Posts Tagged ‘illustration’

So, I was just catching up on some blog-reading, and was looking at Sarah's lovely post on the backstory to Vern & Lettuce, with this ace cutaway illustration of Lettuce's burrow: The illustration instantly reminded me of a book I'd loved when I was a kid, House By Mouse. I couldn't remember who had written [...]

I went to see the Byzantium exhibition at the Royal Academy a couple of weeks ago. It was full of quite lovely things, but to be honest I wouldn't worry that the show's finished now, as it wasn't displayed very well. You'll have a much more pleasant time seeing similar stuff on display in the [...]

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » From Our Continental Correspondent – Stento draws portraits – I am totally in love with this <i>gorgeous</i> portrait of Corto Maltese. Which bids the question: isn't it waaaaay past time for someone to bring the books back into print in the English language? Preferably with better translations than [...]

Record Envelope – Some nice examples of graphic design. [via paperbullet mixie]

My mate Karen Rubins has just been announced as the successful applicant for the comics residency at the Sackler Education Centre of the Victoria & Albert Museum, which is awesome and amazing news (although it probably means that she's even less likely to have time for that long-promised update of her website). Congratulations Kaz! Well [...]

The next session's title, Why Everything On The Internet Is The Opposite Of How It Is In Print, intrigued me, and prompted some great discussion. Session leader, Mary Harrington, outlined what she thinks are the five qualities of books: – physicality – fixity – boundedness – authority – universality The physical shape of books is [...]

Although I don't make resolutions, one thing I do tend to do in the new year is make a concerted effort to go to more exhibitions (which often peters out later in the year). I think one of the reasons is because lots of exhibitions seem to end at the start of the year. I've seen three exhibitions already…

(They do on Flickr, anyway. Pics all link to the images on Flickr. Quite a few images are on sale through peoples' websites, too, so check their profile pages.) OWLTASTIC!

Before I start this post properly, there's something I have to go on record about. Despite what Rich Johnston may have said in his most recent LITG, I am not and, never have been, a museum curator. On the other hand, I suppose I am a curator of some sort, all the same, just as [...]

It was off to the wilds of Soho for LUXmas on Saturday night, which I think was rather fun, but I probably should have eaten something before drinking so much red wine, as I only remember drunkenly rambling at various people. I'm not sure if they were actively backing away and making excuses, but I [...]