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. […]
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 […]
Mascot Mashup: Naranjito + World Cup Willie
By Mark Kaufman World Cup Mascot Mashup No. 1: England 1966 + España 1982
World Cup Design: Briljant Oranje
By Mark Kaufman These are absolutely brilliant shirts from the Amsterdam based design team We are Bas and Daan, for the Dutch Football Federation. I want to run around like an idiot with one of these, full of Heineken and Satékroket from a Febo vending machine.
Maradonart
By Mark Kaufman The World Cup grows ever closer. While it rolls around every four years, one thing is certain, people talk about Diego Maradona 24/7/365. El Diez is a saint/sinner, hero/villain, genius/bum who is worshipped in two countries, Argentina and Italy (well Napoli anyway), and he is reviled in the rest of the world. […]
Lousy. With Fleas.
By Mark Kaufman My new comic strip Lousy. With Fleas. which appears in the Stranger on a rotating basis with some other great artists.
Memorial Day Video Party: Colt 45
Sadly the geniuses that created this classic campaign for Colt 45 Malt Liqour, have given way to the morons that serve up the moronic Bud Light campaigns. Gentlemen, and I use that term loosely, this is how to create and ad with finesse, intrigue, and class leading up to a solid payoff. There are several […]
Collage365: No. 109
By Mark Kaufman My wife, the awesome Jacqueline McCarthy likes this one. That makes it priceless.
Abstraction / Distraction
2010 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Anthology, Edited by Andrei Molotiu By Mark Kaufman I attended a Jim Woodring book signing and lecture at the Fantagraphics Bookstore over the weekend. That’s all I’ll say about that, because I was totally distracted by this book, Abstract Comics: The Anthology, which I could not stop looking at during […]