illustration: September 2008 Archives

Nothing But a Ballpoint Pen

Nothing But a Ballpoint Pen

For the September issue of Los Angeles, art director Joe Kimberling collaborated with illustrator and type designer Marian Bantjes to create the cover. The solution, done solely with a blue ballpoint pen, is a notebook covered with doodles inspired by a creative, yet distracted high school student. As Marian says on the contributors page "I did everything but the bar code". Check out more of her amazing work here.
Panorama Project 3

Panorama Project 3

Saturday night was the opening of  The Panorama Project at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery (curated by Jordan Islip and Rodger Stevens) where 134 artists created 5x7 panels that shared a horizon line.  The weather that night was stormy, but the gallery was still packed. People who had arrived by subway were dripping wet (myself included) and there were piles of umbrellas by the elevators. A few who'd clearly come door to door in car services were looking impeccably artsy and fabulously dry.
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Power Pens: The Art of Politics

Power Pens: The Art of Politics

There is nothing like a history-making presidential campaign to bring out the insight, outrage and humor in publishing's top illustrators and visual journalists. Curated by Edel Rodriguez, The Society of Illustrators is presenting the original work of twenty five top illustrators and their contributions to the campaign season including Barry Blitt's controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michele Obama. The show opens at the carriage house on 63rd St. in New York October 4th and I made a campaign stop with Philip Burke, Steve Brodner, Dan Adel and Victor Juhasz

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