Spring Training, digital sketch (click to zoom)
Above is my sketch for this week’s Blown Covers contest: Spring Training. The bobbleheads seemed a perfect match for a play on the ‘spring’ training theme. Is the Mets player being poked by … Read More
My sketch for the Blown Covers contest, digital
Françoise Mouly, the art editor for The New Yorker magazine has launched her personal blog, Blown Covers, where she offer a glimpse behind the scenes.
Each Monday, she posts the theme of … Read More
The Six Wives of Henry VIIIdigital (Click on the image to zoom)
Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced beheaded survived
We all carry the weight of our burdens on our shoulders. We’d all like to be remembered for the strength … Read More
Sadly, I learned the news that Family Circus creator Bil Keane passed away yesterday at the age of 89. Reading The Family Circus comic strip in the newspaper was a Sunday highlight growing up.
I keep an interesting book in … Read More
A while back, author and illustrator James Gurney asked readers of his blog to participate in “The New Yorker Magazine Unfinished Cover Contest “. This was an unofficial contest but after receiving entries the editors of the magazine and the original … Read More
Over at James Gurney’s blog last week, Jim invited readers to submit to The New Yorker magazine’s “Unfinished Cover Contest”. I think the contest was unofficial, but after the magazine began receiving entries, the editor’s responded favorably and Jim reminded … Read More