St. Patrick & His Miracles & Me
Patrick McCloskey was born in Killycolman, County Donegal, Ireland. He was my grandfather. He immigrated to the US around 1915. His family in Ireland called him “Paddy the Yank.” He celebrated his...
View ArticleRuss Spitkovsky: The Pigeon Has Landed
Rostislav “Russ” Spitkovsky by Kevin McCloskey 2012 Russ Spitkovsky makes things happen. He came to Kutztown as one of the 9 artists in the 2012 Print Invitational at the Miller Gallery. The founder...
View ArticleWhen Museums Cohabitate.
Batman, detail, original art by Tommy Castillo. I was sorry to hear of MoCCA’s near-death experience. I’ve met some interesting people at the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art in lower Manhattan. I ran...
View ArticleComics MFA? There is an alternative… No Joke.
Back in the ’80’s, when I told my pal Putka I was getting an MFA in illustration, he laughed, “What’s next? -a Phd in Wallpaper Hanging?” What’s Next? Looks like the answer is Advanced Comics… The SAW...
View ArticleMeadowlands
I visited Hoboken, my old hometown, for the opening of an art show from Meadowlands, Thomas Yezerski’s beautiful children’s book. His book is about the battered, but amazingly resilient, ecosystem...
View ArticleThe Lady Loves to Cut: Maude White
Elephant, cut paper, © Maude White I met artist Maude White at Grit N Glory on NYC’s Lower East Side at an opening reception for Carrier Pigeon Magazine. Her medium is cut paper. She illustrated “The...
View ArticleMurray Tinkelman at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Murray Tinkelman awarded the Rockwell Artist Laureate Award. I know of 3 Norman Rockwell Museums*, but only one Murray Tinkelman. The best of the Norman Rockwell Museums, the one in Stockbridge, Mass,...
View ArticleSteam-Powered Tinker, Chris Spollen
Robot 42 and his creator Chris Spollen. Photo © Chris Spollen Chris Spollen is younger than me, but we both got our first illustration jobs for Crawdaddy. Crawdaddy was a NYC rock ‘n roll mag founded...
View ArticleIllustration Awards at Kutztown U. 2015
JAMIE BASILE: The Don Breter Memorial Award Main St, Kutztown, PA, watercolor ©2015 Jamie Basile Jamie Basile won the 2015 Don Breter Award for best illustrator in her class. She is a master of both...
View ArticleHANDWERK at Lancaster PA First Friday
I’ve only been to First Friday in Lancaster once, but I am going again on Oct 2. It should be great. Ryan Smoker and Ryan Martin of Infantree are putting together a pop-up show at Passenger Coffee...
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