A Mike Del Mundo cover is a burst of candy-coated creativity. The colors are bright, but often there’s something horrifying going on at the same time. Or at the very least something interesting.
The ones I come back to are the covers he did for Ed Brisson’s run on New Mutants, during the arc where the team first encounters Cosmar, a young girl with the ability to warp reality via her dreams. Del Mundo’s covers play with that fever dream feeling as created by the unconscious mind of a scared child. The cover to issue #10 blows up Cosmar’s face and superimposes the New Mutants’ faces on her braces, each one looking on in shock and fear.
That’s the stuff right there.
Clover Press on Tuesday launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo, an oversized coffee table book that collects many of Del Mundo’s covers and other work, plus (if you back the campaign), prints, posters, a puzzle, stickers and more. You can find out more about the campaign here.
Clover was kind enough to share with us an exclusive look at some of the Spider-Man-themed art that’s included in the book. Check out fresh takes on Spidey, Carnage, Spider-Punk, Miles Morales, Deadpool, the black suit transformation and more. Keep scrolling for the basic deets on the Kickstarter campaign and even more art.
Want more Del Mundo? We’re scheduled to chat with him later this month on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Clover Press and Marvel are collaborating for The Marvel Art Of… books, a series of high-end, boutique artbooks that showcase legendary Marvel Comics artists, featuring iconic images alongside rare and never-before-seen artwork. The eighth book in the stunning series will be THE MARVEL ART OF MIKE DEL MUNDO, a high-end coffee table book, portfolio, and prints that celebrate the career of the renowned comic book artist. Mike Del Mundo is known for his vivid colors, creative storytelling and concept-driven covers that bring some of the most iconic Marvel characters to life. Bursting on the scene with his breakthrough cover run on X-Men Legacy, Del Mundo went on to do interior work on Elektra, Thor, Avengers, and numerous other classic Marvel heroes. Decorated with many prestigious awards and nominations for his art, Del Mundo continues to leave an indelible mark on the industry, pushing artistic boundaries and redefining visual storytelling. The Kickstarter campaign is now live.
“I’ve always been a Marvel kid,” said Del Mundo. “I still remember the thrill of landing my very first gig with Marvel and then sprinting to the shop that unforgettable Wednesday to see it on the shelves. That moment meant everything to me. Fast forward 15 years, and somehow I’m still here, doing what I love, with a whole body of work about to be collected in a beautiful hardcover. It honestly feels surreal. 12-year-old me would be doing backflips right now!”
The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo collects Del Mundo’s innovative art from Marvel titles like X-Men, Avengers, Deadpool, Thor, Elektra, Spider-Man and more in a 224-page 9″ x 12″ high end coffee table book. The campaign will also feature 11″ x 17″ prints, posters, stickers, a puzzle, signed books, original sketches and more. The Marvel Art Of… series debuted in 2023 with The Marvel Art of David Mack and The Marvel Art of Alex Maleev, followed by stunning art books for Michael Allred, Russell Dauterman, Tyler Kirkham, David Nakayama, and Michael Turner.
“Del Mundo is an Eisner nominated and influential figure in the world of comics, and his art is celebrated for its innovation — and rightly so!” said Clover Publisher Hank Kanalz. “Fittingly, we’ve cooked up something brand new for his campaign: for the first time ever, the campaign will also feature a separate sketchbook, a 5 x 7.5 softcover that features Del Mundo’s sketches for the pieces that are in the actual book. You can read along and match up the sketch to the final art. It’s amazing to see the thought Mike puts behind every piece, and there’s always something new to find when I look at any particular page.”
To visit the campaign for The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo, head to Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloverpressart/644154197?ref=66ezzt or BackerKit at https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/6df7af4c-77a4-4836-918a-257f1d89862d/landing?ref=PR.
More books in The Marvel Art Of… series will be announced in the coming months. For updates, follow Marvel on Instagram, X and Facebook and follow Clover Press on Instagram, X, Bluesky and Facebook. You can subscribe to the Clover press newsletter here.
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