THE GIANT GOLDEN BOOK OF BIRDS Art by Arthur Singer

It's not cartoons, but I love the art in this 49 year old classic book.Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves is a tribute blog, penned by B. Streetman. She shows us the known and unknown childrens' books. Some are classics, some deserve to be better remembered.Today, it's a bird book.Click here to see some gorgeous art by Arthur Singer for THE GIANT GOLDEN BOOK OF BIRDS by Robert Porter Allen (Golden

Lots of Videos from the Society of Illustrators

From the Society of Illustrators:New Lectures available to view online! An Evening with Edel Rodriguez Award-winning illustrator Edel Rodriguez will discuss his career as both a freelance illustrator and art director at TIME. DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: Or, another evening at the Society of Illustrators Join Rick Meyerowitz as he interviews fellow National Lampoon illustrators Sam Gross, Ed

Video: Arnold Roth

Veteran illustrator Arnold Roth talks with Bob Teitelman (Editor-in-Chief) and Larry Gendron (Art Director) about creating his fantastic year-end cover to The Deal magazine. Related: a gallery of Arnie Roth's The Deal covers here.

2011 Mike Lynch Projects

Above: Mike Lynch by Mike Lynch. A self portrait of me from an old sketchbook, six years before I quit my regular day job to become a full-time freelance cartoonist. Notice the hunched shoulders. Ugh. What a time that was.Anyway ...Happy Birthday, Mike LynchToday is my birthday!On this self-congratulatory day, I'm going with that theme, and telling you about some Mike Lynch projects out there.You

Ernie Bushmiller Coaster

Here's a holiday gift giving idea!The above Ernie Bushmiller coaster is part of the Society of Illustrators Notable Members Coaster Set, one of a set of six, all for $15 from the Society. "Enjoy a drink while admiring rare photos of NOTABLE MEMBERS from the Society of Illustrators archives." The high quality paperboard coaster line up includes these "gone but not forgotten" SI members:JON GNAGY,

NYC: Sandra Boynton's First Ever Art Show

New York City's Books of Wonder hosts Sandra Boynton's first art show. Sandra will be in NYC one day only, this Saturday from noon until 2pm, performing some songs (with Michael Ford, Keith Boynton, Graham Stone and Caitlin McEwan). She will then sign her new book, AMAZING COWS, an homage to old comic book superheroes ... and cows. So, come on in to Books of Wonder this Saturday if you are

Anton Emdin's Drawing Process

My friend Anton Emdin (who won the Best Illustration Award at the annual Stanley Awards this past November 6th) has a grand blog entry wherein he shows his sketch-to-finish process for the above piece, intriguingly titled "Schmaltzed to Death."

DR WHO Art Noveau

Above: the 11th Doctor Who's companion Amy Pond drawn in art nouveau style -- wearing, of all things, the Fourth Doctor's scarf! Hmm.Bill Mudron has a grand collection of illustrations celebrating DR WHO.To see all: Charlie Jane Anders at io9 has a gallery of them.Hat tip to Life, Doctor Who and Combom.

Jack Davis Album Covers

There is so much to love in a Jack Davis drawing: the energy, those crazy caricatures, how alive those pen lines are. These are works of art to linger over in awe. The Hairy Green Eyeball blog shares some of his grand album cover art from back in the days of LPs. Go look.

Arrested for Sketching

Ram Hull draws with a forbidden fat marker in Wichita's Riverside Park on August 21, 2010. He is an illustrator for the WSU paper the Sunflower. Photo by Fernando Salazar/The Wichita Eagle.Dateline: Wichita, Kansas:You are an artist. You are outside, sketching. It's your job.Then the local police see what you are doing and arrest you. You will be in jail up six months and fined up to $1,000. Hey,

Gerald Scarfe Draws His Second Album Cover

Or do you say "CD cover" or "iTunes JPG?"Gerald Scarfe drew the iconic cover to Pink Floyd's THE WALL. Now he's doing his second album cover.Anyway, poet Philip Larkin is to have a record out on the 26th of this month, commemorating the 25 years since his death. Titled LARKIN'S JAZZ, this new collection (to quote Bruce Lindsay's essay at AllAboutJazz)" ... contains 81 of the tunes that he loved