Sing, Dennis

Today the Health Reform Bill gets a big shot in the arm: Dennis Kucinich, the highly principled progressive voice is flipping and coming out for the bill.  The Dems big problem has been people like him, who understand that Single-Payer, Medicare-for-all, is the only real way to fix the health care mess in the US … Read more

Illustration Next, Next Week

One week from tonight is the discussion, Illustration Next, at SVA. The evening will be devoted to an exploration of places illustration is and may be going, as led by three fairly recent SVA grads.  Many colleagues will be on hand as well to talk about their experiences.  I have some 150 images from about … Read more

Who’s Afraid of Liz and Dick?

Even staunch conservatives lately have been calling Liz Cheney out for going too far (calling the DOJ, the Department of Jihad, for having the poor judgment to provide legal defense to Gitmo prisoners. So much easier to just drown them).  Ken Starr and Lindsay Graham have been trying to distance themselves from the Cheneys, explaining … Read more

ILLUSTRATION NEXT

On Tuesday March 23 at 7 in the SVA Amphitheater we’ll have a unique panel of high-achieving SVA grads who have gone on to do innovative things in our field. As a teacher I’m always looking for the new directions for narrative art to move in.  Of course the young artists will show us the … Read more