Chip Kidd






Chip Kidd

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born
January 01, 1964

gender
male

place of birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, The United States

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels


about this author

Chip Kidd is an American author, editor and graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up in a Philadelphia suburb, strongly influenced by American popular culture. While a design student at Penn State, an art instructor once gave the assignment to design a book cover for Museums and Women by John Updike, who is also a Shillington native. The teacher panned Kidd's work in front of the class, suggesting that book design would not be a good career choice for him. However, Kidd later received professional assignments to design covers for Memories of the Ford Administration and other books by Updike.
Kidd is currently associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House...more




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avg rating: 3.76 | 2,920 ratings | 563 reviews | 13 distinct works | 18 fans
The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in... The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters
by Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.66 — 1,516 ratings — published 2001
8 editions
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The Learners: A Novel The Learners: A Novel
by Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.49 — 460 ratings — published 2008
8 editions
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Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 198... Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006
by Chip Kidd
avg rating 4.40 — 199 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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Mythology Mythology
by Alex Ross, Geoff Spear (Photographer), Chip Kidd (Designed by)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2003
5 editions
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Peanuts: the art of Charles M.... Peanuts: the art of Charles M. Schulz
by Charles M. Schulz, Chip Kidd, Jean Schulz
avg rating 4.39 — 28 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Watching the Watchmen Watching the Watchmen
by Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.98 — 138 ratings — published 2008
5 editions
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Batman Animated Batman Animated
by Paul Dini, Chip Kidd
avg rating 4.37 — 83 ratings — published 1998
5 editions
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Jack Cole and Plastic Man: For... Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
by Art Spiegelman, Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.94 — 70 ratings — published 2001
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Bat-Manga!: The Secret History... Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
by Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.74 — 54 ratings — published 2008
2 editions
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Bizarro Comics Bizarro Comics
by Chris Duffy, Dylan Horrocks (Illustrator), Will Pfeifer, Tony Millionaire (Illustrator), Chip Kidd, Liz Glass, Dean Haspiel (Illustrator), Jill Thompson (Illustrator) more...
avg rating 3.82 — 38 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Superman: Complete History - S... Superman: Complete History - Sixty Years of the Man of Steel
by Les Daniels, Chip Kidd
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998
3 editions
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Batman Collected Batman Collected
by Chip Kidd
avg rating 4.20 — 15 ratings — published 1996
3 editions
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The Golden Age of DC Comics: 3... The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days
by Les Daniels, Geoff Spear, Chip Kidd
avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 2001
3 editions
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Batman Masterpiece Edition: Th... Batman Masterpiece Edition: The Caped Crusader's Golden Age
by Les Daniels, Chip Kidd
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 2000
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Graphic Design America 2: The... Graphic Design America 2: The work of many of the best and brightest design firms from across the United States
by D.K. Holland, Chip Kidd
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997
2 editions
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"Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores: if the one you're with isn't doing the job, there's always, always, always another."
Chip Kidd (The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters)
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"Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say:
'Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.'"
Chip Kidd (The Learners: A Novel)
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"Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable.'"
Chip Kidd (The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters)
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