THE SONG OF THE CYNODONT

Cynodont 250 million years ago, before death negotiated its current truce with life, death nearly wiped out all life on earth in a fit of ex...

WARRING WITH TROLLS, part one

 "To live is to war with trolls"  --Henrik Ibsen Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser invented the famous "I Love New Yo...

GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY

In 1810 the great painter Francisco Goya was commissioned to paint a portrait of King Joseph Bonaparte. Goya didn't like King Joseph, wh...

MARK ENGLISH

Eddie Bauer catalog cover, 1982 The career of famed illustrator Mark English can be divided into three phases. His first job was picking co...

THE OTHER LESSON FROM THE SUPERMAN CHECK

Everyone knows the story of how two Cleveland boys, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, created the character of Superman and, short of money, sig...

FRANKLIN McMAHON 1921-2012

Franklin McMahon, the last of the great illustrator-reporters, died last week at age 90. McMahon worked in a bygone era when newspapers and ...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 40

Artists who can't draw have become emboldened by the excuse that traditional drawing skills are less relevant today.  The focus of art ...