Here's a lil' something I whipped up for election eve.

Here's a lil' something I whipped up for election eve.

Just say NO to endless war, folks.

 #Demexit #NeverHillary #JillNotHill #FreeAssange

“SCARIEST HALLOWEEN EVER,” Signed, Lt. Ed. serigraph by DANNY HELLMAN

Love Halloween? Hate the 2016 Presidential election? This is the print for you!

This brand new 11 X 14 silkscreen print, (executed by the screen printing wizards at Vahalla Studios in Kansas) utilizes four colors on archival paper, and is being offered by the artist in a limited edition of one hundred prints. 

Each print has been signed by illustrator Danny Hellman. 

This “SCARIEST HALLOWEEN EVER”  print is a must-have for Halloween aficionados and haters of corrupt, lying politicians.

The print is in mint condition, and will be shipped flat via US Mail in a sturdy cardboard mailer. 

Note: prints will be ready to ship on Oct 21, 2016. Please order a.s.a.p. to receive your print by Oct 31. The edition number on your print will NOT match the number pictured. This is NOT a Giclee print or color Xerox! This is a collectible, limited edition hand-screened art print. Quantities are limited, so buy now! 

Donald Trump illo for SMASHPIPE, 3/16

"Donald Trump: The Ultimate Progressive," illo for SMASHPIPE, 3/17/16, 

art direction by Michael Gentile.

FROM THE FLAT FILES: Hillary & Nancy, NYPress, 7/1/96

FROM THE FLAT FILES: Now, the only way Hillary can reach Nancy is by Ouija board. NYPress, 7/1/96, art direction by Michael Gentile, (ink on denril vellum).

Ten Hillary Clinton illos, 1993-2008

"Desktop Election," illo for PRSA'S THE STRATEGIST, June 2005, art direction by John Elsasser

"Candidates 2008," illo for THE STRANGER, September 2007, art direction by Aaron Huffman

"Mudslingers," rough sketch for C&E POLITICS, June 2008, art direction by Jeff Brown

"Dickensian Clintons," cover illo for NEW YORK PRESS, August 1996, art direction by Michael Gentile

"Two-Faced Hillary," cover illo for NEW YORK PRESS, December 2000, art direction by Michael Gentile

"Two Faces of Hillary," cover illo for NEW YORK PRESS, March 1993, art direction by Michael Gentile

"Hillary for President," illo for NEW YORK PRESS, January 1999, art direction by Michael Gentile

"Hillary Mugshot," (guest starring Alphonse D'Amato), illo for NEW YORK PRESS,
April 1996, art direction by Michael Gentile

"Live Nude Hillary," illo for NEW YORK PRESS, March 1997, art direction by Michael Gentile

Cover illo for SCREW #1,244, January 1993, art direction by Kevin Hein

San Francisco Bay Guardian R.I.P.

I'm deeply bummed to hear that one of our very best alt weeklies
just shut its doors. I drew dozens of illos for SF Bay Guardian over the past ten years,
including cover art for The Offies, SFBG's annual year-end review.

My thanks go out to art directors Mirissa Neff, Victor Krummenacher,
Ben Hopfer, and Brooke Robertson. It was great fun!

Four 9/11-themed New York Press illos

Four 9/11-themed New York Press illos. 

Three are from the weeks immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, 

( the Kissinger illo is dated Dec. 2002). Art direction by Michael Gentile. 

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in reverse, (illo for THE STRANGER)

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in reverse.

Illo for THE STRANGER, art direction by Aaron Huffman.

Bill deBlasio's first 100 days, (as imagined by the 1%).

Bill deBlasio's first 100 days, (as imagined by the 1%).
Cover illo for XPOSE Magazine, art direction by Kevin Hein. 

JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald illo for XPOSE

Here's an illo of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald I just did for XPOSE,
a new mag launched by Kevin Hein and the gang who used to do SCREW.
Check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/XposemagNY?ref=hl

Seven assorted Presidential race illos

"ROMNEY UNZIPPED" 

Cover illustration for Boston Phoenix

February 2010, Art direction by Kristen Goodfriend

"WET PAINT OBAMA"

Illustration for C&E Politics

May 2008, Art direction by Jeff Brown

"SUPER OBAMA"

Cover illustration for Creative Loafing Tampa

July 2008, Art direction by Jason Hatcher

 "DESTROY ALL REPUBLICANS"

Illustration for Las Vegas Weekly

October 2011, Art direction by Ryan Olbrysh

 “DESKTOP ELECTION”

Illustration for PRSA TACTICS

January 2008, Art direction by John Elsasser

"PEPPER-SPRAY THE GOP"

Cover illustration for SF BAY GUARDIAN

January 2012, Art direction by Mirissa Neff

“CANDIDATES 2008”

Illustration for THE STRANGER

October 2007, Art direction by Aaron Huffman

Alexander Cockburn (1941-2012), R.I.P.

Alexander Cockburn (1941-2012), R.I.P.

(illo from New York Press, October 19, 1998)

Four Romneys

FOUR ROMNEYS: with Mitt Romney looking ever more like the Republican front runner, I thought I’d post a few of my Romney illos, (some very recent, some not-at-all recent).

First is a cover illo for Boston Phoenix in February 2010, art direction by Kristen Goodfriend. (while looking through my files, I came across another Romney-themed Boston Phoenix cover illo from 2007, but that one has a Romney likeness that’s so far from the mark, it’s making me cringe. Sorry, Kristen!).

The second one features Obama, Edwards, Giuliani, Hillary and Romney from the 2008 Presidential election. This was for The Stranger in September of 2007, art direction by Aaron Huffman.

Third up: a Toho Studios-themed illo showing the GOP’s 2012 Presidential candidates as giant radioactive beast trampling a landscape of foreclosed homes. This ran in an issue of Las Vegas Weekly, October 2011, art direction by Ryan Olbrysh

The last and most recent of the four illos features the GOP’s 2012 Presidential candidates getting a snootful of pepper spray on the cover of the SF BAY GUARDIAN, January 2012, art direction by Mirissa Neff.

R.I.P. Ted Kennedy: Two Moldy Oldies from New York Press

At the risk of seeing this blog lurch even further in the direction of "Which Dead Celebrity Caricature Can I Post This Week?", here's a couple of old Ted Kennedy illos from the heyday of New York Press.

I was a regular contributor to NYPress from the early 1990's through the mid-2000's. My drawings often accompanied columns by Alexander Cockburn, John Strausbaugh and J.R. Taylor, but for the entirety of 1999, I provided the art for NYPress Publisher Russ Smith's notoriously Right-leaning MUGGER column.

Typically, these MUGGER illos started off with Smith phoning me on a Friday to describe whatever concept he had in mind. In one or two instances, I may have massaged Smith's concepts slightly, but generally I drew exactly what he asked for. There were dozens of illos slagging the Clintons, Al Gore, & other Democrats, while others were aimed at NYC media figures like Tina Brown, Kurt Andersen, etc.

Here's a MUGGER illo from May 1999, showing a tuxedo-clad Ted Kennedy handing the "Profiles In Courage" award to John McCain, (dressed as an extra from one of the "Rambo" films). Revisiting this one, I cringe just a bit at my McCain likeness, (my McCains would improve over the subsequent decade), but I like to think the Ted Kennedy likeness still holds up.



Next we have a cover illo for New York Press from April 2001. This was an especially fun one for me, because I got to switch into horror movie mode, (always a happy place for me). Here we see mad scientist Ted Kennedy unleashing a new generation of toothy Kennedy offspring upon the political scene, while the ghostly head of JFK looks on approvingly. Art direction by my pal, longtime NYPress art baron Michael Gentile, of course.

Four Obamas

Whew. Historically, when I've given money to a campaign, it meant that they'd either lose or drop out, (Dean, Kerry & Edwards). What a pleasure to see things done right for a change!

Here are four Obama illos from the campaign, in chronological order. The first was drawn in September 2007 for Aaron Huffman at The Stranger.



The drawing of a monitor bursting with candidates was for John Elsasser at PRSA's The Strategist in January 2008. A note about this illo: originally, this drawing had Law & Order's Fred Thompson at the top of the group, but just as I was turning in the final art, Thompson dropped out, and Mike Huckabee was on the rise. I did a quick revise, patching in Huckabee's head over Thompson's.





The drawing of Obama painting himself into a corner was a cover illo for C&E Politics, drawn in June 2008 for Jeff Brown. The original concept had Obama and Hillary Clinton engaged in a squabble over who'd slung the most mud. I thought this was a stronger concept, but for whatever reason, the folks at C&E Politics opted for a solo Obama.





Finally, at the close of a Summer laden with cinematic superhero blockbusters, we have Obama and McCain clad in brightly-colored spandex. This was a cover illo for Creative Loafing Tampa, drawn for Jason Hatcher in September 2008. This drawing was a real treat; not only did I get to draw the candidates, but I got to have a crack at few iconic superheroes, which is always fun.