Alex Ross

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alex Ross
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1970(1970-01-22)
Age	54
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Oregon
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alex Ross Biography

Alex Ross is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on January 22, 1970 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Comic book artist and writer known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His notable works include the Kingdom Come comic book miniseries and the Universe X, Paradise X, and Earth X series.

He collaborated with fellow artist Kurt Busiek on a comic book series called Marvels.

After graduating, Ross took a job at an advertising agency as a storyboard artist. Ross’ first published comic book work was the 1990 five-issue miniseries, Terminator: The Burning Earth, written by Ron Fortier and published by NOW Comics. Ross created all of the art, from pencils through coloring for the series. He performed similar work on a variety of titles over the next few years. His first work for Marvel Comics was to have been printed in the science-fiction anthology series Open Space #5 but the title was cancelled with issue #4 (August 1990). Ross’ story was printed in 1999 as a special supplement to Wizard’s Alex Ross Special. In 1993, he completed his first painted superhero assignment, the cover of a Superman novel, Superman: Doomsday & Beyond.

During this time, Ross met writer Kurt Busiek, and the two began submitting proposals for series that would feature paintings as their internal art. Marvel agreed to a project that would tell much of the history of the Marvel Universe from the perspective of an ordinary person. That limited series, Marvels, was released in 1994, and chronicled the life of a photojournalist, as he reacted to living in a world of superheroes and villains.

The son of a minister and an artist, he was born in Oregon and raised in Texas.

Alex Ross Net Worth

Alex Ross is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alex Ross 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied at Chicago’s American Academy of Art, where he was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí and J. C. Leyendecker. He published his first comic book, Terminator: The Burning Earth, in the 1990s.

He was a 1997 recipient of the prestigious Will Eisner Award.

Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book writer/artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels, on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, which Ross co-wrote. Since then he has done covers and character designs for Busiek’s series Astro City, and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative art for Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, and DVD packaging art for the M. Night Shyamalan film Unbreakable. He has done covers for TV Guide, promotional artwork for the Academy Awards, posters and packaging design for video games, and his renditions of superheroes have been merchandised as action figures.

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In 2001, Ross won acclaim for his work on special comic books benefiting the families of those killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, including his portraits of paramedics, police and firefighters. He has designed DC merchandise, including posters, dinner plates, and statues. In late 2001, Ross painted four covers to the December 8, 2001 TV Guide, which depicted Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum of the TV series Smallville, and Superman.

Facts & Trivia

Alex Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alex Ross celebrates birthday on January 22 of every year.

In early 2002, Ross designed the promotional poster for the 2002 Academy Awards, which depicted Oscar perched atop the First National Building. The Academy loaned Ross an actual Oscar statuette for a week for him to use as reference for the painting. Ross stated that he photographed members of his family as if they were receiving it. That same year, he was one of four artists who depicted Spider-Man on one of the covers to the April 27, 2002 issue of TV Guide as a promotional tie-in to the feature film Spider-Man.

Who is Alex Ross's favorite superhero?

Starting at four years old, Ross began drawing images of his favorite superheroes— Superman, Captain Marvel, and Plastic Man —characters he would revisit numerous times in the next thirty-seven years, rejuvenating them with his own style. Ross spent much of his childhood drawing and scripting original comic books.

How much does Alex Ross make?

The average salary of Alex Ross is $347,350 in the United States.

What paint does Alex Ross use?

Alex Ross is known for painting using Gouache and Wash paints , which are both slightly similar to watercolor, only Gouache is more opaque and Wash is less.

What did Alex Ross write?

He has written three well-received books: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (2007), Listen to This (2011), and Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (2020). Washington, D.C.

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