The Fine Art of Copying
Style is what's left when you've tried and failed to copy somebody else. Put a little more positively, style is what emerges after...
Masters on War: Sargent vs. Dix
If you know a little about the history of art, you have probably heard of Sargent. He's known for his portraits of society ladies, done...
Safe, conventional work is a ticket to oblivion.
I read that in a little book by graphic designer George Lois. I remember it always--especially when my painting falls short of what I...
The Romance of Deep Time
For two years I've been working on a picture book about Chinese dinosaurs called Forest of the Feathered Dragons. It's a way for me to...
EC Comics: Art, Violence, and Misogyny
What follows are some postmortem thoughts on David Hadju’s book The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed...
Comics on the Depression: Art vs Corporate Propaganda
Kings in Disguise and On the Ropes–by James Vance and Dan E. Burr–are two of the best graphic novels I’ve ever read. They convey the...
