Chip Kidd

Join Chip Kidd (Mythology, The Learners) as he lifts the veil on officially-licensed, original Batman manga stories from 1966 Japan, not previously collected or translated in over 40 years. Chip will present a narrated slide show with a Q&A to follow.

Graphic novel editor and designer Chip Kidd will make appearances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City to promote Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan. The book compiles Jiro Kuwata's 1960s manga re-interpretation of DC Comics' costumed detective hero, and also looks at Batman's ... (more)presence in Japan when the live-action television series was released.

The New York Times best-selling author, Neil Gaiman, discusses Sandman, the acclaimed comic book series widely considered to be one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. Sandman is a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical ... (more)drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven. Gaiman is the author of children’s and adult titles including, The Graveyard Book, American Gods, Coraline, Neverwhere and Stardust. He also co-wrote the screenplay for Beowulf with Roger Avary. Chip Kidd is an author, graphic designer and editor. He is the author of the forthcoming Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan.

Chip Kidd is a novelist, essayist, and prominent graphic designer. His latest book, Bat- Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan is being published later this year by Pantheon.

Chip Kidd will read from his new book The Learners, the follow up to The Cheese Monkeys.