For some reason, this single sketch comes back to me more often than any other Sesame Street bit. Funny, I still don’t eat enough vegetables. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjLqddPqZQ]
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Discovering Artists: Saul Steinberg
“Untitled,” 1948.Work of Saul Steinberg.SaulSteinbergFoundation.org. Along with artists that have been my inspiration for a while, I love to discover new inspiring artists. Today I was for the first time introduced to Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) via Scott McCloud’s blog. Steinberg was an artist whose work appeared in the New Yorker for decades. Looking over his…
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Orwell’s Fairy-Story
I just read Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945). Little did I know, he subtitled his book “A Fairy Story,” which was a curious coincidence after reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I decided that yes, this is a fariy-story, if a rather complicated and nearly outdated one. Possible spoilers after the break…
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Art Heroes: Scott McCloud
Another artist I would love to be like is Scott McCloud (whose home online is at ScottMcCloud.com). He’s probably given more thought to his art than any other artist I’ve encountered; Scott strives to understand and to share his understanding of the comic. He has carefully analyzed the place comics hold within the worlds of…
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