After many years in the Seattle Weekly wilderness, I have returned to it's loving arms, and website. Article here. Big thanks to *newish* Art Director Jane Sherman.

By Mark Kaufman

Illustrator? Designer? Indentured servant? Then you may be interested in my I Drew This Thing cartoon series over at the Escape From Illustration Island website. Every couple of weeks I draw and write about sadness.

By Mark Kaufman

Yet another place for your eyeball and clicking pleasure. Rather see it on the Behance Network? That's cool. I've got your eyeballs covered. Never mind, uncover your eyeballs and go wherever you want, I don't care anymore.

By Mark Kaufman

Newt doesn't just attack the mainstream media, the business press, Fannie and Freddie, government, the Occupy movement...whatever it is, he's against it, and you are just too dumb to understand what he's blathering about. Because he's an historian, or something.

By Mark Kaufman

For the second week in a row the fast moving, ever more insane Herman Cain sexual harassment story has screwed over my weekly comic. and...ewwwwww... http://bit.ly/uEaXZV

By Mark Kaufman

Who'da thunk that this would be old news in one 24 hour news cycle.

By Mark Kaufman

In my other job as a partner at Vivitiv, we were asked to participate in the Seattle Design Festival Design Marks Project last month. Vivitiv along with 24 other local design firms designed 8-foot tall location markers with QR codes where viewers could experience how the design of Seattle’s urban landmarks has influenced the city’s culture, and how that culture has, in turn, influenced design.

Our video and installation was about The Seattle Art Museum and was titled "I Do Not Understand This Thing". The aim of our project was to express the idea that the value of SAM lies not in the collection of paintings, film or sculpture housed within it's walls, but in our relationship to it. More about the project here. The You Tube Page can be found here. 

By Mark Kaufman

I am pleased to announce that I am now an Assistant Editor at Illustration Age, a site devoted to showcasing the best in contemporary illustration. The team at the EFII Network and Illustration Age scour the world for great work, interesting projects and better yet to promote and celebrate the people that toil endlessly at a drawing table, easel, monitor or tablet in order to create the visual tableau of our times. I'm watching you.

By Mark Kaufman

A piece I designed for The Rocket sometime in the early-mid 90's which is appropriate today since Monk would have been 94 years old.

Hank Jr. Critic at Large. Ohhhhhh YEEEEAH.

By Mark Kaufman

Prints, posters, and laugh along knick-knacks are available now for your shopping pleasure. I'll be posting more including original works in the coming weeks. Thank you for shopping with us and have a nice day.

By Mark Kaufman

By Mark Kaufman

If President Obama wants to give a jobs speech to a joint session of congress he's just going to have to work harder to find an open window (or a backbone).

By Mark Kaufman

By Mark Kaufman

Work was hung at the ArtsWest Gallery yesterday. Open to public tomorrow. More details to come.