I’m having a show at Dwelling Spaces.
There will be Rock Posters, prints, apparel, and other things I’ve made. And here’s the thing: I want to get rid of it ALL. Seriously. I can’t take this stuff home afterwords. So posters will be wicked cheap. We’re talking seriously not very expensive. So please come out and say “Hello.” Then buy something.

-AND THEN-

Go see Unwed Sailor at the Marquee. They are obviously the greatest thing there is. Anywhere. Their shows are continually mind-boggling. So go to that too.

The Facebook Event Page is HERE.

AWESOMES!!!!

Click on New Releases here: maomao publications

New poster for the IHEARTCOMIX Tour coming to the Marquee.
New poster for my upcoming show at Dwelling Spaces.
New poster for Freakers Ball 2008 (still).
New assignments for my classes.
New t-shirts for my show at Dwelling Spaces.
Kate posted some nice things on her Flickr thing.

Nice Photoshoppery Lonny

1. The Mike Wallace Interview with Frank Lloyd Wright

2. GigPosters.com (Just for old time’s sake)

3. New posters on the way

4. Bookmark these: PolitiFact | FactCheck | War for the Whitehouse

5. I’m always checking to see who’s re-branding

6. Leo is getting BIG

There was no particular theme, but I wanted mine to be as bizarre as possible. I grabbed images from other coloring books, and smooshed them together to build this surreal landscape:

not for sale

So there’s this poster show going on in Charleston, South Carolina. Not only that, I’m in it. Wow! If you’re in the area, and you aren’t completely blown away by a tropical storm or something, you should swing by and say “Hi” to Chuck Keppler, the man responsible for this thing. OK? ok.

Here’s some press: Charleston City Paper

Here’s a press release of sorts:

“GIG!” poster show at 52.5

“GIG!” features 70+ posters from 20+ artists from all over the United States.

Where: 52.5 Records, 561 King Street, Charleston, SC

When: Opening reception on September 5th, to hang through October 30th

Artists: Leia Bell, Dan Grzeca, Strawberryluna, Johnny Pundt, Johnny Thief, Chuck Keppler, Cricket Press, Ivarton, Half and Half Designs, Adam Turman, DWITT, Sei Rey Ho, Geoff Peveto, Thomas Scott, Crosshair, Jason Goad, Denny Shmickle, Joanna Wecht, Angryblue, Jeff Kleinsmith, Pete Cardoso, Ryan Duggan, Billy Perkins. More to be added soon.

Not for sale.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/17/health/webmd/main4186005.shtml

(WebMD) Coffee drinkers, rejoice. While you might be using it for a “pick-me-up,” coffee may also be extending your life.

Whether you are on a first-name basis with your barista or simply refueling from the office coffee pot during the day, new research suggests that drinking coffee, even in large amounts, might help you live longer.

Coffee drinkers in the study had slightly lower death rates than non-coffee drinkers over time, whether their drink of choice had caffeine or not.

The findings do not prove that coffee is protective, but they strongly suggest that drinking coffee in large amounts is not harmful if you are healthy, researcher Esther Lopez-Garcia, Ph.D., of the University of Madrid, tells WebMD.

Among women, drinking two to three cups of coffee a day was associated with an 18 percent reduction in death from all causes, while drinking four to five cups was associated with a 26 percent reduction in risk.

The risk reduction in men was smaller and could have been due to chance.

“We can’t say from this one study that coffee extends your life, but it does appear that it doesn’t increase the risk for death for people who are healthy,” she says.

Coffee, Caffeine, and Health

The evidence pointing to health benefits for coffee continue to grow, with studies linking regular consumption to a decreased risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even health conditions like Parkinson’s disease and colon cancer.

But some studies also suggest that drinking caffeinated coffee is associated with an increased risk for heart attack and stroke in people who already have heart disease.

The American Heart Association concludes that the research linking caffeine to health risks is conflicting. The group concludes that moderate coffee consumption, defined as one or two cups a day, “doesn’t seem to be harmful.”

The few previous studies that have examined the impact of regular coffee drinking on mortality have also been conflicting, Lopez-Garcia says.

In an effort to clarify the issue, Lopez-Garcia and colleagues from the 
University of Madrid and Harvard University analyzed data from 84,214 women who participated in Harvard’s Nurse’s Health Study and 41,736 men who participated in the companion study involving male health professionals.

None of the participants had cancer or heart disease at enrollment, and all completed dietary and health questionnaires every two to four years that included questions about coffee consumption, other dietary habits, and smoking status.

During 18 years of follow-up in the men and 24 years of follow-up in the women, roughly 4,500 deaths due to heart disease and 7,500 cancer deaths occurred. An additional 6,000 deaths were due to other causes.

After controlling for other risk factors such as weight, diet, smoking status, and disease status, the researchers concluded that people who drank coffee were less likely to die than those who didn’t during the follow-up, and that the risk reduction was attributable to a lower risk for death from heart disease.

No association was seen between coffee drinking and cancer deaths.

The researchers conclude that the finding of a “modest” all-cause and heart disease death benefit for coffee consumption deserves further 
study.

The research appears in the June 17 issue of the journal Annals of 
Internal Medicine.

Coffee Benefits Explored

It has been suggested that coffee may protect against heart disease by reducing inflammation. Coffee has also been shown to lower blood sugar levels, which could have a beneficial effect on diabetes risk.

For many people, coffee is the main dietary source of beneficial plant compounds known as polyphenols, which are powerful antioxidants, says coffee researcher and chemistry professor Joe Vinson, Ph.D.

“The antioxidant properties may or may not be the mechanism at work here. We can’t really say,” he tells WebMD.

Vinson says the newly reported study offers the best evidence yet linking coffee with a lower risk of death.

“This was a very rigorously designed study, and the findings are very intriguing,” he says.
 

By Salynn Boyles
Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas
©2005-2008 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.

I picked up Graphic Design: A New History by Stephen F. Eskilson a few weeks ago, and have meant to post this ever since. I’ve just skimmed it mostly so far, but it looks like a nice companion, but not likely replacement, to Meggs’ History of Graphic Design.

Shout outs:

WTG Art Chantry. I’d be surprised if you weren’t included in some way or another.

But I was totally impressed when I got to nearly the last page and saw this!

AWESOME!!!  WAY TO GO LEIA BELL!!!!!
Here’s a blurry shot of the text…

Somehow, over the years I’ve stumbled upon sheet after sheet of this abandoned typographic technology. And when I would use these sheets in various design projects around people who were forced to actually rely on them back in the days before computers, I would get rolled-eyes and long sighs of remembered frustration. But for me, they are so much more interesting and expressive due to the tedious nature and inherent flaws. Not to mention the fact that many of my press-type sheets are SO old and crusty, that even when applied with the greatest of care, the letters crack and move and land on the page looking like they’ve been run over with a steamroller. Perfect!

Each time I use these letters, they go away forever. More or less. And so sometimes I have to really weigh out whether or not I feel like a particular project is *worth* using these letters on. Because before we know it, these little gems will be pretty hard to come by. So I’m going to hang onto mine and maybe scan them in at some point. Who knows. And who knows in 10 or 20 years if we’ll look back and laugh at ourselves for wading through endless fonts, and actually typing with our fingers rather than just designing with our minds or something.

Some examples…

detail ^

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Variants:

It’s a copy of Eric F. Goldman’s Rendezvous with Destiny:A History of Modern American Reform. WOW! I’m sure you’re reeling with excitement, just as I was when I saw the title! What could make for a better summer read than a commentary on American political reform written in 1955? OK. Honestly? I looked at the cover and was immediatly willing to throw down 44 cents on this amazing bookcover. The title is in this fantastic hand-rendered lettering which is clearly by the same hand that drew a striped, minimal, yet messy eagle. 

Then below the eagle, I saw a signature that I was almost certain said Ben Shahn, or something like that. HEY I know that name! He did the… poster? Of the… uh… I KNOW THAT NAME.

Of course Shahn is most widely known for his disturbing depiction of Nazi brutality in this poster. But there are many other great works that I’ve stared at for hours in my Meggs’ History of Graphic Design attributed to Shahn. And you can see many of them at the Art Directors Hall of Fame.

Enough with the bloggery, here are the pictures:

I’ve also got a TON of projects going on. And there’s something about this time of year that makes me get out and catch up on all of that yard-work that I’ve been putting off for a really R-E-A-L-L-Y long time. I mowed, weedeating is tomorrow, planted some grass seed in some bald spots in the front yard, trimmed some trees and bushes, bagged up a bunch of clippings including about a hundred billion acorns that have been accumulating to the side of our driveway. Things look much better.