American Affairs Desk: Pervez Takes Off His Uniform
By Mark KaufmanWell, George Bush told him to take off that uniform, and Pervez Musharraf finally did it. Can you help Dubya dress the ex-General in something more appropriate for a commander in chief?
Clock is Ticking
By Mark Kaufman We’ve sent out blast e-mails, posted to the Vivitiv blog, and told people personally, and for those of you who don’t already know, Vivitiv and Drawmark will be closed for the month of December. We are taking a long vacation during a traditionally slow month for us. The clock is ticking and […]
American Affairs Desk: Happy Thanksgiving
By Mark KaufmanWishing you a belated Happy Thanksgiving. I’ve been down with the flu, no blogging, just coughing. I’m back at it today setting the modern holiday table. Cheers.
Realism Train
By Mark KaufmanHere’s a recent piece I did for an article on Sound Transit. Realism it ain’t, but here was an instance where the art director asked for a simple drawing of a choo-choo train. No commentary, no opaque metaphors, no ax to grind. I feel like I cheated somehow. So with that in mind […]
Signing Statements
By Mark KaufmanWhen W or any other President uses signing statements, he (or she) is basically showing us what they think of the Constitution. Good news off the campaign trail on this travesty though. John McCain was asked about George Bush’s use of signing statements, he is against the practice. Now if we can only […]
Mr. Whipple VS Charmin Bears
By Mark KaufmanDick Wilson, the character actor who played Mr. Whipple the store manager that implored the world to not squeeze the Charmin died today at the ripe age of 91. Which brings me to those awful Charmin Bears. Normally I applaud cartoon characters over real-life human ones to shill the American dream, but in […]
Posterizing the Modern GOP
By Mark KaufmanThis is one of a series of Huffington Post posters by Rich Silverstein that clearly illustrates the seminal events, people and slogans of the Grand Old Party. Go to the site to see the others, weigh in on what’s missing from the laundry list from hell, for this ongoing project. I wish we […]
Peter Sis, Back in the Day.
By Mark KaufmanI don’t normally pay much attention to children’s books except when I buy them for my nieces and nephews, but I do like when the Children’s Books Special Section show up in The New York Times Book Review. I see things I am not readily familiar with which is always a good thing. […]
To Do List: Collage
By Mark KaufmanI was frantically searching my desk for something (which I didn’t find) and found this small booklet of collages that I did a while back at the AIGA Seattle Into the Woods conference. I always loved collage, the work of John Heartfield has certainly inspired the political bent to my work. After the […]