R. Stevie Moore
By Mark Kaufman The great R. Stevie Moore is on his first world tour and I am happy to say that he is making a stop at The Vera Project in Seattle on September 1st. I am a big fan going back to the early 1980’s where I listened to his radio show on WFMU. […]
Poster for Upcoming Show at ArtsWest Gallery
I am very pleased to announce that I will be part of the upcoming exhibition “Evolution of a Diva” at the ArtsWest Gallery in Seattle. The show runs from August 30 thru October 8, 2011 with an Artists’ Reception on September 6, 6-7:30 pm. I designed this poster for the show, it is now being […]
New Work at Newsbound: Budget Breakdown
Budget Breakdown: Episode One from Newsbound on Vimeo. By Mark Kaufman Got a few minutes to get schooled on the complex and crazy Federal Budget Negotiations? Check out this video that features my illustration. Enjoy.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, The IMF and the Rape of Africa
By Mark Kaufman New piece on the alleged rape of a maid by DSK at the Sofitel in NYC at my old stomping grounds The Stranger, Link to original article here. An aside. The week this happened I was in New York staying across the street from the Sofitel (at the seriously more downscale, yet […]
Drawmark Memory Hole: YupBeat 1987
By Mark Kaufman Bill Gates! T. Boone Pickens! H. Ross Perot! The Cult of the CEO! Crosshatching! I don’t remember if I posted this before, but I found this today, a terrible illustration from the way back machine, dateline 1987. And my hand lettering hasn’t gotten any better.
I Drew This Thing Comic Series
By Mark Kaufman I’ve been doing a weekly series of web comics geared towards illustrators and the people that love them over at the Escape From Illustration Island site for a few months now. It’s called I Drew This Thing and every week I churn out something on the art of illustration, the industry, work […]
Drawmark Memory Hole: Typewriter
I’ve been listening to Alexander Lieberman’s 40 Typewriters over the last two days. In fact I’ve probably listened to it about 40 times. The sound of typwriters is soothing to me. Just like the smell of cigarette smoke and photostat chemicals. Which reminded me of this piece I did a few years back. You can […]
American Affairs Desk: This Week in Right Wing Nutland™
By Mark Kaufman Last week, this week, next week. It’s all the same.