Have a Swingin’ New Year from Bill Russell
Strip Joint Reportage
Back in 1979, Bill Russell was commissioned by the Toronto Globe and Mail to create a series of drawings at the Loveboat Disco on King Street West. The art director wanted him to do clandestine drawings of the male strippers performing there. He was only used doing courtroom drawings of long boring trials. He drew in the dark while the music played and the women were hollering. Here’s one:
…more drawings at Bill’s Reportage Blog.
December 3, 2010Bill Russell illustrates Stephen King
It’s been 20 years since Bill Russell illustrated Stephen King’s bestseller Needful Things. Here is one chapter opening image and the sketch he created. It depicts a seemingly innocent domestic scene in the fictional Castle Rock. The original is for sale at illogator.
October 11, 2010Canadian Bill Russell Embedded in American Civil War
Bill Russell frequently draws and interviews people he finds interesting. Bill’s reportage begins with a pen, a sketchbook and plenty of conversation.
Recently Bill was embedded as a Civil War reporter artist at the Las Mariposas Civil War Days in Mariposa, California. Check out his activities with the California Civil War reenactors.
Bill Russell Blogs Cabs
Bill Russell has always had a thing for cabbies. He used to interview and draw a different cab driver every month for several years for TODO magazine in San Francisco. He’s still riding around. Check out his blog here.
