Once, in public, I got to tell David some of the reasons why we hold him in such high esteem. I mentioned how his work combined many tasks at once and was masterly in all of them. That he, better than anyone in our times, could tell a larger story within the confines of a … Read more
Tonight my thoughts are with David, his family and the greater family of artists to whom he was the pater familias. The finest caricaturist of, in my view, the entire 20th century and a piece of this one. And a very warm, generous human being. I’ll have more to say soon. For tonight some images … Read more
Of all the Santas of all time here are my top three, and the guys who drew them. My favorite all time is Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom’s Coca-Cola Santa. He would be in print ads in all major mags all through my childhood, and, I discovered, way before that. This Santa wasn’t just jolly, but in … Read more
For months I have been telling my students and anyone who will listen that the coming Tablet will yield, for the first time, a well designed Web home for newspapers and magazines. A place which will, at last, respect photography and art. One of my students sent me this clip. As the Next Thing for … Read more
