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Mark Evanier is Writing Commentary For New FANTASTIC FOUR NO 1 : PANEL BY PANEL Book by Chip Kidd & Geoff Spear

 

Comic Book Writer/Expert Mark Evanier will be writing commentary for the new Marvel FANTASTIC FOUR No 1 : PANEL BY PANEL Book!

In a recent NEWS FROM ME Blog Posting Mark shared the news & also shares some more new information about the book. To read that news just CLICK HERE!

Designer & Author Chip Kidd and Photographer Geoff Spear will be releasing this on November 21st, 2021 (in Partnership with MARVEL Comics). It’s titled FANTASIC FOUR NO 1: PANEL BY PANEL where Chip, and other Commentators / Comic Book History Experts, discuss the Original Very First Issue of the FANTASTIC FOUR #1 Comic Book published by Marvel back in the 1960’s. This is also inspired by the fact that 2021 is the “Sixty Year Anniversary” of this famous comic. There will also be an Introduction by Walter Mosley & an Essay by Tom Brevoort (more on that later).

One Last Thing: To learn MORE about this book just CLICK HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALTA LIVE : Artist Anita Kunz Shares Her New Book, ORIGINAL SISTERS : PORTRAITS OF TENACITY AND COURAGE (Pantheon)

 

The Artist Anita Kunz was recently interviewed at ALTA LIVE where she talked about Her Life, Her Art & Her New Book, “ORIGINAL SISTERS: Portraits of Tenacity & Courage” (Pantheon).

Anita Kunz’s work is as recognizable as it is impactful. Her art has been featured on magazine covers from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone, appeared in museums and galleries around the globe, and resulted in Kunz’s appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada. The artist’s latest book, “Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage”, celebrates pioneering women—some you likely know, others you might not—with Kunz’s signature portrait work. She joins us to take us through her process, share some artwork, and talk about the tenacious and courageous women who inspire her.

Here’s the video of the event down below, please be sure to check it out!

 

 

Also, Jessica Blough, a Reporter over at the ALTA MAGAZINE Website, gave an excellent recap on this video shown up above. You can read her article about by clicking RIGHT HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL SISTERS: PORTRAITS OF TENACITY AND COURAGE By ANITA KUNZ, a New Addition to the Pantheon Graphic Library

 

ORIGINAL SISTERS: PORTRAITS OF TENACITY AND COURAGE By ANITA KUNZ
Foreword by Roxane Gay

 

 

From the internationally acclaimed artist, a stunning collection of portraits of ground-breaking women—Joan of Arc, Josephine Baker, Greta Thunberg, Misty Copeland, and many more history-making women whose names have been forgotten and are finally being brought to light. With a Forward by Roxanne Gay

“This book, as a whole, offers the reader possibility and promise … You will be introduced to many of these women for the first time, because history is rarely kind to women until it is forced to be. You will learn about artists and activists, rulers and rebels.” —Roxanne Gay, from the Forward

Original Sisters was born from the COVID-19 quarantine. In early March 2020, locked down in her home-studio in Toronto and longing for inspiration, artist Anita Kunz started researching women on the Internet. She wasn’t sure what she was looking for, but she soon found an array of astonishing people who had done amazing things—some of whom she had heard of, but most of whom she had not. And then she began to paint their pictures and write down their stories. The result is a jaw-dropping feat of historic and artistic research. The wide variety of lives, occupations, time periods, and achievements is absolutely mind-bending.

From Joan of Arc to Josephine Baker, from Hippolyta to Greta Thunberg, from Anne Frank to Misty Copeland: these women made and changed history. But there are just as many whom you’ve never heard of, who were never recognized in their lifetimes, whose achievements need to be brought to light. They include the anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl, who was executed at age twenty-one by the Third Reich, and Alice Ball, a young African American scientist who discovered a treatment for leprosy but died tragically before she could receive credit for it.

This is not only a breathtaking art book. Original Sisters also recounts a secret history that must be told so that it is a secret no more.

Part of Pantheon Graphic Library
Category: Graphic Novels & Manga / Art / Biography & Memoir
Hardcover: $30.00
Published by Pantheon
Release Date: Nov 02, 2021
ISBN # 9780593316146

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO ~ CHASE JARVIS LIVE SHOW: Graphic Designer Debbie Millman Talks About Her New Book, “WHY DESIGN MATTERS”

 

In a recent episode of the CHASE JARVIS LIVE Podcast, Debbie Millman talks with Chase about her life, career & her new book, “WHY DESIGN MATTERS: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WORLD’S MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE”.

At a certain point in our careers, there are no more promotions to seek. No more pay raises to demand. No more competition to be had…. At the peak of our careers, a sense of achievement can be offset by the sheer terror of falling down to the bottom again. For over thirty years, Debbie Millman established herself as a creative leader, on her own terms. Designer. Educator. Artist. Brand Consultant. Podcast Host. But unlike many others, Debbie did not just invent a brand. She focused on building character, creating a great reputation, and ultimately mastering her craft. The iconic host of one of the world’s longest-running podcasts, Design Matters, joins me in this episode to share the ups and downs of her incredible journey, the lessons learned, roles played, and her plans for the future.

 

Highlights of the conversation:

* Finding out what you truly love to do

* How speaking publicly about childhood trauma on Tim Ferriss’ podcast shifted her healing process forward

* Why we become more intentional about our time as we grow older

* Debbie shares one of the most profound pieces of advice from an interview guest she’s ever talked to, David Lee Roth (When you’re on the top, there’s only one way to go).

* Debbie shares why how her success came as a result of self-loathing and over-achieving as a young person * Why is it more important to evolve as a person than as a brand? What’s the difference?

 

 



 

If you don’t know yet, Debbie is also the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits. She has an upcoming book based majorly on her podcast Design Matters, called Why Design Matters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO ~ WASHINGTON POST LIVE: Virtual Book Event with Anderson Cooper, “Vanderbilt :The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty”

 

CNN anchor and author Anderson Cooper’s new book, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty,” (Harper) chronicles the lives of some of the most remarkable members of the Vanderbilt family. Cooper, the great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the richest man in 19th century America, sits down with Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Karen Tumulty to discuss the fabulous wealth, familial discord, triumphs and tragedies of this legendary American dynasty.

This Washington Post Live Event originally aired on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

 

 

 

 

 

NOV 4th – ANDERSON COOPER to Join the NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY to discuss the VANDERBILT DYNASTY

 

On November 4th, 2021 CNN anchor and New York Times Bestselling Author Anderson Cooper will have a Virtual (Online) Book Tour Event! This is for his new book, “VANDERBILT: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY” (Harper). It starts at 5:30 and runs till about 6:30. Also, to purchase a copy, please visit the Museum of Newport History & shop at 127 Thames Street.

Tickets are $20 per person, or $10 for NHS members, and can be purchased using the link below. Advance registration is required.

TICKET INFO can be found by clicking RIGHT HERE!

For most of his life, Anderson Cooper intentionally distanced himself from the Vanderbilt dynasty his mother was born into. But after Gloria Vanderbilt’s death in 2019, Cooper, CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author, began going through old journals, letters and Vanderbilt family documents his mother had stored away in long-forgotten boxes. Intrigued, he began researching the public and private lives of his ancestors, and when his son Wyatt was born in 2020, decided to write a book to one day help him understand this fascinating branch of his family’s history. The story of the Vanderbilts is an American epic of achievement and excess—a saga of a staggering fortune built and squandered, of high society and salacious scandals, of public fame and private pain.

As both award-winning journalist and great, great, great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who rose from obscurity and died the richest man in America in 1877, Anderson Cooper is uniquely qualified to tell this extraordinary family history. VANDERBILT: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, written with novelist and historian Katherine Howe, chronicles the lives of some of the most remarkable members of this famous and fractured family who re-defined conspicuous consumption.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS – Anderson Cooper Share His New Book,”VANDERBILT : The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty”

 

Just in case anyone missed it last night, Anderson Cooper was on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS & here’s what happened:

First, He talked about his new book, “Vanderbilt : The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” (Harper Collins), and then he mentioned the Book Cover Designer’s name, Chip Kidd…. WOW! Oh man! That’s pretty freakin’ cool! Ha!

Check ’em out:

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

FREE LIBRARY of Philadelphia VIDEO – Author LAWRENCE WRIGHT, His New Book, THE PLAGUE YEAR : America in the Time of Covid

 

Author Lawrence Wright was recently in conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition, about his brand-new book, “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” (Knopf).  Acclaimed for bringing “a clear-eyed, investigative fearlessness” (The Washington Post) to a diverse range of topics, Lawrence Wright is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker.

He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower, an in-depth history of the rise of violent extremism and the intelligence failures that might have prevented the 9/11 attacks. His many other nonfiction works include books about different communities and their experiences in Texas, the secretive world of Scientology, and contemporary American religious figures. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Society of American Historians, Wright has written and performed two one-person plays and co-produced the Emmy-winning documentary Going Clear.

Wright recently published “The End of October” (Knopf), a bestselling novel about a devastating medical crisis. The Plague Year is about the impact of Covid-19, the initially slow government response to this crisis, and the medical professionals working to save lives and educate the public.

Here is the video (Recorded June 11, 2021)

 



 

 

 

 

New VANDERBILT Book: ‘Like “The Crown” on Steroids’, Anderson Cooper Digs Into His Family History

 

CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses his new book, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.” (Harper Collins, designed by Graphic Designer Chip Kidd).

 

 

 

 

LSE Online BOOK TOUR Event – THE PLAGUE YEAR : America in the Time of Covid by Lawrence Wright

 

Peter Trubowitz, a Professor at the LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), recently talked with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright about his new book, “The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid” (Knopf).