciller)
  41. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Cover Artist
  42. 1998: Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist
  43. 1998: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
  44. 1998: Squiddy Award - Painter
  45. 1999: Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist
  46. 1999: Eisner Award - Best Painter (Interior Art)
  47. 1999: Eagle Awards - International Section - Favourite Comics Artist (painted artwork)
  48. 1999: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  49. 1999: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  50. 1999: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  51. 2000: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  52. 2000: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  53. 2000: Eisner Award - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art)
  54. 2000: Eisner Award - Best Cover Artist
  55. 2000: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  56. 2000: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  57. 2000: Eagle Awards - International Section - Favourite Comics Artist: Fully Painted Artwork
  58. 2001: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  59. 2001: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  60. 2001: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  61. 2002: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  62. 2002: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  63. 2002: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  64. 2003: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  65. 2003: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  66. 2003: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Painter
  67. 2003: Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award - [no name]
  68. 2003: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  69. 2004: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Cover Artist
  70. 2005: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter
  71. 2012: Shel Dorf Awards - Cover Artist of the Year
  72. 2013: Shel Dorf Awards - Cover Artist of the Year

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Anthology
    Miracleman: The Apocrypha (1992 series)
  2. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Cover
    Marvels (1994 series) #2 [Direct Edition]
  3. 1994: Thompsons - Best Reprint Series or Collection
    Marvels (1994 series)
  4. 1994: Thompsons - Best Single Issue
    Marvels (1994 series) #4 [Direct Edition]
  5. 1994: Thompsons - Best Cover
    Marvels (1994 series) #3 [Direct Edition]
  6. 1994: Squiddy Award - Reprint or Collection Book
    Marvels (1994 series)
  7. 1995: Harvey Award - Best Graphic Album / Previously Released Material
    Marvels (1994 series)
  8. 1995: Harvey Award - Best Single Issue or Story
    Marvels (1994 series) #4 [Direct Edition]
  9. 1995: Squiddy Award - Comic Single Issue
    Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995 series) #1
  10. 1996: Harvey Award - Best Single Issue or Story
    Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995 series) #1
  11. 1997: Squiddy Award - Collection / TPB
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
  12. 1997: Harvey Award - Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work
    Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City (1996 series)
  13. 1998: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
  14. 1998: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Reprint Graphic Album
    Kingdom Come (Limited Hardcover Edition) (1997 series)
  15. 1998: Thompsons - Favorite New Graphic Novel or Graphic Album
    Superman: Peace on Earth (1999 series)
  16. 1998: Squiddy Award - Best Graphic Novel
    Superman: Peace on Earth (1999 series)
  17. 1999: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - New
    Superman: Peace on Earth (1999 series)
  18. 2000: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel
    Batman: War on Crime (1999 series) [First Printing]
  19. 2000: Harvey Award - Best Graphic Album of Original Work
    Batman: War on Crime (1999 series) [First Printing]
  20. 2000: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Novella
    Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (2000 series)
  21. 2001: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel
    Shazam! Power of Hope (2000 series)
  22. 2001: Harvey Award - Best Single Issue or Story
    Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (2000 series)
  23. 2002: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel
    Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (2001 series)
  24. 2003: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album -- Reprint
    Batman Black and White (1998 series) #2
  25. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (2003 series)
  26. 2010: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - Reprint
    Absolute Justice (2009 series)
  27. 2010: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    Absolute Justice (2009 series)

Awards for Stories:

  1. 1995: Thompsons - Best Publication Design
    no title (Astro City) cover, 1p
  2. 1996: Thompsons - Best Cover
    no title (Kingdom Come) cover, 2p
  3. 1997: Thompsons - Best Cover
    no title (Astro City) cover, 1p
  4. 1997: National Comics Awards - Best Cover
    no title (Kingdom Come) cover, 2p
  5. 1997: National Comics Awards - Best Individual Story
    Strange Visitor (Kingdom Come) comic story, 45p

Schools:

  1. American Academy of Art [Chicago] ? to ?

Art Influences:

Alex Ross (b. 1970) stated influences by:
  1. Andrew Loomis
  2. Neal Adams (b. 1941)
  3. Salvador Dalí (b. 1904)
  4. J. C. Leyendecker (b. 1874)
  5. Dave McKean (b. 1963)
  6. Jon J. Muth (b. 1960)
  7. George Pérez (b. 1954)
  8. Norman Rockwell (b. 1894)
  9. John Romita (b. 1930)
  10. Bill Sienkiewicz (b. 1958)
  11. Andy Warhol (b. 1928)
  12. Kent Williams (b. 1962)
  13. Bernie Wrightson (b. 1948)
Influences by Alex Ross (b. 1970) were stated by:
  1. Marcos Martins (b. 1985)
  2. Felipe Massafera (b. 1985)
  3. Andy Park (b. 1975)

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: Immortal Hulk by Alex Ross Poster Book (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2021
    Employer Name : Marvel

  2. Publication Title: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Villains: An Explosive Pop-up of Rivalries (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2012
    Employer Name : Jumping Jack Press
    Work Title: Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom
    Notes: Interior artwork for the book edited by George White.

  3. Publication Title: Marvels Poster Book (book) - Role: artist - Year: 2019
    Employer Name : Marvel

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