The New Normal is Keeping Me Too Busy to Blog Lately
But I will be back to blogging all regular like soon. Promise.
Pekar 1939-2010 Kupferberg 1923-2010 Davis 1945-????
By Mark Kaufman On the same shitty day two iconoclastic legends have shuffle[d] off this mortal coil. Harvey Pekar, comic book author, curmudgeon and Clevelander for life, and Tuli Kupferberg, founding member of the Fugs, poet, author activist and cartoonist. Like I said it is a shitty day. The Rule of Threes and poetic justice […]
Collage365: No. 130 / No. 137 / No. 167
By Mark Kaufman Three new collages for your 4th of July BoomBoomBoom.
Thrift Shop Illustration Find: The American
By Mark Kaufman I found the August 1956 issue of The American Magazine in a thrift shop yesterday. In a letter from the publisher, the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company on page 8, they announced that this would be the final issue of this magazine. The best bits were to be continued in Colliers and Companion magazines. […]
Mascot Mashup: Italia 90 + France 98
By Mark Kaufman Mashup of the Italia 90 and France 98 mascots. In honor, or more accurately, dishonor of the French and Italian teams in World Cup 2010. Both of which crashed out of the tournament in spectacular fashion. The first time that the previuous champion and runners-up have been eliminated in the first round. […]
AIGA Seattle Into The Woods
By Mark Kaufman AIGA Seattle’s Into the Woods Conference is back! Into the Woods 2010 will take place October 15-17, 2010 at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. This is your opportunity to immerse yourself in an environment dedicated to helping you reconnect with your creative core. It is the must attend design event in the Northwest. […]
Italy is Outside From the World Wide Ones
By Mark Kaufman The disgraceful and downright embarrassing exit by Italia from the 2010 World Cup today reminded me of the last time Italy failed big time at Mondiali; 2002. This is one of the sketches I did when Italy was unceremoniously bounced from the round of 16 by South Korea. The headline was a […]
Pictures (of Breasts) at an Exhibition
By Mark Kaufman I have a couple of pieces in Breast- Celebrating the Culture of the Bosom at the Ouch My Eye Gallery in the SODO neighborhood of Seattle. Opening reception is Thursday June 26th at 7pm. The show runs thru July 25th, 2010 Inspired by the recent opening of a nearby strip club, and […]