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Untitled 5 Jun 2013 | 10:14 am
I've been trying to climb out of a little drawing rut I've been in lately and convinced myself to go to Sketch Night at the NY Society of Illustrators this evening. I was talking to a writer friend of...
Peter Clarke 4 Jun 2013 | 10:03 am
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false My pal, Peter Clarke, is not one of the most talkative guys you’ll ever meet. In fact, when I first met him in the earliest days of the very first Ic...
Randall's got a new book! 22 Apr 2013 | 04:43 pm
As you may recall, my wife, Randall de Sève, has written a few children's books, including our one collaboration, The Duchess of Whimsy. Above is an announcement for a pub party to celebrate her lates...
What, Me Hurry? 8 Mar 2013 | 09:31 am
Yes, you should hurry and see the spectacular show of Harvey Kurtzman's work at the Society of Illustrators in NYC which opens tomorrow night! I grew up surrounded by more of Kurtzman than I even real...
The Delaware Art Museum 11 Feb 2013 | 11:54 pm
catalogue cover by Sterling Hundley Crayon drawing of Scrat which appears in the exhibit. I am taking part in what sounds like a terrific show at the Delaware Art Museum called State of the Art, Ill...
Spectrum Live, Year Two 11 Feb 2013 | 06:19 am
Coming this May 17-19th in Kansas City, Missouri is the second annual Spectrum Live event which is a convention of sorts celebrating illustration done for the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. I was...
Blah! Blah! Blah! by Ward Kimball 10 Feb 2013 | 09:08 pm
The image below was sent to me recently by an old high school pal of mine, Robert Arkus ,who found it on Facebook and thought I might find it interesting. Not only did I find it interesting but desp...
Untitled 17 Jul 2012 | 07:31 am
A decade has now passed since I did my very first designs for the Ice Age franchise. And though the series is perhaps a little gray around the tusks, it shows no real signs of slowing down--at least a...
Shameless Self Promotion, Part 73 9 May 2012 | 04:47 am
The New Yorker has apparently sent out a little email blast with a link to a page spotlighting my work and providing an opportunity to purchase prints of many ( but apparently not all) of my covers. ...
Tag Sale 26 Apr 2012 | 07:00 am
So, here's my latest cover, which I must confess, I have mixed feelings about. I wish I could say it was a victory, but I'm afraid the painting got away from me. I fussed with it longer than I should ...