Alex Ross

**Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross** () adalah seorang pelukis komik, ilustrator dan penulis cerita, karyanya yang bergaya photorealisme selalu di kagumi orang. Ross terkenal karena kecintaannya terhadap penampilan kuno dari tokoh-tokoh klasik dan elemen mitos superhero karyanya.

Dari tahun 90-an akhir, Ross telah membuat karya untuk dua industri komik terbesar dan penerbit paling historis sepanjang zaman, DC Comics dan Marvel Comics, tetapi Ross juga sebagai kreator kedua *[[Astro City]]*, sebuah seri asli yang mengeksploitasi mitos superhero.

Walaupun ia sosok yang terkenal untuk DC dan Marvel, ia lebih dikenal sebagai seniman DC, seperti karyanya *[[Kingdom Come]]* yang diciptakan untuk DC. Berdasarkan waktu dan usaha dicurahkan untuk menampilkan lukisannya yang sangat rumit itu, ia sering menyewa pelukis untuk melukiskan kovernya. Hampir semua karya dia di Marvel sejak 1994 telah menjadi seorang penulis cerita dan pelukis kover.

Gaya Ross telah dikatakan menunjukkan "getaran Norman-Rockwell-bertemu-George-Pérez", dan telah dipuji karena penggambaran karakter komik-komik yang realistis. Gaya renderingnya, perhatiannya terhadap detail, dan kecenderungan karakternya untuk digambarkan melintang ke kejauhan dalam gambar sampul telah disindir di majalah *[[Mad (majalah)|Mad]]*. Karena waktu yang dibutuhkan Ross untuk menghasilkan seninya, ia terutama berperan sebagai plotter dan / cover artist. *[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]* Editor Senior Maggie Thompson, mengomentari penghentian publikasi penghargaan Pelukis Favorit dari CBG Fan Awards mereka karena dominasi Ross terhadap kategori tersebut, yang dinyatakan pada tahun 2010, "Ross mungkin hanya sebagai Pelukis Favorit lapangan, yang lain. Fakta bahwa banyak pelukis luar biasa sedang bekerja di buku komik hari ini."

## Awal kehidupan

Alex Ross lahir di Portland, Oregon, dan dibesarkan di Lubbock, Texas, oleh ayah pendeta, Clark, dan ibunya, seorang seniman komersial dari siapa dia akan belajar banyak dari merek dagang dari gaya artistiknya. Ross pertama kali mulai menggambar pada usia tiga tahun, dan pertama kali dipengaruhi oleh pahlawan super saat ia menemukan Spider-Man di sebuah episode serial TV anak-anak *The Electric Company*.

Dia kemudian akan dipengaruhi oleh seniman komik seperti John Romita Sr., Neal Adams, George Pérez dan Bernie Wrightson, dan berusaha untuk meniru gaya Pérez saat dia melakukan pekerjaan superhero, dan Wrightson saat dia melakukan apa yang dia sebut "serius" kerja. Pada usia 16, Ross menemukan karya ilustrator yang realistis seperti Andrew Loomis dan Norman Rockwell, dan membayangkan suatu saat melihat gaya seperti itu yang diterapkan pada seni komik.

Pada usia 17, Ross mulai belajar melukis di American Academy of Art di Chicago, tempat ibunya belajar. Selama bertahun-tahun di sana, Ross menemukan karya seniman lain seperti J. C. Leyendecker dan Salvador Dalí, yang "kualitasnya sangat realistis", Ross melihat, tidak jauh dari komik. Pada saat inilah ia membentuk ide untuk melukiskan buku komiknya sendiri. Ross lulus setelah tiga tahun.

## Mainan
DC Direct telah memproduksi 3 gelombang action figure dari komik *Kingdom Come* karya Alex Ross. Gelombang pertama adalah figur Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern dan Hawkman. Gelombang kedua Batman, Red Robin, Captain Marvel dan Kid Flash. Gelombang terakhir Magog, Flash, Armored Wonder Woman dan Deadman. Figur eksklusif Red Arrow telah dirilis melalui majalah ToyFare. DC Direct jgua merili ulang karakter lainnya melalui serial lini Elseworlds. Figur-figur ini adalah The Spectre, Norman McCay, Jade, Nightstar, Aquaman dan Blue Beetle. Ross juga mendesain kostum dari Batwoman yang sekarang, karakter ini dirilis melalui serial mainan "52".

DC Direct juga merilis lini action figure dari serial komik *Justice*, berdasarkan karya Alex Ross:
* Serie 1: Bizarro, Sinestro, Cheetah, Flash, Superman, Superman (Variant)
* Serie 2: Aquaman, Batman, Black Canary, Black Manta, Parasite
* Serie 3: Green Lantern, Joker, Plastic Man, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman
* Serie 4: Black Adam, Hawkman, Shazam!, Solomon Grundy, Zatanna
* Serie 5: Brainiac, Green Arrow, Lex Luthor, Martian Manhunter, Martian Manhunter (Translucent), Red Tornado.

## Penghargaan
* National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Award
** 1998 National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Award for *Superman: Peace on Earth*.
* Eisner Awards
** 1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominasi - Best Cover Artist: (for Marvels [Marvel])
** 1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: (Marvels (Marvel))
** 1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Cover Artist: (for Kurt Busiek\'s Astro City [Jukebox Productions/Image])
** 1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Cover Artist: (for Kingdom Come [DC] and Kurt Busiek\'s Astro City [Jukebox Productions/Homage])
** 1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: (Kingdom Come (DC Comics))
** 1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Cover Artist: (for Kurt Busiek\'s Astro City [Jukebox Productions/Image] and Uncle Sam [DC/Vertigo])
** 1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: (Uncle Sam (DC Comics/Vertigo))
** 1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: (Superman: Peace on Earth (DC Comics))
** 2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Cover Artist: (for Batman: No Man\'s Land, Batman: Harley Quinn, and Batman: War on Crime [DC]; and Kurt Busiek\'s Astro City [Homage/DC/Wildstorm]; and America\'s Best Comics alternate #1 [Wildstorm/DC])
** 2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: (Batman: War on Crime (DC Comics))
** 2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Menang - Bob Clampett Humanitarian
** 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominasi - Best Cover Artist: (Astro City: The Dark Age (DC Comics/WildStorm); Project Superpowers (Dynamite))
* Harvey Awards
** 1994 Harvey Awards Best Artist or Penciller Alex Ross, for Marvels (Marvel Comics)
** 1997 Harvey Awards Best Artist or Penciller Alex Ross for Kingdom Come (DC)
** 1996 Harvey Awards Best Cover Artist Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 (Image)
** 1997 Harvey Awards Best Cover Artist Alex Ross, for Kingdom Come #1 (DC)
** 1998 Harvey Awards Best Cover Artist Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image/Homage), Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100 (DC), Squadron Supreme (Marvel Comics)
** 1999 Harvey Awards Best Cover Artist Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image/Homage), Superman Forever (DC), Superman: Peace on Earth (DC)
** 1994 Harvey Awards Best Continuing or Limited Series Marvels, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin (Marvel Comics)
** 1995 Harvey Awards Best Single Issue or Story Marvels #4, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin (Marvel Comics)
** 2000 Harvey Awards Best Graphic Album of Original Work Batman: War on Crime by Paul Dini and Alex Ross, edited by Charles Kochman and Joey Cavalieri (DC)
** 1995 Harvey Awards Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin (Graphitti Graphics)
** 1994 Harvey Awards Special Award for Excellence in Presentation Marvels, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin; design by Joe Kaufman and Comicraft (Marvel Comics)

Ross memenangkan CBG Fan Awards dari *[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]* untuk Pelukis Favorit tujuh tahun berturut-turut, menghasilkan pengumuman publikasi kategori itu. *Comics Buyer's Guide* Editor Senior Maggie Thompson mengomentari hal ini pada tahun 2010, "Ross mungkin hanya menjadi pelukis favorit lapangan, yang terjadi, terlepas dari kenyataan bahwa banyak pelukis luar biasa sedang bekerja di buku komik hari ini."

## Bibliografi
### Interior

#### DC Comics
* *[[Sandman Mystery Theatre]] Annual* #1 (delapan halaman, di antara artis lainnya) (1994)
* *[[Kingdom Come]]*, miniseri, #1–4 (1996)
* *[[Uncle Sam (Vertigo)|U.S. (a.k.a. *Uncle Sam*)]]*, miniseri, #1–2 (1997)
* **' (1998)
* **' (1999)
* *[[Superman and Batman: World's Funnest]]* (two pages, among other artists) (2000)
* *[[Shazam!: Power of Hope]]* (2000)
* *[[Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth]]* (2001)
* *[[Batman Black and White]]* #2 (2002)
* **' (2002)
* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #800 (satu halaman, di antara artis lainnya) (2003)
* **' (2003)
* *[[The World's Greatest Super-Heroes]]*, mengumpulkan antologi (2005)
* *[[Justice (DC Comics)|Justice]]*, limited series, #1–12 (painting over Doug Braithwaite pensil, 2005–2007)
* *JSA Kingdom Come Special: [[Superman]]* (pencil art, colors by Alex Sinclair) (2009)

#### Dynamite Entertainment
* *Kirby Genesis* #0–3 (bersama Jack Herbert) (2011)
* *Masks* #1 (2012)
* *[[Project Superpowers]]* #1–8; vol. 2 #1–13 (2008–2010)

#### Eclipse Comics
* *[[Marvelman|Miracleman: Apocrypha]]* #3 (sembilan halaman cerita) (1992)

#### Image Comics
* *[[Battle of the Planets]]* #0.5 (pensil saja, di antara seniman lainnya) (2002)

#### Marvel Comics
* *[[Captain America]]* #600 (dua halaman, di antara seniman lainnya) (2009)
* *[[Hellraiser (waralaba)|Clive Barker's Hellraiser]]* #17 (1992)
* *[[Earth X]]* #1–12 (cerita teks cadangan) (1999–2000)
* *[[Marvels]]*, miniseri, #0–4 (1994)

#### Now Comics
* **' #1–5 (1990)


=== Cover ===



==== DC Comics ====
* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #871 (2009)
* ''[[Astro City]]:
** ''Astra Special'' #1–2 (2009)
** ''Arrowsmith'' (2004)
** ''A Visitors Guide'' (2004)
** ''Beauty'' (2008)
** ''Dark Age, Book One'' #1–4 (2005)
** ''Dark Age, Two'' #1–4 (2007)
** ''Dark Age, Book Three'' #1–4 (2009)
** ''Dark Age, Book Four'' #1–4 (2010)
** ''Dark Age 1: Brothers and Other Strangers'' (2008)
** ''Local Heroes'' #1–5 (2003–04)
** ''Samaritan'' (2006)
** ''Silver Agent'' (2010)
** ''Special'' #1 (2004)
* ''[[Batman (buku komik)|Batman]]'' #676–686 (2008–2009)
* ''Batman: [[Harley Quinn]]'' #1 (1999)
* **' #100 (1997)
* *[[No Man's Land (komik)|Batman: No Man's Land]]* #1 (1999)
* *[[Black Adam]]: The Dark Age*, miniseri, #1 (2007)
* *[[Captain Atom]]: Armageddon* (2005)
* *[[Countdown to Infinite Crisis]]* #1 (melukis diatas Jim Lee pensil) (2005)
* *Crisis on Multiple Earths* #1, 3–4 (2002–2006)
* *[[DC Comics Presents#Julius Schwartz Tribute|DC Comics Presents]]* (penghormatan kepada Julius Schwartz):
** *[[Flash (Barry Allen)|The Flash]]* (2004)
** *[[Mystery in Space]]* (2004)
* *[[Detective Comics]]* #860 (2010)
* *[[Green Lantern (buku komik)|Green Lantern]]* vol. 4 #1 (varian cover)
* *The Greatest Stories Ever Told*:
** *[[Batman]]* #1–2 (2005–2007)
** *Flash* (2007)
** *[[Green Lantern]]* (2006)
** *[[Justice League of America|JLA]]* (2006)
** *[[Joker (komik)|Joker]]* (2008)
** *[[Shazam!]]* (2008)
** *[[Superman]]* #1–2 (2004–2006)
** *[[Superman/Batman]]* (2007)
** *[[Wonder Woman]]* (2007)
* *[[History of the DC Universe]]* (2002)
* *Justice League of America* vol. 2 #12; *The Lightning Saga* (2007–2008)
* *[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]* #68–69, 72–81; *Annual* #1 (2005–2008)
* *JSA Kingdom Come Special: [[Magog (komik)|Magog]]* (2009)
* *JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom* (2009)
* *Justice Society of America* vol. 3 #1–26 (2007–2009)
* *9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember* #2 (2002)
* *[[Space Ghost]]*, miniseries, #1–6 (2005)
* *[[Spectre (komik)|Spectre]]* vol. 3 #22 (1994)
* *[[Supergirl (buku komik)|Supergirl]]* vol. 4 #35
* *[[Superman (komik)|Superman]]* #675–683 (2008)
* *Superman: Forever* #1 (1998)
* *Superman: Strength*, miniseri, #1–3 (2005)
* *Superman vs. the Flash* (2003)

##### America's Best Comics
* *[[America's Best Comics]] Special* #1 (2001)
* *[[Promethea]]* #1 (1999)
* *[[Tomorrow Stories]]* #1 (1999)
* *[[Tom Strong]]* #1 (1999)
* *[[Top 10 (comics)|Top 10]]* #1 (1999)

#### Dynamite Entertainment
* *[[A Game of Thrones]]* #1–2 (2011)
* *[[Avengers (komik)|Avengers]]/[[Invaders]]*, limited series, #1–12; Giant-Size #1 (2008–2009) (Marvel/Dyamite)
* *[[Bionic Man]]* #1–5 (2011)
* *[[Black Terror]]* #1–10 (2008–2009)
* *[[Buck Rogers]]* #1 (2010)
* *[[Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers|Captain Victory]]* #1–4 (2011–2012)
* *[[Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications)#Dynamite Entertainment|Death-Defying' Devil]]* #1–4 (2008–2009)
* *Dragonsbane* #1 (2012)
* *[[The Green Hornet]]* #1–12 (2010–2011)
* *Kirby Genesis* #1–4 (2011)
* *[[Tarzan (komik)|Lord of the Jungle]]* #1 (2012)
* *[[The Lone Ranger|Lone Ranger]]* vol. 2 #1 (2012)
* *[[Silver Star (komik)|Silver Star]]* #1–3 (2011)
* *[[The Phantom|Last Phantom]]* #1–10 (2010–2012)
* *[[Miss Masque|Masquerade]]* #2–4 (2009)
* *[[Vampirella]]* #1 (2010)
* *[[Voltron]]* #1–2 (2011–2012)

#### Marvel Comics
* *[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]* #568, 600 (2008–2009), vol. 4 #1 - present (2015–present)
* *[[Captain America]]* vol. 5 #34 (2008)
* *[[Earth X]]* #0 (1999)
* *[[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]]* vol. 3 #1, 3, 17 (2002–2003)
* *[[Daredevil (serial Marvel Comics)|Daredevil]]* #500 (2009)
* *Daredevil/[[Spider-Man]]*, miniseries, #1–4 (2001)
* *4 (Universe X Special)* #1 (2000)
* *[[Guardians of the Galaxy (tim 2008)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]* vol. 3 #18 (2014)
* *[[Guardians of the Galaxy (tim 1969)|Guardians 3000]]* #1-Present (2014–sekarang)
* *[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk]]* #600 (2009)
* *[[Invaders|Invaders Now!]]*, miniseri, #1–5 (2010–2011)
* *[[Marvelman|Miracleman]]*, reprint, #5 (variant cover) (2014)
* *[[Spider-Woman]]*, vol. 2 #1 (2009)
* *[[Human Torch (android)|The Torch]]*, miniseri, #1–8 (2009–2010)
* *[[Uncanny X-Men]]* #500 (2008)
* *Savage Hulk* #1 (2014)
* *[[Secret Wars]]*, event, #1-9 (2015)

#### Terbitan lainnya
* *[[Battle of the Planets]]* #1–12 (2002–2003) (Image)
* *Battle of the Planets/[[Thundercats]]* (2003) (DC/Image)
* *Battle of the Planets/[[Witchblade]]* (2003) (Image)
* *[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]* "Origins" Downloadable Content Cover Art (2013)
* *[[Life with Archie]]* #37 (variant cover) (Archie Comics)
* *[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]* #1–20 (2013–2014) (Dark Horse)

## Referensi

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* Alex Ross  at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* Alex Ross at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* Alex Ross Images . Comic Book Images Gallery.
* Alex Ross Books. ReviewAnt.