...Well, it really has been a long time since my last post and with good reason. I found that I had lost momentum and then lost heart with the whole project - I wasn't satisfied with the idea of doing a kid's magazine, it felt too sterile. Then, as you do, I discussed my problem with a few like-minded people and a new idea started to germinate...
This little magazine will now be very similar in style but it's content will be quite different. There are a few artists and illustrators out there at the moment who I really admire - they're adopting classic, well known nostalgic styles but using them to illustrate subversive messages. Or they are taking the classically 'cute' and changing the whole flavour...
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French Graffiti artist Goin |
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Dan Funderburgh |
All of the above are by the brilliant Fabian Ciraolomo
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From a Ramones Los Angeles fan club mail-out, USA, 1977. |
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Hermes Trismegisto |
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James Danger Harvey |
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I've searched high and low for who to credit these to and have come up with nothing - my only thought is that they have to remain anonymous so as to avoid being sued! |
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Nadia Mogilev |
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Andrew Castelli |
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This is another one I tried to find the illustrator and came up with nothing - I love it so had to include it anyway |
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ANOTHER one I couldn't find - am just wondering if it's a copyright evading technique |
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Last one and sadly I couldn't find who did this one either but it perfectly illustrates the flavour of the route I want to take with Piccolo |