World War covers of Life
Life magazine’s emphasis was on photojournalism. Whoever art directed the covers from 1939 until 1945 was a beast.
See the magazine collection here
doane paper
This may not seem like much but, Doane Paper combines Graph and traditional rule paper together. Perfect.
A look through Barry McGee’s Hoss
While digging through a bunch of old books last night, I came across this catalogue for Barry McGee’s Hoss exhibition at Rice University back in 1999. Sick stuff, Enjoy.
a Glimpse through Aurel Schmidt’s Pussy
Aurel Schmidt has a new book/zine/supplement included with the new issue of Purple. Here’s a taste…
Megawords Issue Twelve
I picked up the new issue of Megawords the other day while at Printed Matter. You should too.
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February 12, 2010 | by the enablist | In Printed Matter | No Comments
F♥CK YOU x F♥CK ME
From Seasick Mama:
“a modern card that expresses some comic vulgarity, a loose cannon, but the best part is the intention behind the card is completely yours.”
Best part is that the cards can be customized for you and mailed as well. Seamless.
Buy some here
We Love You Jacques Magazine!
The new issue of Jacques will be available on Valentine’s Day. After the jump, a wonderful video.
Hand drawn Magazine Covers
John Paul Thurlow’s Covers blog is an attempt to remake the cover art of every magazine Thurlow owns. There are some nice ones in there, plus a bunch of titles we’ve never heard of.
The Way We Were: Headlines from the Past
I spent a significant amount of time last night trolling through the Library of Congress’ Flickr archive of covers from the New York Tribune’s Illustrated Supplements from the Early 1900’s. Here are some highlights, wild stuff.
December 28, 2009 | by the enablist | In Culture, Printed Matter, Slideshows, historical | No Comments
The New Tough
We just got word of the release of The New Tough issue 2 “Heretics” for Winter 2010. The free, downloadable zine features an interview with Andres Serrano, photo spread by George Pitts, a look at Dennis McNett’s work plus so much more. Check out The New Tough for yourself.
AndPress
“And Press is a small publisher based in Brookyn NY and was started in 2009 by Eric Elms. The aim is to put an emphasis on the quality and details of a book, whether that is a small photo-copied edition or a larger offset book.
A lot of the things we make are printed and bound in the studio.
We have a B/W copier, a Risograph GR3770 with 10 color drums as well as machines for folding, foil stamping, saddle stitching and perfect binding.”
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Shepard Fairey Tuesday: L.E.A.D. Uganda
Available for purchase immediately are these two prints, Yellow Cans and Blankets, that Shepard Fairey created for the benefit of L.E.A.D. Uganda. Each in an edition of 450, and measuring 18″ x 24″, all of the proceeds from the $75 print go to support the special children of Uganda.
Buy the prints here
