From a chance ink sketch to a full series of paintings and wooden sculptures, the illustrator and animator explains how Les Femmes sauvages came together. “I was playing with ink, and I linked a random… Read More »‘It simply fills my life and saves me’: Inside Varya Yakovleva’s sketchbooks
Ron Cobb (1927–2020) was one of my generation’s most influential alternative political cartoonists. I was thinking about him the other day when I received an email from Ryan Standfest, founding editor of Rotland Press, publisher… Read More »The Daily Heller: Ron Cobb, Acerbic ’60s Cartoon Hero
It started as a parody of Christopher Nolan’s IMAX obsession and racked up 14 million views. Then, over the summer, as everyone watched AI disrupt Hollywood, a crew of 30 decided to see what a… Read More »Forget AI studios – this filmmaker strapped a £15 iMac to a 25ft crane to remake The Odyssey
As CEO, Annika Whelander shapes the strategic vision for Someoddpilot’s portfolio of companies. Spearheading operational strategy, business development, and key partnerships, Annika is responsible for 15x agency revenue growth over the past 15 years. A… Read More »What Matters to Annika Whelander
The Turin-based artist fell in love with illustration one afternoon, thanks to an Andy Warhol ink drawing. Now she works for The New York Times and the Financial Times, inspired by “ordinary” moments she once… Read More »How Lorena Spurio lets her drawings tell her what she loves
This is one of my favorite stories about a legend of Italian design … In the 1980s, a few years before his death, the great Italian caricaturist Paolo Garretto was my pen pal. We corresponded… Read More »The Daily Heller: Paolo Garretto Was My Pen Pal, Reprised