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    Alex Ross, the legendary illustrator for Marvel and DC comics, has a new ‘Fantastic Four’ book out just as the Marvel universe takes a next big step. Coincidence?

    by Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune Oct 05, 2022 5 minutes
    Comic books illustrated by book artist Alex Ross on display at Comix Revolution in Evanston.

    EVANSTON, Ill. — Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. But what happened to good pop culture conspiracies? Like, Paul McCartney is dead. Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing. Walt Disney was frozen. Lewis Carroll was Jack the Ripper. Katy Perry is JonBenét Ramsey. Political conspiracy has overtaken pop culture conspiracy, so I would like to offer a fresh one: Alex Ross, on the North Shore of Chicago, toiling on Marvel and DC comics since the early 1990s, is the actual architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

    Not its active creator, but its true, quiet catalyst, the wind beneath its wings.

    The secret secret sauce.

    We met the other day at Comix Revolution in Evanston, not so I could pepper him with conspiracies but because he has a new book, “Fantastic Four: Full Circle.” Ross has been known for decades as the industry’s marquee cover artist, an illustrating legend on the writer. It also arrives as Marvel is gearing up for a new Fantastic Four movie.

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