Alex Ross

"No one can deny how large the icons of the Star Wars universe are. It's not just how long they've been around, it's also their worldwide cultural impact. Darth Vader is as big as any comic book legend."
―Alex Ross[1]

Alex Ross is an American comic book artist who has drawn covers for the first four issues of Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars comic series.[1] He has also provided variant covers for the first issues of Marvel Comics' 2015 Star Wars,[2] Darth Vader,[3] Princess Leia,[4] and Lando series.[5]

Ross did a piece for the 2010 art book Star Wars Art: Visions titled Empire of Style.[6] His artwork for the book was later used as a cover for the French magazine Star Wars – La Saga en BD #38 published by Delcourt.[7]

He was one of the artists providing exclusive artwork at Celebration Anaheim's Art Show.[8] His piece, titled Han/Chewie Wanted,[9] pays homage to Gil Kane and Tony DeZuniga's cover for Star Wars (1977) 7.[10] It was later used as a variant cover for the first issue of Marvel's Chewbacca miniseries.[11]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWInsider "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 136
  2. ↑ Premium-Era-real 'Star Wars' exclusive: Check out this Alex Ross cover for Marvel's 'Star Wars #1' by Franich, Darren on Entertainment Weekly (October 20, 2014) (backup link archived on June 30, 2020)
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 Alex Ross Variant Cover – Exclusive Reveal! on StarWars.com (backup link)
  4. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo PRINCESS LEIA #1 (OF 5) ROSS VAR on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  5. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo STAR WARS LANDO #1 (OF 5) ROSS VAR on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  6. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: Visions -- Empire of Style on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Premium-Era-real Star Wars – La Saga en BD #38 on www.editions-delcourt.fr (backup link archived on June 27, 2013)
  8. ↑ StarWars.com J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy to Kick Off Star Wars Celebration on StarWars.com (backup link)
  9. ↑ Celebration-favicon Art Show – Star Wars Celebration on the Celebration Anaheim official Star Wars Celebration website (original link is obsolete)
  10. ↑ Premium-Era-real EXCLUSIVE: Alex Ross Pays Homage to Tony DeZuniga in Star Wars Celebration Lithograph by Albert Ching on ComicBookResources (February 13, 2015) (backup link archived on August 19, 2020)
  11. ↑ Premium-Era-real Preview: Chewbacca #1 (Unlettered) on ComicBookResources (September 15, 2015) (backup link archived on August 19, 2020)

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