I’m a big fan of the August-September cover of Organic Gardening, art directed by Susan Eugster and featuring an illustration by Peter Donnelly. I’ve reviewed the cover as the latest Face Up column for Folio online. This is a very different approach for a gardening and lifestyle magazine, with the illustration taking over the entire […]
The Illustrated Aviary is a regular inside back page feature in the bimonthly Audubon magazine. Launched last year by creative director Kevin Fisher, each issue features a different, high-level illustrator reimagining John James Audubon‘s famous “Birds of North America” paintings. The page includes a brief interview with the illustrator discussing the creative process, as well […]
My new review for the Folio: online Face Up column looks at the latest cover of Lucky Peach, the “All You Can Eat” issue. The cover is art directed by Walter Green, and features a very unusual and very creative cover with a 3D illustration by Jordan Speer that looks straight out of an old […]
The Friends of Bob Newman have organized an online art auction to benefit me and my family. The auction will raise funds to help defray medical bills and living expenses after my serious accident last year. Organized by Danny Hellman, Jill Armus, Jesse Marinoff Reyes, Florian Bachleda, and Anelle Miller, the auction features artwork from […]
Artist Lynda Barry is having an giant exhibit at the Adam Baumgold gallery in New York City. It opened May 13 and runs through July 11, 2014. Check out the gallery website for a huge collection of Barry’s work. Back in the day (that day was the late 1970s and early 80s), I worked with […]
For the week of April 28-May 2, I was the guest editor of the Illustration Age website, at the kind invitation of Thomas James. The idea behind this special week of Illustration Age was to look at magazines that use illustration as a major component of their design and content. It’s rare these days to […]
I’m guest editing all this week (April 28-May 2) at the very cool Illustration Age website, the great venue for illustration work of all kinds. Each day we’ll be showcasing a different magazine that uses illustration as a major component of their design and content. The five magazines that we’ve picked: Eight by Eight, Anorak, […]
This year we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King on January 20 (his real birthday was January 15). During his lifetime and after, King appeared on numerous magazine and publication covers. Here are five of our favorites, featuring illustrations by Paul Davis, Ben Shahn, Barry Blitt, Mark Ulriksen, and Robert Vickrey. Be sure to […]
Noted Black Arts and Black Power movement figure Amiri Baraka passed away January 9 at the age of 79. Here’s an illustrated portrait by former Black Panther Party Revolutionary Artist Emory Douglas.
There have been many powerful tributes to the late Nelson Mandela, including numerous magazine and newspaper covers and front pages. This is a collection of illustrated portraits. You can see a great set of Mandela posters created last summer as part of The Mandela 95th Birthday Poster Project. (Above): Illustration by Anita Kunz Illustration by […]
