Tag Archives: Milton Glaser

americana as cultural habitat

Much in the vein of Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray and even the art of Jack Levine, its modern protest satire that helped define the left of center cultural aesthetic. The left cultural industry machine that by nature is part of … Continue reading

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all those years ago

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Here are the other half of the illustrations that graced the special feature cover story of the October, 1984 issue of Mother Jones (my Cover of the Day). I thought it worth presenting not only for the … Continue reading

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launching a thousand covers

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i think john alcorn is one of those guys who launched a thousand ships and everybody else took credit for what they took from him. from marshall mcluhan to the yippies? i’d say that’s a big … Continue reading

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cover stories

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Milton Glaser, 1964. take the main character, draw her. make her look like the movie. try to ape the current popular crosshatch style (pioneered by john alcorn at pushpin.) whatever. just not impressed, … nice … Continue reading

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graphic standard disposable

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) there was a brief period of time in america when this is what hip, cool ‘cutting-edgey’ avant-guard graphic design looked like. it was highly illustrative, hand rendered, colorful to the point of psychedelic and self-consciously … Continue reading

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the morgues

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) how many of you out there in illustrationland (or graphic design world, for that matter) know what a “morgue” is any more? it’s a term and an idea that has gotten lost in the digital … Continue reading

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talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): back when i was art directing the rocket, i had a constant parade of “talent” approaching me for work. because the rocket was literally the ONLY kiosk in town to do anything fun or kool in … Continue reading

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the cat the glove and a tale

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): my father was not a “good guy.” among his many rather reprehensible attributes was a certain pathological ‘cheapness’. today’s little graphic item of interest is a sign that he used to have pasted on the inside … Continue reading

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rat fink

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) ED ROTH (given the name”big daddy” by one of his model kit clients) is one of those iconic pop culture figures of the last half-century. there is an awful lot of things that we take for … Continue reading

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with fins: trapped out of time

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i often get asked to do ‘presentations’ or ‘lectures’ or ‘talks’ (i dunno what to call them) where i stand in front of groups of people and show my work and talk about my ideas. it’s … Continue reading

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