Marvel’s new Fantastic Four epic Full Circle revealed in new Alex Ross art

Alex Ross is a comic artist who has changed the face of DC and Marvel over the last thirty years through his hyperrealistic paintings. You can see his work in graphic novels. The Kingdom ComesNumerous iconic covers, including a new run Inmortal Hulk) and illustrations that gave Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy a soul, Ross’ style ties the past, present, and future of comic characters through works that could easily fit alongside fine art. But in his new graphic novel, he steps outside his comfort zone into the Negative Zone to imbue Marvel’s first family with mind-melting psychedelic energy.

The 64-page Fantastic Four: Full Circle Ross finds himself as an artist-writer for the very first time. He returns to the plot lines of Stan Lee/Jack Kirby from the 1960s specifically. Fantastic Four#51 is the moment that Sam Ben Grimm and his antimatter universe doppelganger meet. To nod to the print style of Lee and Kirby’s day, Ross also shook up his painting process, opting for flat coloring, swapping watercolor for black ink, shading in a whole new style, and adding a digital dot screen effect. It has Roy Lichtenstein style, but is also uniquely Ross.

In anticipation Fantastic Four: Full Circle’s publication, Polygon presents a set of new interior pages from the book. After the Thing’s lookalike travels back to Reed Richards’ lab in our universe, all hell breaks loose — out of the guy’s mouth. In Ross’ hands, the expulsion is pure comic book spectacle.

And here’s another taste of the eye-popping horrors within:

Image by Alex Ross/Abrams ComicArts

And finally, take a look at Ross’ process in designing the book’s incredible cover:

Fantastic Four: Full CircleArrives everywhere graphic novels will be sold starting Sept.

Fantastic Four: Full Circle

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Alex Ross’ new graphic novel dips into the past to completely reimagine the Marvel’s first family