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Edward Sorel: tracing is cheating
Illustrator, cartoonist Edward Sorel was profiled by NY1 about his work drawing covers for prestigious magazines like The New Yorker, The Nation, Esquire, Time. To Sorel, tracing is cheating. “If you don’t trace, it’s art. If you trace, it’s illustration,” says Sorel. “For me, working direct is fine art, and tracing is commercial art. That’s [...]
Posted on: Feb 8, 2012, Section: Illustration, Comments: 11 Comments
Niemann to attempt to live-draw a marathon run
The Gothamist reports that Abstract Sunday cartoonist Christoph Niemann will attempt to live-draw his first marathon. From the Gothamist: “It’s either the smartest or the most idiotic idea ever,” laughs Niemann. He wanted to tell a personal story-”but I realized I’m running out of stories, because my life isn’t that interesting.” So he signed up [...]
Posted on: Sep 23, 2011, Section: Illustration, Comments: 10 Comments
Profiled: Maurice Sendak and his new book Bumble-Ardy
A good read in the Washington Post about an illustrator legend: Sendak feels old, but happy, relieved to have escaped youth and all its worries. After the death of his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, and after triple bypass surgery, he continues to compose daily and is busy with a project about noses, the bigger the [...]
Posted on: Sep 22, 2011, Section: Illustration, Comments: 0 Comments
Profiled: Stacy Curtis does screen, poster printing too
Interesting piece over on Nuvo about former editorial cartoonist and now illustrator Stacy Curtis and friend Dave Windisch who have been doing screen printing and posters printing under the business name Mile 44 since 2004 for indie bands. Mile 44, as the duo is known, began printing in Chicago in 2004. After learning the craft [...]
Posted on: Aug 2, 2011, Section: Illustration, Comments: 1 Comment
Mark Pett to release first picture book in September
Mr. Lowe and Lucky Cow creator Mark Pett will be releasing his first picture book this fall. The book is entitled The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes and was a collaboration with Gary Rubinstein. Mark was kind enough to answer a few questions about his book and whether illustration will be his new career direction. [...]
Posted on: Aug 1, 2011, Section: Illustration, Comments: 4 Comments
Paper sends cartoonist to game after photo ban
The Plymouth Herald sent in their cartoonist to illustrate the Southampton vs. Plymouth game to get the visual story after the Southampton Football Club banned press photography – insisting they purchase the photos from a signal agency. The cartoonist, Chris Robinson, is a city historian and Herald contributor. You can see some of Chris’ illustrations [...]
Posted on: Aug 9, 2010, Section: Illustration, International, Comments: 4 Comments
2010 National Cartoonists Society Division award winners
The National Cartoonists Society has their annual Reuben Awards weekend. Winners of the division awards are in bold. FEATURE ANIMATION Ronnie del Carmen – Storyboard Artist – “Up” Tomm Moore – Director – “The Secret of Kells” Barry Reynolds – Character Designer – “The Secret of Kells” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Bob Rich Tom Richmond Robert Sanchuk [...]
Posted on: May 29, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Books, Comic Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Novels, Greeting Cards, Illustration, Magazine cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Television, Comments: 3 Comments
Reporting in: 9 more NCS members go on USO tour (UPDATED)
Nine more NCS members have returned from a tour through Germany and Washington D.C. with the USO. This tour sent out Ray Alma (Mad magazine, caricaturist), Chad Carpenter (Tundra), Rob Harrell (Big Top and Adam@Home), Bruce Higdon (Army cartoonists and caricaturists), Mason Mastoianni (B.C.), Dave Mowder (licensing artist for Warner Bros, Disney and Peanuts), Stephen [...]
Posted on: May 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Illustration, International, Magazine cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 31 Comments
Stephen Silver to release “The Master’s Series”
Stephen Silver is releasing a video series entitled “The Master’s Series” this month which features Stephen visiting the homes and studios of famous cartoonists to talk about their careers, film their techniques as they draw, ink and color. The series is sold through Schoolism.com for $39. Have you ever wanted to sit in the studio [...]
Posted on: Jan 5, 2010, Section: Comic history, Discussion, How-to, Illustration, Interviews, video, Comments: 2 Comments
Time Inc. requires fee for faster payment to freelancers
Not sure how this will impact cartoonists or illustrators, though I imagine they’re treated the same as freelance writers. Gawker reports that Time Inc. has allegedly devised a fee structure that can be optionally paid if any of its freelancers want to paid promptly. The new Pay Me Now program allegedly will take 0.5% of [...]
Posted on: Dec 7, 2009, Section: Illustration, Comments: 10 Comments
News briefs for October 22, 2009
Comic strips » Frazz creator Jef Mallett has published a book on living “the triathlon lifestyle.” The book is entitled “Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete.” » Stephanie McMillan is running a contest within her comic Minimum Security asking readers to help create an acronym for the character’s “save the world resistance grouplet.” Entries [...]
Posted on: Oct 22, 2009, Section: Alternative comics, Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Illustration, mobile, Comments: 0 Comments
HOPE poster creator admits to using AP photo
Shepard Fairey, noted for his iconic “HOPE” poster featuring Barack Obama, has now admitted that the photo he used as reference was indeed the one the AP has maintained he used. Fairey still maintains that his work should fall under fair use and will continue his lawsuit with AP. Laurence Pulgram, an intellectual property lawyer [...]
Posted on: Oct 19, 2009, Section: Illustration, Comments: 9 Comments
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