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.
We referred to it as 'the neighborhood'
Reporter Pamela Wong talks with photographer Larry Racioppo, whose new book documents a neighborhood of South Brooklyn that existed long before you needed at least $2,500 monthly for a one-bedroom in Park Slope.
David Sandlin has been awake forever
Artist David Sandlin's carnivalesque comics mingle with politically charged paintings in new book Sleep of History
An answer to graffiti art
The NYT profiles street artist, illustrator, and comics creator Richard McGuire.
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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. Send him an email.