Maurice Sendak on publishing: “Outrageously stupid”
Maurice Sendak was known not just as a literary icon, but as a larger-than-life curmudgeon who refused "to cater to the bullshit of innocence." The Believer has published a contemplative but hilarious...
View ArticleMaurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction
A rare collection of illustrations by the late beloved children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak is about to go on sale in New York. The collection was consigned to Swann Auction Galleries...
View Article“Harry Potter” series to get new cover art for 15-year anniversary
In honor of its 15-year publication anniversary in the U.S., Scholastic has released the first illustration in a series of new cover art for the "Harry Potter" series, due out in September. All seven...
View ArticleEdward Gorey’s strange, curious world
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I had an unusual obsession. While most of my favorite TV shows and programming blocks were the same as everyone else’s in my peer group —Animaniacs, Saturday morning cartoons,...
View ArticleThe Oscar posters that should have been
Check out the movie posters that Mondo Gallery commissioned for this year's crop of Oscar movies
View ArticleThe Oscar posters that should have been
Now that the Oscars have come and gone, it is time for Hollywood to look back and wonder, "What could we have done differently?" Our advice: look in the direction of Austin, Texas' Mondo Gallery....
View Article“Mad Men” Season 6 poster gives a nod to the 1960s
Gearing up for season 6 of AMC's "Mad Men," the series took a note from adman Don Draper and commissioned a poster from famed illustrator Brian Sanders, a nod to the 1960s-era setting of the season.The...
View Article“Mad Men” Season 6 poster gives a nod to the 1960s
Gearing up for season 6 of AMC's "Mad Men," the series took a note from adman Don Draper and commissioned a poster from famed illustrator Brian Sanders, a nod to the 1960s-era setting of the season.The...
View ArticleAn illustrated guide to the many women Don Draper has slept with on “Mad Men”
When people talk about the women of "Mad Men," they're most often referring to Peggy and Joan, the two female characters that have perhaps been most fully allowed to act independently on their own...
View ArticleThe Oscar posters that should have been
Check out the movie posters that Mondo Gallery commissioned for this year's crop of Oscar movies
View ArticleMaurice Sendak on publishing: "Outrageously stupid"
The Believer has published a candid interview with the late writer and illustrator
View ArticleMaurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction
The art will be sold along with pieces by Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Charles M. Schulz and others
View Article"Harry Potter" series to get new cover art for 15-year anniversary
But the iconic pastel illustrations by Mary GrandPré will still be used on hardcovers and some paperback editions
View ArticleEdward Gorey's strange, curious world
The author's books tended toward the macabre, but there's an element of redemption in his ghoulish worldview
View ArticleThe Oscar posters that should have been
Check out the movie posters that Mondo Gallery commissioned for this year's crop of Oscar movies
View Article"Mad Men" Season 6 poster gives a nod to the 1960s
The series commissioned an illustrator to draw in the style popular during the era of the show
View ArticleAn illustrated guide to the many women Don Draper has slept with on "Mad Men"
Artist Hannah Choi has added even more color to each of Don's partners, in chronological order
View ArticleTrump's scribble of New York skyline fetches almost $30K
The once powerful New York real-estate mogul was unable to capture the most famous skyline in the world in pen
View ArticleRacially-charged Dr. Seuss mural to be taken down
Facing criticism, a racist caricature will be scrubbed from a mural at the Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield, MA
View ArticleEvan Rachel Wood's "Phoenix Rising" and the art of trauma
Can animating abuse in the new HBO documentary help detractors believe a survivor?
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