his name is alex ross, and his power is in his paintbrush.s invited anthony mason into his layer for a look around. >> and so here is where i keep all my toy, or most of them, at least. >> there is a lot of toys. >> yes. >> reporter: the little museum upstairs in alex ross' home in the chicago suburbs is every comic book fan's dream. do you spend a lot of time in here? >> no, not really. >> reporter: but it's a comfort that it's here? >> it's a comfort that it's here. but this is making up for a life where i had to ask or beg for toys. and so once i had money, then i could buy everything i ever wanted, and it just never stopped. >> reporter: this is alex ross' world. he not only collects it, he creates it. in nearly 30 years as an artist and illustrator, he's painted almost every popular superhero. his work for d.c. was collected in the book "mythology," and his work for marvel has just been published in "marvelocity." >> is there a big difference between drawing for d.c. and marvel, or is it essentially the same job? >> it's kind of a differ

. >> i'll ask you the same question i actually asked secretary ross yesterday which is alex karp capetractor he said he believed the government shutdown was terrible for the brand of america as he walked around here, that it wasparticularly damaging. >> yeah. >> true or not true? the answer that wilbur ross gave was hyperbole. >> i think it's true people here still look to america as really the bellwether, the leader of how society should be structured, should be governed and frankly, if you shut down that infrastructure, it disables us to do business. people look at that saying why is that ineffective? what are you fighting over and what's the dynamic there everyone is ready for america to get back to work and move forward and lead and not only the business leadership but the moral leadership of this >> you sell a lot of your enterprise software product all over the world >> we do, yes. >> what are you seeing what do you think is coming out of asia, china, europe sort of take us on a little trip >> yeah. it's a long conversation we now sell in 175 countries we operate in essence over