Monthly Archives: August 2010
So What Isn’t Dead Nowadays?
It’s good to be provocative sometimes, especially if you can get a conversation started about an important topic. I assumed that’s what Wired magazine was doing a few weeks ago with their “The Web is Dead” cover story, ironically announced … Continue reading
Too Big to Fail
The economy is still reeling, and the evidence is all around us: empty storefronts. It seems like every week another bank or retail shop down and moves out. Well, I’ve got a plan to fix it. I’m launching a new … Continue reading
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Better Book Covers
Here is a blog that goes under the category of “I Wish I’d Thought of That! But, On Second Thought, If I’d Thought Of That, Then It Wouldn’t Be Nearly as Good.” At Better Book Titles, Dan Wilbur redesigns the … Continue reading
Filed under Graphic Design
Vote for our SXSW Panel!
My friend Austin Kleon has put together a panel for next year’s SXSW Interactive about the relationship between words, pictures, and humor. Sound familiar? The title is Your Caption Here: How To Manipulate Images Without Photoshop, and the panel is full … Continue reading
#KanyeNewYorkerTweets
As further proof of the giddy mashupability of words and pictures, some folks have been making the internet giggle by pairing New Yorker cartoons with Kanye West’s tweets (as reported on HuffPo, among others). It’s brilliant. I was honored to … Continue reading
“B.L.T.” in Flight 7
If you are reading this and you haven’t already seen it, check out the preview of the comic I did for the seventh volume of the popular Flight series, published by Random House and edited by the amazingly talented Kazu … Continue reading
Filed under Graphic storytelling
