August 3rd, 2010
Today President Obama is 49. With a depression, two wars, an obstructionist Congress, a simple-minded press and a moronic minority in full holler a lesser man would have trouble getting out of bed. And he seems never to break a sweat. Maybe it’s time.
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August 1st, 2010
For George Packer’s brilliant piece in today’s New Yorker. The broken System in all its horror.
Tags: Al Franken, George Packer, Harry reid, John Kyl, McCain, Mitch McConnell, New Yorker, senate
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July 30th, 2010
Sad news today that one of the greats has gone. John Callahan, quadriplegic and alcoholic and used his suffering to create cartoons of the most shockingly honest kind. After physical therapy he could use a pen and created a body of work that is astonishing. The humor was what we used to all sick humor. In his hands cartoons that had their roots in anguish rose to level of a consciousness-raising act. Cartoon liberation. Farewell JC.
Here are two takes. The last was drawn with my left hand.
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July 22nd, 2010
Here, finally, is the video version of the Illustration Next talk given last spring at SVA. The evening was devoted to ways artists are now working away from the editorial market. Some of the biggest stars in our field showed up that night as well as four of the brilliant up and coming variety. It goes on a bit and I get fuzzy now and then, but this was a labor of love and put together by everyone in their spare time (did I have spare time?). My apologies for any snarky comments made in the rush of the moment. Also to giving short shrift to Elwood Smith, Rob Dunlavey, David Klein and Victor Juhasz. The final segment here restores their work to the project. My thanks to the artists, young and nearly young, who helped here. You ALL made this an extremely interesting evening. Thanks to Tom Woodruff, my dean at SVA, Lisa Reist, my wonderful assistant, Ben Shapiro who shot all of this so well and Richard O’Connor who gave this the TLC it needed in the edit. And a special thanks to Marshall Arisman. I knew this evening would succeed when we got the special blessing from the rabbi.
No big answers to our existential problem are offered here. Just lots of ideas; ways in which people are reaching to the next thing, whatever that is. To the extent that it spurs continued exploration in the viewer this will have been worth the trouble.
1. Illustration Next: Marshall Arisman introduction 3/23/10 at SVA from Illustration Next on Vimeo.
2. Illustration Next: James Blagden 3/23/10 at SVA from Illustration Next on Vimeo.
3. Illustration Next: Chris Buzelli 3/23/10 at SVA from Illustration Next on Vimeo.
4. Illustration Next: Alex Juhasz 3/23/10 at SVA from Illustration Next on Vimeo.
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6. Illustration Next: Hanoch Piven 3/23/10 at SVA from Illustration Next on Vimeo.
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July 19th, 2010
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.
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