August 4, 2008

Sometimes it’s hard to describe books that teeter on the boundary between art and story. See Brian Greene’s latest, Icarus at the Edge of Time, designed by PGN’s editor-in-chief Chip Kidd. Is it a children’s book? A graphic novel? Or something more conceptual?

Check out the thought process behind Icarus at the Edge of Time, a futuristic fable about a boy astronaut who flies too close to a black hole. Instead of going for a more conventional approach, Chip decided to illustrate the tale with images from the Hubble Telescope.

Stay tuned for more of Chip Kidd’s imaginative inventions in the much-anticipated Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan coming out in October!