The legendary artist has finally written his own superhero comic, and we’ve got your first look.
Few comic artists are as instantly recognizable asAlex Ross.
Then various lines of dialogue would pop up in the telling.
The cover of ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Marvel Arts
Most of it came naturally.
the Thing, getting up for a midnight snack.
“Whenever you’re seeing Sue Storm, she’s not the one being dragged into anything.
Ben Grimm is hungry in ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Alex Ross for Marvel Arts
She’s been on this team for a long time.
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Fantastic Four lately.
And then there’sthe upcoming MCU movie, whose highly anticipated casting has yet to be unveiled.
Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm in ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Alex Ross for Marvel Arts
Now, can you do that and get a ’60s vibe, even in contemporary America?
I think everything is possible.
you could make a movie today that feels like it’s got the spirit of an older movie.
Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm in ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Alex Ross for Marvel Arts
There are aesthetic touches like the details of their home and their cars.
Those things changed drastically in the following decades.”
Despite Ross' iconic work and legendary reputation, he still feels frustrated by the comics industry.
The alarm is sounded in ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Alex Ross for Marvel Arts
“I’m not a fan, unfortunately,” Ross says of the Red Hulk.
It turns out that ‘Oh hey, everybody that Bruce Banner knew eventually got transformed by gamma rays.’
I thought that was silly and I wish they hadn’t done it.
A mystery is unveiled in ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’.Alex Ross for Marvel Arts
He was specifically the General Ross version of the character at that moment too!
I just thought, ‘Come on, man, don’t do this to me.’
But Stan didn’t write full scripts.
Cover art for the new ‘Fantastic Four’ comic series coming in November.Alex Ross/Marvel
I needed to sit down, do the work, and really just make it all of one voice.
So far, it’s worked out!"
Fantastic Four: Full Circlewill be available Sept. 6.
