American Illustration 29 and American Photography 26 - Dexigner
American Photography 26 and American Illustration 29 will be published in hard-cover and distributed world-wide in November 2010. American Photography presents the best images by established and emerging photographers selected by an outstanding jury

Sunny skies take a toll on Rose Parade floats - Los Angeles Times
Even as idyllically warm weather greeted huge crowds in Pasadena on Saturday, it also was busy hastening the demise of what they had come to marvel at: 42 flower-festooned floats. In response to the oft-asked question -- What happens to all these

Illustration by Vlad Alvarez - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Paranormal Activity 's success gives me hope, though I fear its inevitable shaky-cam imitators more than unexplained bumps in the night. Where there's a buck, Hollywood will follow. This year, big-budget movies stepped up their games, employing IMAX

An Appraisal - New York Times
Art Spiegelman used the word “sobriety” when we talked on Wednesday, and that’s right. Mr. Levine brought sobriety back to caricature, among much else. It’s useful to recall that when he came onto the scene the dominant mode was a lighter

As far as rednecks go, Alabama may have UT beat - Austin American-Statesman
Texas is playing the Crimson Tide in Pasadena this week for the national championship, and it's going to be a real booger trying to beat these goobers. OK, so Alabama, a formidable foe, comes with running back Mark Ingram, the Heisman Trophy winner

Books to Borrow, Books to Buy: Children learn from engaging books - Reading Eagle
The typical baby or toddler book has few words and lots of colorful illustrations. The absence of a lengthy, complicated story is intentional - children this age aren't ready for that. But just because the page might only have one word or one

A bad bill born from corruption - Concord Monitor
Those following the recent passage of health care reform legislation in the U.S. Senate have been treated to a perfect example of why congressional approval ratings are rapidly approaching historical lows. The events of the past two weeks have shown