Grand Old Secret Party
By Mark KaufmanNew spot for The Stranger that accompanies a story about Intiative 26 here in WA State wherein (Republicans), would be prevented from stating their party affiliation on King County ballots. An illogical extension of what the shhhhhh…republican candidate for governor here is doing. He is not calling himself Dino Rossi, Republican, just Dino […]
GOP vs Democratic Convention Podiums
By Mark Kaufman Just saw this online at the Huffington Post. Top graphic is the podium of the Republican convention in St. Paul, the one at the bottom is the stage at the Democratic Convention in Denver. Yeesh. This seems like yet another in a long series of instances where the Repugs win big, with […]
T. Boone Pickens, Hunk of the Month 1987-2008
By Mark Kaufman T Boone Pickens has been all over the news lately with his wind/energy plan. I remembered this piece I did way back in 1987, which I finally found a copy of in an old sketchbook. T. Boone was Hunk of the Month in my tribute to the greed is good, 1980s style […]
Seriously. Ouch, My Eye!
By Mark Kaufman I am not kidding. This is my eye this morning. Not from judging the Creativity show, it seems that I had a bad reaction to some shellfish, my eyes are swollen up so bad I can barely open them. I am going to the store to fill a prescription and then I […]
I Don’t Know About Art, But I Know Obama When I See Him
By Mark Kaufman Interesting article by Jen Graves in The Stranger today on the boom in Barack Obama based art. I for one am not quite sure what to make of this phenomenon, except to say that it is a rare example of people getting creative in a positive way rather than a negative way. […]
Get Your War Animated
By Mark Kaufman David Rees writer of one of the funniest and most insightful comics of our time, Get Your War On, is now all animated and shit. Clip art yeeeeeah!
Federico Jordán
By Mark Kaufman A few weeks ago I posted a drawing and a scenario about what I thought my experience at the ICON Roadshow would be like. My thought (fear) was that the person I would be sharing a table with would be a big jerk, and that they wouldn’t be thrilled at the prospect […]
Tim Russert R.I.P
By Mark KaufmanMeet the Press moderator and NBC News Bureau Chief Tim Russert passed away today of an apparent heart attack. Tim provided me with countless hours of enjoyment, yelling at my TV during one of his pointless gotcha interviews or mentions of his frickin’ Buffalo Bills. I had even done an American Affairs Desk […]
Illustrators as Charity Cases?
By Mark KaufmanIn the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times amongst the photos of Manhattan swells in the Evening Hours page, I saw a few snaps of The Society of Illustrators J.C. Leyendecker show. At first glance I thought, “Hey, ain’t that grand!”, on closer inspection however it was strangely disappointing. There were […]