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primal energy fields: love children in space

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Famous Monsters of Filmland October 1978 issue, #148 Photograph: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 35 years ago this spring (officially, May 25th, 1977) STAR WARS opened in theaters across the country, and mainstream movies would never … Continue reading

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who was

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): this is an ad taken from the inside front cover of the rocket, may, 1980 (issue #11). this ad convinced me that the rocket was the coolest graphic magazine i’d ever encountered in real life … Continue reading

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mexicali hues

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: !VIVA MEXICO! !VIVA EL ROCK Y ROLL! Here is the 2010 Society of Publication Designers Merit Award Winner, and its immediate—though distant—antecedent, a 1994 SPD Merit Award Winner. Latina, November, 2009 issue Design: Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design … Continue reading

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linear madness and crazed impulses

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Village Voice January 4, 1994 issue Illustration: J.d. King (b. 1951) Art Director: Jennifer Gilman Design Director: Robert Newman …as in the past few posts I’ve drawn attention to, an illustrator I’ve known and worked with … Continue reading

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metal meltdown of high design

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Here is another fine example, if I do say so myself, of a publication masthead redrawn to illustratively reflect the magazine’s content/style/theme as a visual surprise to readers. Here, for … Continue reading

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talkin’ bout a revolution

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff REeyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Gil Scott Heron (1949-2011). Visionary? Genius? Prophet? Grandparent of hip hop? Addict? Who was Gil Scott Heron? I’ll tell you who Gil Scott Heron was. In 1987 or 1988 … Continue reading

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spider size nightmares: super reality angst

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design , Maplewood, N.J.) The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (“King-Size Special”) November, 1966 issue, #3 Illustration: John Romita (b. 1930), pencils; and Mike Esposito (1927-2010), inks. Because Robert Newman demanded it! Here is … Continue reading

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fight club

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) MLK Day… Cover of the Day: Yes, we only have a few rounds left, but there’s no time like the present. Robert Newman and David Cowles already have great … Continue reading

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designerly

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) one thing i feel compelled to show off is the little known fact that The Rocket (my alma mater) could actually look beautiful, too. we tend to display the outrageous and the infamous stuff about that … Continue reading

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instant litter: waiting for a rise from the rubble

When there is no more negation to negate. Art looks back at the punk scene and what lessons can be learned, or unlearned… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Back in around 1984, I put together a little book about Seattle punk posters … Continue reading

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