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R.I.P. Les Paul

I wrote an article about Gibson Guitars a few years ago. Some of it focused on the innovations of Les Paul. Through researching it, I discovered a truly amazing life story. The Gibson Les Paul model is the most famous electric guitar in the world. But when Paul developed his first prototype desi… Continue

Added by David Willson on August 13, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Web site story

This video has really been making the rounds. But it is so hilarious that you might want to watch it again if you've already seen it. It's also great satirical commentary on the profound shift in culture that is tak… Continue

Added by David Willson on August 8, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

All got for Christmas was this boring stock image

There was recently a discussion on another professional social networking site that I haunt about stock photography — an invitation to those in the stock industry to form a group, “to help each other in this difficult business. With such a lot of images available it is hard to find t… Continue

Added by David Willson on December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Kehinde Wiley's art challenges assumptions


Kehinde Wiley's work challenges assumptions. Assumptions about male virility. Assumptions about black men. Assumptions about where power is vested, and the trappings of power. As an artist, he is recogni… Continue

Added by David Willson on December 10, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Illustrators beware. India is poised to take over the art market too.

They are not only outsourcing magazine production to India, but illustrations too! Continue

Added by David Willson on December 3, 2008 at 11:27am — No Comments

Another $800 billion ... move along suckers

With yesterday's news of an additional $800 billion "rescue package," I decided to get a cartoon of mine that ran in the Palm Beach Daily News on Sept 21, 2008 out of mothballs and share it with you. It pretty much describes the way I see what's going on with the banking… Continue

Added by David Willson on November 26, 2008 at 3:34pm — No Comments

10^11 Stars in the Galaxy

I found this in my Quotes of the Day box on my Google homepage today. Maybe you did too. There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. - Richard Feynman Coupled with the well-covered… Continue

Added by David Willson on October 10, 2008 at 1:34pm — No Comments

Is it a Bailout or Bail Out?

The term bailout, often used in financial circles, means to keep something afloat. Bail out, on the other hand, means to quickly exit a dangerous situation, as in pilots bailing out from a plane that is about to crash. So is Capital Hill about to bailout the economy, or are they o… Continue

Added by David Willson on September 24, 2008 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Gibson Lifestyle Rocks the Web

One of my all-time favorite Web sites is the Gibson Lifestyle Web site. I learned of it when I was writing an article for the Summer 2007 issue of ValueRich magazine. The article, entitled… Continue

Added by David Willson on September 19, 2008 at 1:15pm — 2 Comments

Giant Little Nemo Collection Continues to Wow Comic Art Enthusiasts

A young boy is tucked into bed. Once asleep, he descends into a sequential dream, a journey to Slumberland. Each night, the most bizarre adventure befalls him on his quest to reach Slumberland’s palace and the beautiful princess within. Each night, just as he thinks he might find… Continue

Added by David Willson on September 8, 2008 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

WALL•E: One short roll for a robot, one giant leap for animation

Note to mediaPRO readers: I couldn't import Disney-PIXAR's very cool WALL•E widget into this blog, but you can go to my other blog Synonumb to see the full version I went to see WALL•E… Continue

Added by David Willson on July 13, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

For creatives, publishing is small-business.

For most of us who work in the industry, publishing is a small business. My career has been very entrepreneurial by necessity. I have often found myself in the same position as the small-businessman in my cartoon, above, looking for a competitive edge and exploiting it. I illus… Continue

Added by David Willson on June 11, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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