Comics and graphic novels have gained respectability over the past few decades.  They now receive cultural awards and attract audiences that...

Recently, the Society of Illustrators elected George Herriman to its Hall of Fame.  I was honored to be asked to write the essay that accom...

 Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980) was one of the classic illustrators from the golden age of American illustration.  He illustrated such w...

Mort Drucker didn't like the way he drew this knob, so he painted it out and re-drew it. The knob was located on the back of...

The power to recognize beauty in the backside of a goose should not be taken lightly. Jack Unruh has that power, and what's more he...

G.K. Chesterton wrote, “Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame."   This is surely true.  On the other hand...