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Underground Ephemera

by Steven Heller May 17, 2012

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute professor Brooke Kroeger, the driving force behind "Blowing Minds; 1965–1972: The East Village Other," just announced a new page on the continually growing website Rise of the Underground Comix and Alternative Press. It collects the ephemera of EVO, including correspondence and memos saved by the ad hoc archivist, Charlie [...]

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2012 New Visual Artist: Brendan Griffiths

by Guest Contributor May 17, 2012

By Ian Volner The first thing you ought to know about Brendan Griffiths is this: Do not click on the exclamation mark. The objectionable glyph follows the name of the 29-year-old’s firm, Zut Alors!, on its website, zutalorsinc.com. Griffiths joined the company of the founding partner, Frank DeRose, last May, after picking up his M.F.A. [...]

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What Comes Around Rarely Goes Away

by Steven Heller May 17, 2012

While perusing a collection of the original Life magazine from the late-19th and early-20th centuries, I came across two very familiar themes. The one below, from 1917—"Where Wealth Accumulates, and Men Decay"—suggests that perennial favorite, the sin of greed. Perhaps today's Occupy movement could adopt Ellison Hoover's caustic cover illustration as a lesson in lessons [...]

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Do the Type-o-motion

by Steven Heller May 16, 2012

[Sung to the tune "Locomotion"] Everybody's doing a brand-new dance, now (Come on baby, do the Type-o-motion) I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now (Come on baby, do the Type-o-motion) My little baby sister can do it with me It's easier than learning your A-B-C So come on, [...]

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Teen! Mags! 4-Ever!

by Gail Anderson May 16, 2012

Before there was a Justin Bieber—before there was even a Justin Timberlake—there was Donny Osmond. One summer night in the 1970s, my poor older brother, Mike, was forced to take his preteen sisters to see Donny and those other Osmonds, as well as the Jackson 5, at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Imagine the stress of [...]

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Our Bodies, Our Products

by Steven Heller May 16, 2012

I bet many of you don't know what the Michelin Man, also known as the Bibendum, is made of. Take a wild guess! French cartoonist Marius Rossillon, also known as O'Galop, created the prototype for a Munich brewery (he was holding a glass of beer and quoting Horace's phrase "Nunc est bibendum" -- now's the [...]

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Comics Analyzed, Metastasized, Rasterized

by Steven Heller May 15, 2012

On May 18-20, the University of Chicago is hosting a conference called "Comics: Philosophy & Practice" that will bring together 17 world-renowned graphic novelists for three days of lectures and public conversation at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Attendees include Alison Bechdel, Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Joe Sacco, Art [...]

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Remembrance of Comics Past

by Steven Brower May 15, 2012

Memory is evanescent. I can’t recall where I made the purchase; perhaps it was during an elementary-school or Cub Scout trip. Nor do I remember my exact age; it was anywhere between eight and ten. What I do remember vividly is the visceral experience: the feel and smell of the paper as I unfurled it. [...]

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Pigheaded Demopublicans

by Steven Heller May 15, 2012

Both U.S. political parties are playing politics with food aid. And Oxfam America is angry. Their recent advertising campaign, created by Hill Holliday, USA, "Tell Washington to Stop Playing with Food Aid," takes a non-partisan/non-gender stance against the stubborn donkeys and elephants who fill the pockets of special interest groups when they should be "helping [...]

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Design Crit From Down Under

by Steven Heller May 14, 2012

Open Manifesto 6 is wending its way from down under to the rest of us. This issue devoted to "Myth" is a jam packed with insight on design, featuring words by Warren Berger, Andy Chen, Nils Clauss, George Lois, David Mellonie and more. For those unfamiliar with Open Manifesto here is what its founder, Kevin [...]

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