History Lesson
Art by Barbara Klunder.
December 2, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend.
Here is Maurice Vellekoop’s commission from The Boston Globe for an article titled, “Thanksgiving, or how to eat American politics,†by Rachel Laudan, author of “Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World Historyâ€. Her piece traces the evolution of the ‘traditional’ turkey dinner as a kind of populist reaction against stuffy, aristocratic, European modes of dining. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book (pictured bottom left) democratically proposed inviting children to join adults in a simple, nutritious meal that was a reaction against the fancy sauces and elaborate molded desserts beloved of monarchs across the Atlantic. It was she who persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday 150 years ago.
November 29, 2013Happy Thanksgiving and thanks to the farmers!
Illustration by Blair Drawson.
The Market is Up by Stephanie Power
Français by Alain Pilon
Rebel Angels The Infernal Comedy by James Turner
James Turner’s satirical graphic novel will be published this spring by SLG Publishing.
After eons under Satan’s oppressive yoke, rebellion breaks out in the Infernal Realm. The demon hordes realize they got a raw deal and declare, “What the heck were we thinking?”
A sample installment is available for download
Mustard and Mayo by Alëna Skarina
The Fan by Blair Drawson
If you want to see more of Blair’s work, download An Odd Sea, a liberty-taking retelling of Homer’s classic. Written and illustrated by Blair Drawson and published by Reactor, the EPub book, An Odd Sea is available on Apple’s iTune Store in the iBook classics section.
November 19, 2013James Turner Works For Ontario Power Generation
James Turner was recently commissioned to created a number of illustrations for John Roberton of KBS+ for Ontario Power Generation’s information web site on their “Safe Place to Store†Deep Geologic Repository public proposal.
David Cronenberg EVOLUTION
Yesterday Tomio Nitto went to the David Cronenberg EVOLUTION Show at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Tomio is not only a big fan of Mr. Cronenberg’s work, he has had the great pleasure of doing work for him. Tomio created artworks for both movies ‘The Fly’ and ‘Madama Butterfly’. Tomio was delighted to have the original artworks signed by Mr. Cronenberg.
