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Molly Young|Books

Puzzling Out William Steig

A new book is a coded exploration of New York City—an account of local customs and affinities, a catalog of macro and microaggressions, a narrative of life in the modern metropolis.

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Steven Heller|Essays

The Times. A Comic Strip. A Pulitzer Prize.

It is not every day that a comic strip wins the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning—come to think of it, there’s never been one.

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Debbie Millman|Audio

Richard Haines

Debbie talks to Richard Haines about his late blooming career as an illustrator. “As I’m drawing and I’m not really thinking about it, but I’m always editing information. To note spell everything out. To bring …

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Steven Heller|Essays

Thanks, Robert Grossman

Bob’s death was unexpected. I felt kicked in the stomach when, on Friday morning, I read an email from his companion, Elaine Louie, announcing the tragic news.

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Steven Heller|Essays

Fear Of Phallus

In my case, on average of twice a week, editors accused me of allowing one or more illustrators to include an unacceptable banana, kidney, or lozenge shape — and I’m talking about a plain old curvilinear-tipped graphic …

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Lilly Smith|Books

Stefan Bucher’s Letterheads: A Zany but Totally Methodical Take on Reinvention

The designer explains why humor is a good tool, how to overcome artistic fears, and what he means by saying he’s a “Victorian gardener of the mind.”

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Debbie Millman|Audio

Barry Blitt

Debbie talks to New Yorker celebrated cover artist Barry Blitt about where his ideas come from.

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Steven Heller|Essays

Christoph Niemann’s Creative Powers: A Mystery Investigated

Steven Heller uncovers what makes Christoph Niemann a veritable illustration Superman.

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Steven Heller|Essays

Chris Ware’s Really Big Novelty Book

The first time I was introduced to Chris Ware’s work was at R.O. Blechman’s Ink Tank office on West 46th Street.

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Chris Ware|Books

I Loved to Draw

An excerpt from Chris Ware’s new Monograph.

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John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Strange Ink

Works by untrained artists who found inspiration to produce unique works despite a host of impediments.

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John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Postcards from the Trenches

Hand-painted postcards from WWI sent home in 1915 and 1916 by a 23-year old German soldier named Otto Schubert.

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Democracy

Sheena Medina

What now?

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Aimee Allison

Make a Plan to Vote ft. Genny Castillo, Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice

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Analysis

Alexis Haut

Black balled and white walled: Interiority in Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”

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Opinions

Brian Collins

Design sinking