Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller drive up to the Dunn Museum in Libertyville, IL to talk with legendary comics painter Alex Ross. Known for Marvels, Kingdom Come, and decades of redefining superhero realism, Ross reflects on his career trajectory, his education at the American Academy of Art, his influences (from Neal Adams to Dave McKean), his early breaks with Now Comics and Leo Burnett storyboarding, and his transition into large-scale mural projects for Marvel and DC. The conversation ranges from comics history, realism in superhero depictions, variant cover economics, the physicality of superheroes, to America’s appetite for dystopian narratives versus a return to the “pure Superman.”
Ross is candid, funny, and deeply reflective about the comics medium, painting, and storytelling.
1. Residual: Irse sin dejar rastro September 26, 6PM El Schomburg: 2538 W Division St Work by: Awilda Sterling Duprey, Awilda Rodríguez Lora, Javier Cardona, Alejandra Rosa, Helen Ceballos, Brenda Torres-Figueroa, and Sonia Hernández Báez. Co-curated by Brenda...
In Part Two of our late-night conversation, Bad at Sports digs deeper into the remarkable trajectory of Kenny Schachter. From law school dropout to autodidact philosopher, from Sotheby’s bidder to artist and teacher, Schachter traces the unlikely path that brought him into the heart of the art world — a place he insists remains strangely conservative despite all its pretenses of progress.
This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller find themselves in Chicago with curator Bianca Bova and the indefatigable Kenny Schachter — artist, writer, teacher, collector, and provocateur.
1. Open Hours September 18, 2025 – September 30, 5PM (starting a little earlier, or staying a little later, depending on the day) Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave With open participatory events with Marc Fischer, Tim Hogan, Siobhan Leonard, AJ McClenon, dj peripheral,...
