Jun 13, 2004 02:17 pm | Mythology Available For Free on SFBC

From Vu

Science Fiction Book Club is offering Alex Ross's Mythology book for practically free (there is the shipping amount you still need to pay for) if you join their club. They also offer CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TPB, which originally got me to join their club a couple of years ago.

Here is what I previously mentioned about this book:

MYTHOLOGY: THE DC COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS features a six-page section on Alex Ross's painting on George Pérez's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TPB, which was also printed in DC's largest poster to date: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS POSTER (1999) and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS LITHOGRAPH (1999).

Ross said he was 15 when he read CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and thought it was everything that excited him in comic book. He also described what a pleasure it was for him to work with George Perez on the Crisis cover, despite the fact that it took him over 30 days to completely paint it.

Here is SFBC's advertisement for the Mythology book (as well as Crisis):

MYTHOLOGY: THE DC COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS CALENDAR (Jun 2004)

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross Calendar
December 04, 2003

Shipping in June

Welcome Books has announced a 2005 calendar that many comic book fans will covet dearly -- Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross. Based on the book of the same name, which was written and designed by Chip Kidd, this calendar features all the top DC super heroes: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the JLA rendered with the hard edged precision that has made Alex Ross one of the most distinctive artists working in comics today. The 12" x 12" calendar features more than 24 full color illustrations and comes with a pullout 2006 poster calendar. The 2005 DC Comics Art of Alex Ross calendar will ship to retailers in June 2004 with a cover price of $13.95 ($21.99 Canada).

(Vu: Mostly likely will contain Alex Ross's painting over George Perez's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC)

MYTHOLOGY: THE DC COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS features a six-page section on Alex Ross's painting on George Pérez's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TPB, which was also printed in DC's largest poster to date: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS POSTER (1999) and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS LITHOGRAPH (1999).

Ross said he was 15 when he read CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and thought it was everything that excited him in comic book. He also described what a pleasure it was for him to work with George Perez on the Crisis cover, despite the fact that it took him over 30 days to completely paint it.

The two pages that I thought was really cool is a character study of the two Supermen and a one-page close-up detail of Superman [I]'s face.

Cover scan from Amazon.com.