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Paul Krassner on Obama, Orgies, and the Art of Offensive Cartoons
There's something oddly funny about Paul Krassner. And it's been going on for more than 50 years.He palled around with Lenny Bruce, the pioneering 1950s "sick" comic, and even edited Bruce's...
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From Classroom Doodler to Funny-Picture Publisher: Craig Yoe's Cartoon Evolution
I figured that this time, my encounter with Craig Yoe wouldn't involve sex. But no, he just had to go slip in his Penis at the end.Yoe is a cartoonist, an author, a designer, and a historian, and the...
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Los Angeles Views "Graphic Design: Now in Production"
At a Hammer Museum panel last month, Willem Henri Lucas introduced himself, Gail Swanlund, and Brian Roettinger as three L.A.-based designers who were about to discuss a current exhibition of...
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Modern Dog, Copyright, and the Burden of Proof
True story: Back in 1990, a cow from Edgerton, Minnesota, ended up at Walt Disney World, grazing away the rest of her life at places like Grandma’s Duck Farm and Magic Kingdom Park. The Holstein was...
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Posters as Lesson Plans: Timothy Goodman Teams Up with the Institute of Play
The Institute of Play is a New York City–based nonprofit that designs "experiences that make learning irresistible"—a mission that encompasses everything from digital game research to a pair of...
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Complete Anarchy, Illustrated
As the Tea Party and Occupy movements fade from the political scene, anarchy is still visible . . . well, its graphics are, anyway. In England, Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy, 1961–1970 just...
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Songbird Janet Klein's Hotsy-Totsy Music Designs
By day, Janet Klein is a printing industry representative and sidekick to world-class designers and art institutions. By night—and on weekends—she's a uke-playing chanteuse. And here in Los Angeles...
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Eric Gill, Australian Mad Men, and the Ultimate Books on Typography and Printing
Paul Soady doesn't care that Eric Gill had sex with his sister, his daughters, and his family dog. He's simply in love with the art and typography of this controversial artist, writer, and designer of...
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An Interview with Talking Covers Founder Sean Manning
As the author of a memoir and editor of a few anthologies that feature some of today’s most prominent writers, Sean Manning knows something about the book business. In May 2012, he started Talking...
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Li'l Abner's Al Capp: A Monstrous Creature, a Masterful Cartoonist
No doubt about it: Al Capp engaged in depraved behavior. Most disgraceful was his attempted rape of a number of women, from college co-eds to Grace Kelly. And, as the interview below suggests, there...
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