Vintage Chicago Cubs Programs Designed by Otis Shepard
We’re celebrating baseball Opening Day here at Newmanology by displaying some amazing vintage Cubs baseball scorecards, from the 1940s-60s. The covers were designed and illustrated by Otis Shepard, who is well-known for the advertising posters and billboards he created as the longtime art director of Wrigley’s Gum (the Cubs were owned at the time by […]
10 Great Baseball Magazine Covers
Major League Baseball’s opening day is March 28. We’ve dug deep into our archives to present 10 of our favorite baseball magazine covers to celebrate the start of the season. Thanks to Linda Rubes for co-producing this story. (Above): Time, August 28, 1971, illustration by Bob Peak. Left-handed Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue was the […]
Play Ball!! Baseball Digest Covers from the 1940s-50s
Since the 1940s Baseball Digest has chronicled the deep details of Major League Baseball. These vintage covers from the 1940s and 50s are from the era when baseball was still king in American sports. We’re celebrating the opening of the 2019 season with 10 of our favorite Baseball Digest covers from those years. (Above): October […]
Underground Newspapers: The Chicago Seed. Part 1 (1967-69)
The Chicago Seed was an underground newspaper that published from 1967-74. For most of its existence The Seed was published bi-weekly. Visually, The Seed was one of the most consistently powerful and sophisticated of the underground papers, due in large part to the work of longtime art director Lester Dore. The first couple years of the […]
magCulture Podcast #5
You can catch my favorite magazine moment of the year on the magCulture Podcast #5, available via Soundcloud. Hosted by Jeremy Leslie and Liv Siddall, and recorded at the magCulture Shop, the show features 10 magazine smarties sharing their year-end best. Included in the podcast is wisdom from Steven Gregor (Gym Class), Steve Watson (Stack), […]
Underground Newspaper: The Great Speckled Bird (Atlanta)
The Great Speckled Bird was an underground newspaper based in Atlanta and published weekly (for most of its existence) from 1968-76. The Bird‘s covers were consistently strong and graphic, many of them featuring illustrations done in a variety of styles by Ron Ausburn. Oftentimes the covers were literally poster-like calls to political action, as in […]
A Very Merry Black Santa Christmas from Jet Magazine!
Long before FOX News host Megyn Kelly declared it a “historical fact” that Santa Claus was a Caucasian man, Jet magazine was running an annual black Santa cover, featuring noted music and comedy celebrities. Here are 10 of our favorites, with cover appearances by Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sherman Hemsley, Esther Rolle, Richard Pryor, and […]
Chairperson for the Society of Publication Designers Magazine of the Year Award
I am honored to be the Magazine of the Year chairperson for the Society of Publication Designers Pub 54 competition. The Magazine of the Year award is given to “the art director whose magazine demonstrates the most effective and imaginative use of design, typography, illustration and photography.” It’s a celebration of printed editorial design and […]
Judging for the Neal Awards
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be a judge this year for the 2019 Jesse H. Neal Awards. These awards “recognize and reward editorial excellence in business media.” There should be a lot of great magazine, newspaper, and online work to look through (and read). More information on the Neal Awards here, including past finalists […]
Underground Newspapers: Helix (Seattle)
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, the Helix, was published bi-weekly (and sometimes weekly) from 1967-70. The paper’s editor and driving force was Paul Dorpat. Much of the visual voice of the paper was created by Walt Crowley, who illustrated many covers and comics. The selection of covers here comes from the Independent Voices collection. They have […]
