Visual Art
Campaign fonts: Optima and Gotham reveal the candidates’ "character issues"
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King September 25, 2008, 02:31 PM
McCain is Optima. Obama is Gotham. We know what the candidates’ slogans say about their campaigns but what do their fonts mean? From POW to GQ, there may be more to design and typefaces than you’d think.
The X-Men reach a not-so-uncanny milestone: a 500th issue
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Leo Duran July 23, 2008, 09:01 AM
The 500th issue of The Uncanny X-Men goes on sale this week, 45 years after Stan Lee and Jack Kirby debuted the mutants Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman.
Vincent Williams: When the scary becomes the stupid: Obama satire in the New Yorker
By Vincent Williams July 14, 2008, 04:31 AM
Art: off the walls, onto the streets
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Leo Duran, Mary Elizabeth Williams June 06, 2008, 01:29 PM
A new exhibit at New York City's PS1 art gallery is created from the camera-phone photos of visitors. Other artists are painting on buildings overlooking the Thames. The Takeaway's culture critic, Mary Beth Williams, talks about the disappearing lines between artist, art and audience.
Slideshow: Jason Polan sketches The Takeaway
May 22, 2008, 04:30 PM
Cartoonist Jason Polan wants to draw every person in New York City. He's sketched 500 New Yorkers so far, including the staff of The Takeaway in his Thursday morning visit.
An artist attempts to draw every person in New York City
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Kent DePinto, Christina Russo May 22, 2008, 08:32 AM
You are being drawn. If you are walking on the streets of New York City, there's a chance that an artist named Jason Polan is taking a flare pen and firing up his sketch pad. After two months, Polan has drawn 500 New Yorkers and he aims to draw a few million more.
Question of the day: In a dream world... I would get paid to _________
May 21, 2008, 04:34 PM
Cartoonist Jason Polan wants to draw you. And everyone else in New York City. And he'll do it for free. On Thursday's Takeaway, John and Adaora are talking about your unpaid passions. What do you wish you could be paid to do? Share your story by clicking "get in the mix", by emailing mytake@thetakeaway.org, or by calling our SpinVox line at 1-877-8-MY-TAKE. Then, tune in Thursday to hear what everyone else had to say.
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