Today in Comics History, January 22: Happy birthday, Alex Ross!

Born on this day: comic book artist and writer and painter of light Alex Ross, whose work in paints brings dramatic realism to the worlds of superheroes. Y'all remember him from such films comics as Kingdom Come, Marvels, Uncle Sam, Justice, Earth X, and all those modern-day treasury-sized DC comics. (Plus, as we say, the proverbial much more!) And lots and lots of covers, including his penchant for recreating classic covers in his trademark realistic style.



from Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (Pantheon, October 2003), art by Alex Ross
We know what his artwork looks like! What does Alex look like, as seen in comics? Well, mostly in photos...



from Mythology


from A Distant Soil (1996 series) #25 (Image, June 1998)


from Marvel Age #130 (Marvel, November 1993)
Of course, somebody's always gotta be a goofball about it:


from "What Do Comic Book Icons Think of The Goon's First Issue?" in The Goon (2003 series) #1 (Dark Horse, June 2003); script, pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Eric Powell; additional colors by Robin Powell and Barry Gregory
Anyway, happy birthday, Alex!