Category Archives: Illustration

Hey look, there’s comic art on the wall!

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Cartoonists Benjamin Schwartz and Liam Francis Walsh went to the Society of Illustrators in New York City to see the exhibition on “The Art of Harvey Kurtzman”, and came to obvious, yet remarkable conclusions. (From the New Yorker Magazine, via Mike … Continue reading →

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Vittel by Sempé

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

What do you do when you are a producer of French table water, and you want to promote your brand as being better than the rest, and at the same time, well, quintessentially French? You turn to the Frenchest of … Continue reading →

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Dress Up Your Bowie With Baeken

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

When David Bowie announced a new album after ten years of silence, a feeding frenzy broke out among the presserati.  Flemish daily De Morgen this weekend contributed to the looking-back-and-looking-forward action with an article about Bowie’s outfits throughout his carreer … Continue reading →

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All hail Hugo Claus

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

This week it’s been five years since Hugo Claus, one of my country’s most celebrated writers passed away, and as a commemoration a special full colour supplement was added to the Flemish daily De Morgen. And since endless black & … Continue reading →

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A late look back on 2012

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

I’m currently taking advantage of the weekend to weed out my ever-growing stack of magazines, and I came across this illustration by our very own Pieter de Poortere in Flemish entertainment and media magazine Focus, looking back at the year … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Cartooning with Chris Ware

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Chris Ware is his joyful self on the cover of the new French quarterly comics magazine, Kaboom (which I’ve slightly doctored here to focus on the artwork). Kaboom looks pretty interesting, with articles in the first issue on Guibert and … Continue reading →

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The secret life of Super-heroes

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Designer and illustrator Grégoire Guillemin collects a number of candid snapshots into the life of super-hero icons when they’re not in frame. And that makes from some more or less revealing extreme closeups. (via Design Taxi)

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