Review: Illustration
Cute cultural tourism
Hello Kitty and Pokemon seem to have taken over the world in recent decades. But…
Studies in black, brown and beige
Handsome may be the word to describe this book, conceived by German illustrator Robert Nippoldt…
Man of letters
For much of the past decade, illustrator Tom Gauld has been a regular contributor to…
The theatre that Swarte built
On April 30 1995, the Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte was miserably tossing around on his…
Losing its flavour
The ultimate in cheesy designer excess, packaged in a giant trading card wrapper, the first…
Density, magic, genius and loss
Chris Ware’s comic strip was originally published in Chicago’s alternative New City paper and Ware’s…
The cultured sensibility of Cipe Pineles
Cipe Pineles? Say it Sea-pea Pin-ell-ess; she’s credited with being America’s first influential female art…