An art critic once remarked that when Rembrandt was young and cocky, his portrait subjects were dramatically lit from the outside, but as he...

In Richard Thompson's comic strip, Cul de sac , a guinea pig escapes from a school classroom.  Once outside, the pig says: What doe...

When R. Crumb illustrated Bible stories in comic book form , some critics complained, "the power of the text seems diminished, not enh...

Can drawings still inflame passions today? Anyone who doubts it should've attended the annual convention of the American Association...

Why did Maxfield Parrish spend so much time painting tiny crevasses in rocks in the backgrounds of his paintings?   Parrish was a ...

James Gurney is one of the most visually insatiable artists I've met. He is famously productive-- he draws and paints all the damn time...

This extraordinary drawing by John Cuneo has already been selected for inclusion in both of the upcoming annual collections of illustration ...

At Comic-Con this year, I was struck by the number of prominent cartoonists who lectured on the virtues of simplicity. Jim Davis, who p...