MINOR AT HEART
Phase 2's bold 1970s-era hip hop flyers
At AIGA's Eye on Design, writer Jerome Harris looks at the history and range of influences that led to unsung graphic designer PHASE 2’s hand-distributed photocopied flyers for pivotal proto-hip hop parties in ‘70s-era Bronx.
David Sandlin has been awake forever
Artist David Sandlin's carnivalesque comics mingle with politically charged paintings in 2018 book Sleep of History.
An answer to graffiti art
The NYT profiles street artist, illustrator, and comics creator Richard McGuire.
Stand clear of the closing doors, etc.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.