Chip Kidd

DC Comics: Batman

Batman: Death by Design (Jun-2012)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman Collected (Sep-2001)
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan (Oct-2008)
Batman: Death by Design (Jun-2012)

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  Batman Collected
  

  • Sep-2001
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  Famous Characters: Batman
  

  A detailed resource on the comics and collectibles inspired by the classic character provides close-up photography and information on everything Batman, from the history of the character's graphic design to sixteen new pages of obscure memorabilia. R...

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  The Cheese Monkeys
  

  • Jul-2002
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  A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man. "Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?" Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that The Cheese Monkeys is a witty and efferve...

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  The Learners
  

  • Feb-2008
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  Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961, Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay, art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well, happy. But wh...

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  Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
  

  • Oct-2008
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  Famous Characters: Batman
  

  The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever.
  
  In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys...

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  Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
  

  • Dec-2010
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  Shazam made his debut in Whiz Comics in 1940, and outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by 14 million copies a month. It wasn’t long before a variety of merchandise was licensed -- secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets, tin t...

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  Batman: Death by Design
  

  • Jun-2012
  • / Fantasy
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  DC Comics: Batman
  Famous Characters: Batman
  

  In this new original graphic novel from superstar writer/designer Chip Kidd and artist Dave Taylor, Gotham City is undergoing one of the most expansive construction booms in its history. The most prestigious architects from across the globe have buil...

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  Only What's Necessary
  

  • Sep-2020
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  The Eisner Awardâ€"nominated tribute to Charles M. Schulz -- newly repackaged for the 70th anniversary of Peanuts
   
  Charles M. Schulz believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only wha...

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  The Avengers in the Veracity Trap!
  

  • Jul-2025
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  What happens when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes learn who—and what—they truly are? It starts with an epic battle in Asgard, as Loki, the god of mischief, comes into possession of a weapon of unimaginable power and assembles an army of o...

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Award-Winning Books by Chip Kidd

The Learners
2009 Audies -- Humor