#house of x
House of X / Dawn of X / Reign of X / Destiny of X.
From 2019 to the present day, the logos and brand marks designed for Marvel’s X-franchise.
With the next phase in Marvel’s X-Men cycle, Destiny of X, releasing this spring, I thought it’d be a good opportunity to showcase the family of logos to date.
Coming this autumn from Gestalten Books and Marvel —MARVEL BY DESIGN looks at the rich design history of the publisher. Excited to share that the X-Men rebrand work is included. The book will be released in September across Europe and in November in the US.
Official description:
As one of the most recognizable brands in the world, Marvel has spent the last 80-plus years inspiring generations of creatives through its approach to visual storytelling.
Marvel’s comic books, in particular, established a distinct graphic language that has found its way into mainstream culture, including 1960s Pop Art and present-day digital culture, gaming, advertising and more.
Marvel By Design will celebrate the company’s visual language with an in-depth exploration of the design process behind the brand’s most recognisable graphical elements including logos, covers, lettering, layout, and colour palettes. Readers will learn how the renowned Marvel Method established a unique approach to the creative process and how that process can serve as a template for creatives working beyond comics.
Throughout the book, Marvel by Design will connect the dots between comic culture and its undeniable influence in every creative field including the evolution of graphic design, editorial design, movies and visual culture at large. Highlights include:
An expansive, five-part visual encyclopedia, highlighting examples of Marvel’s exceptional approach to logos, layout, lettering, cover design, and colour palettes.
This section will feature insights from some of Marvel’s most renowned contributors including artist Klaus Janson and letterer Todd Klein, among others.
Essays from famous graphic designers including Mike Essl and Paul Sahre, as well as from well-known Marvel contributors including letterer Chris Eliopolous and designer/editor Carl Potts.
An oral history of the making of House of X, featuring Jonathan Hickman, editor Jordan D. White and designer Tom Muller.
Case-studies that trace the visual evolution of ten iconic characters.
Hundreds of images from Marvel’s past and present.
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With Comic-Con 2020 coming to a close, Mondo is wrapping up their Comic-Con@Home experience with a range of new X-Men merchandise, including a new ‘Dawn of X’ Slip Mat, and House of X/Powers of X enamel pin — designed by me based on my own rebrand of the relaunch of the X-Men franchise last year.
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Here is the full set of the DAWN OF X series collections, with each having its own colour code making it easy to spot on shelves.
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The cover designs for Marvel’s DAWN OF X Vol.1–6 collections. The books collect the recent X-Men franchise series chronologically and following the story narrative across the relaunched series with each book containing the corresponding numbers of the series (Vol. 1 contains all Nº1 issues, and so forth). The unifying design system across the collections puts the X front and centre, in order to create an iconic cover design that stands apart from everything else on the shelves.
Cover art for the books is by Pepe Larraz and David Curiel (Vol. 1, 4–6) and R.B. Silva and Marte Gracia (Vol.2–3).
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12 Months, 12 logos. A year’s worth of working with Marvel on the rebrand and relaunch of their X-Men franchise and family of series.
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My comics output of 2019. The year started off with the collected editions of DAYS OF HATE Vol.2, THE NEW WORLD, and THE WEATHERMAN Vol.1; and the release of THE WEATHERMAN Vol.2 issues #1–5 (#6 drops in February 2020). And then Marvel and the X-Men came knocking and I’ve spent the best part of the year designing the new X-Men master brand and identity, the complete publication design language for the franchise and the logos for all the new series relaunching the X-Men family of books; and worked alongside Jonathan Hickman creating the now ubiquitous “data pages” that runs through the series.
More is coming in 2020. Stay tuned!
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Today sees the release of Marvel’s HOUSE OF X / POWERS OF X oversized hardcover collection, and caps a project I’ve been involved with since March this year; working with Marvel and their creative teams—spearheaded by writer Jonathan Hickman—on the complete rebranding and relaunch of their X-Men franchise. The House of X and Powers of X kickstarted the franchise refresh that included a brand new “X” logo mark design and a new design language, developed with Jonathan Hickman, that runs through all the books to date.
For this collection I revisited the design of the series and designed a brand new publication package—including multiple Pantone colours on the dust jacket.
The book is available at all good comic and book stores.
Here’s a small selection of my design on the book; including the covers, book casing, and interior pages.
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Week 5 of Pride Month Superhero Couples: Rictor and Shatterstar
Week 1: Mystique and Destiny
Week 2: Wiccan and Hulkling
Week 3: Prodigy and Speed
Week 4: Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn
That does it for the series. I hope everyone had a great Pride!
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In honor of Pride Month, I will be posting a drawing of my favorite queer superhero couples in comics each week. Week 1 is Mystique and Destiny whose life motto was literally “be gay, do crimes.”
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Join Charlie (@geneticghost) and Reed (@armustdie) as they discuss HoX, PoX, DoX, and more!
Topics Discussed: Malevolent Geese as 2019 Icons, Comics Charcuterie, Emotions Make You Go Oof, Apocalypse: Not a Barometer for Success
Cover image courtesy @maliciousglee, drawn by @karen_xmenfan!
Direct Link: https://youngonescast.pinecast.co/episode/ab4437f0ff5045d9/hox-takes
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Charlie and friends of the podcast Chris Eddleman (@strictlyworse), Adam Reck (@arthurstacy), Zack Jenkins (@xavierfiles), and Dan Grote (@danielpgrote) get together to talk about House of X, Dawn of X, and The World’s Largest Orange AKA Orange World.
Direct Link: https://youngonescast.pinecast.co/episode/d397918e17584add/hoxdox-power-hour
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FromHouse of X #001, “The House that Xavier Built”
Art by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia
Written by Jonathan Hickman
I really enjoyed this issue
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FromHouse of X #001, “The House that Xavier Built”
Art by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Source: comicstallion
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Jean will be included in an upcoming wave of Heroclix! She has a figure in the Fast Forces pack as well as the core collection. She also has a coin featuring the work of Artgerm.
Many thanks to @phoenix-host for submitting this! I truly appreciate it!
Y is for cYclops–okay, well, not really/
But if I couldn’t include him, I’d just scrap the whole dealie.
XBCs part 25
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O is for Ororo, is that a surprise?/
You’d better find cover when she darkens the skies.
XBCs part 15
Never wanted to be a psychic. I have enough with my own thoughts but A island full of psychics. That must be a disaster.
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