Poetry in Motion
Mark KaufmanSometimes old projects come back to haunt you, sometimes, like in this case, old projects come back in a positive way. Vivitiv will be a part of a book documenting Poetry on Buses which we worked on a few years ago. Floating Bridge Press and 4Culture are producing a Poetry on Buses Anthology. […]
Election Season
By Mark KaufmanLess than 2 weeks to go before election day! I did a cover a while back for the Isthmus in Madison, WI which featured Governor Jim Doyle. As I recall there wasn’t an "F" in the report card article, he got pretty good grades, but I think I was asked to add it […]
New Yorker Fest
By Mark KaufmanHere’s a detail of a spot I recently did for an article for The Stranger on New Yorker Fest, a literary and arts festival presented by The New Yorker Magazine. The two gents pictured are of course the authors Jonathan Raban and Charles D’Ambrosio. But you knew that right? I never used to […]
Rejected New Yorker Cartoons
By Mark KaufmanHere’s a book I am going to go and get pronto. So far the selections that I have seen are funny. This one is from Pat Byrnes. The book The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker, is edited by Matthew Diffee, published by Simon & […]
Start A Story
By Mark Kaufman A while back I was asked to contribute to thye Start a Story project. As described by John Harrison the project founder, "Start a Story is a project that encourages creativity and collaboration. Through different projects I hope to get people involved in creating narratives. I’m interested in seeing how different people […]
Enemy Combatant
As I lay myself down to sleep the other night I had an idea for a t-shirt. We all do that from time to time. It was a shirt that reads "Enemy Combatant". Because we are all enemies of the state now that W signed the Military Commisssions Act. So I Googled it and as […]
Gods of Guitar in the Portland Mercury
Here’s a new spot I did for Demo Fregosi, the art director at the Portland Mercury. Part of their Gods of Guitar issue. My spot was for an article on the the master that is Joe Satriani.Rock on
Charts/Charts/Charts
I was reading Talking Points Memo this morning and saw an web ad for something called HistoryShots.com. They make prints of charts. Now, I don’t normally click thru on these ads, but for some reason even at the teeny, tiny size, the detail on one of their charts drew me like a moth to a […]