Steve Anthony Weiner reached new heights of non-influence. And then, kinda tapered off. Like the cicadas. Tim Tebow’s ethereal connections got him just so far. Miley Cyrus woke TV viewers up, if briefly. Obama and Congress played a perfect two-act. He, after years of not calling out a body of deeply disturbed people, now finally … Read more
Thinking today about Al Goldstein, founder and editor of Screw, absurd (and absurdist) public figure and icon of a brief age when sex was a really big show. Much better than today’s obit in the Times is this 2006 recollection by Steven Heller. To me Goldstein’s greatest legacy is the work of Heller and Brad … Read more
Here’s this week’s cover for The National Journal. One powerful piece, linked below on the GOP’s cynical and racist (and long term) plan to gin up race-based voting. Thanks to Adam Kushner, editor and Jan Zimmeck, art director, who gave great help here. Return of the Welfare Queen by Beth Reinhard
Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman have been putting out World War 3 Illustrated since Reagan put the country Right. They have been showing the world of media and illustration just how powerful political art can be , even as the boots of the publishing world contain legs that quake at the thought strong graphics. Here … Read more
