The Execution of Saddam Hussein

December 29 Saddam Hussein was executed today in Iraq.  I thought I would put up a piece I did for the Op-Ed page last year....

Happy Holi-Daze

December 23 I have to admit, the one thing I dread every year is making a Christmas card.  In one image, you have to be witty,...

The New Dictator on the Block

December 18 This portrait of Raul Castro is in this week's TIME magazine as a spread illustration.  He was one of the figures...

Juvenile Detention Series

December 13 This is a series I illustrated for a University Law Journal.  The subject was how 'community lawyering' helps...

A visit to the Osteopath

December 12 So, this is my second in a monthly series for German Playboy.  This story is about a guy that hurts his back and...

Drawing at a House Concert

December 6 Last week I was invited to attend a classical music concert at an apartment on the Upper West side of NYC, near...

Robert Altman

December 4 This portrait of Robert Altman should be in The New Yorker magazine this week.  I was asked to do it the day after...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised....

December 3 ....It will be podcasted, and the minister of information needs your questions!  Illustrationmundo.com has decided...

Yep, I like red.

November 29 This is a new full page illustration I did on how best to allocate medical resources in Africa.  The main idea of...

Kiki Smith at the Whitney Museum

November 26 One of my favorite contemporarty artists is Kiki Smith.  I've always been inspired by the emotional resonance of...

After the Revolution

November 25 I was asked to illustrate an article about the future of Cuba after Fidel Castro's death.  I've done a lot of...

SUNSHINE STATE

November 25 I think my interest in photography first came from my father.  He was the photographer of our small town in...

It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it....

November 20 THE ASSIGNMENT: A few weeks ago German Playboy contacted me about doing a regular illustration for them, once a month...

Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam

November 19 I did this portrait of Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) for this week's Billboard magazine.  It's a full page image...

Some tulips...

November 17 I did this for a NY Times Op-Ed about social upheaval between different kinds of people in Holland, the land of Tulips!...

The Lifestyle Mag Hits the Town!

November 13 Well, last week was nuts.  SI Judging, Drawgers in the city, AI party, AI after party, AI after party after party...

ELECTION DAY!!!

November 7 ...

All Night Long!

November 6 Yes, tomorrow there is an important election where the future of the world hangs in the balance.  But Wednesday,...

Military Intelligence?

November 5 I did this drawing a while back as a black and white for a NY Times Op-Ed page on the military.  How, do to lack...

Celia the Queen - A film project

November 4 Earlier this year, there was a feature of my work in Communication Arts for which I did the cover.  The producer...

AFRICA

November 3 This was originally a sketch for a NY Times Op Ed story on the state of Africa. It was not used. I sent it into the...

The Border

November 2 This illustration was for an article about a Mexican immigrant's struggle for life while crossing the border. Every so...

A Poster for a Broadway Musical

November 1 I was asked by SpotCo to work with them on a poster for a big Broadway Musical production with opening dates to be...

Howard Dean

November 1 I heard somewhere that John Kerry said something inappropriate recently.  I thought of Howard Dean for some...

BOO ?

October 31 Hey,Happy Halloween everybody, and all that.  I don't draw crazy Goblins and Ghouls, you know, the usual Halloween...

A Broadway poster

October 30 This is a poster I did for a Broadway play called "Defiance".  It's by the writer of a previous play...

Yo! Get this album already!

October 30 Matisyahu-Live at Stubb's  Check out that link.  You'll feel goooood.When is the last time you saw a Hassidic...

Speaking of PLAYBOY

October 30 My good friend Leo just put up some work from Playboy so I thought I'd put up something about a new gig I'm excited...

Orchestra Baobab from Senegal

October 28 It's Saturday night and I just want to put some great World music out there.  You may not have heard of Orchestra...

My HOT date with Zina

October 18 Z:  Hi Edel, I wanna get together.E:  Um, er, that’s kind of forward, I don’t think a woman has...

Children's Book Illustration, The Musical!!!

October 16 If you have ten minutes and want to see a short film about our particular little racket, check out this thing. ...

One week of painting on a wall

October 15 I found this video and thought I'd share it.  It's way cool.  Enjoy.

Merce Cunningham Portrait

October 10 This portrait of Merce Cunningham is in this week's New Yorker magazine.  It's for a small feature on a...

Lucy, Somesing Estrange is Going On!!!

October 7 Oooh Ricky, what do you mean?  I don't know Lucy, that's a lotta packetes in one day, I sink there's a...

A Chimp and a Man having coffee at a diner by Jack Unruh

October 6 One of my illustration idols when I was in school was Jack Unruh. People like him, Alan Cober, and Robert Andrew...

When I was 15 years old!

October 4 Dear Fans of Drawger,It is my goal on this website to destroy the myth that all artists were once social deviants and...

I love this New Yorker cartoon

October 3 Wouldn't it be great if every illustrator e-mailed this cartoon along with their sketches and finals? HA!

I'm Nominated for an OZZIE!!!

October 1 ...and what's an "Ozzie" you ask?  I wondered the same, the art director sent me this link about...

My Coffee Pot prototype

September 30 Last year I was approached by an overseas company to design a prototype for a new coffee machine.  I told them,...

MANU CHAO!!!

September 30 Here's a recent portrait I did of the Spanish/French singer Manu Chao. If you haven't heard of him, or the band 'Mano...

Something from MY Cigar Box

September 30 I don't know why I always feel an urge to follow up Bob Staake's posts.  It's like the guy has lived his life in...

Lovely Flowers by Odilon Redon

September 29 Well, after the Crumb post, I thought I'd swing the other way completely and bring happiness to everyone, especially...

Am I Surrounded by Robert Crumbs???

September 28 You gotta understand, I didn't grow up here. I didn't collect comic books, or trading cards, or so many things that...

Did Someone Mention TEXTURES???

September 28 INGREDIENTS: -Dandelions, yes, dandelions -Plywood floor I pulled out of my house (With possible asbestos dust and...

Do You Wanna Get Happy?

September 28 This is a rough sketch for a story about a new Prozac type pill that goes right to work on the brain.  I liked...

What is the Speakeasy?

September 27 The Speakeasy has been around since the Middle Ages. Here is a visual interpretation of the Speakeasy by one of our...

1971, What a wild and TRIPPY year...

September 24 Seeing Zina's and Nancy's posts on 1971 brought back some crazy flashbacks for me.  That was one triiiippy year...

The Women of Drawger

September 21

Another Lovely, Warm and Inviting Workspace!!!

September 20 Earlier today, the populace of Drawger, and the world, got a sneak peek at the stunningly appointed and well organized...

HELLO, LADIES OF ILLUSTRATION MUNDO....

September 20 Hello, ladies of IllustrationMundo.  Please, meet some of the men of Drawger.  We are some of the most...

Speaking of WILCO

September 19 Someone put together a sweet video to one of my favorite WILCO songs, "Wishful Thinking",  over at...

Why Not?

September 18 I can never figure out just how to carve a pumpkin, I'm a dweeb.  With all these rejected Halloween New Yorker...

RWANDA: PART II

September 18 I did these two drawings last month for a project on the Rwanda Genocide of 1994.  Even though the sketches were...

Losing My Darwin

September 16 Well, after the whole guitar "accuracy" fiasco, I thought I'd bring up a less controversial...

WILCO poster -The most sketches I've ever done...

September 16 .....and the project never went to finish.  Last Summer I worked on a poster project for the band WILCO. ...

Guitar Geeks, Dig In!!!

September 14 So, now I'm working for 15 art directors, it used to be just one. I love Drawger! So, let's say I were crazy enough...

John Lee Hooker's Brother

September 13 One of the things I like about Drawger is showing the illustration process in action! Fun! Fun! My patron much...

John Lee Hooker, and my black soul brothers

September 13 I was asked to do a portrait of John Lee Hooker, the Blues legend.  So, here is another sloppy drawing.  I AM...

A drawing

September 12 Someone wanted a drawing illustrating medical issues that women are "uncomfortable" discussing so, naturally,...

For my great friend Leo—The Mag is Back!

September 12 Wanna know what's become of New York five years after 9/11?  It's still here.  It's still rockin', it's still...

9/11

September 11

A Recent Book Jacket

September 10 I did the art for this book earlier in the year but just got a package with the final books.  I like what the...

A Pink Panda Playing a Harp Floating in White Snow

September 6 Sometimes, after doing a bunch of depressing things, some "happy" thing like this pops into my head, so I do...

9/11 Commemoration Proposal

September 5 Next Monday is the 5th anniversary of 9/11.  I've always found it hard making art about what happened that...

Labor Day

September 4 Today is Labor Day.  As we barbecue, chill out, or whatever, I just wanted everyone to keep these guys, our...

GARDEN STATE

September 3 I've added some more pictures to this gallery.  You can check all of them out here

Francesco Clemente and the "fine art" of "Appropriation"

September 3 I was reading the new issue of Art in America (yeah, I do that for fun!), and found this in the Letters section.They...

New Orleans

September 2 The Anniversary of Katrina came and went a couple of days ago.  A year ago poor people were still standing on a...

Drawger Fall Campaign!

September 2 While I'm very excited to have more new talent on Drawger that puts my work to shame, I am less than excited that I'll...

O.G. Drawg Sign

August 31 Since David Flaherty has as much gangsta in him as my shoelace, his hand sign has unfortunately ended up looking more...

RWANDA

August 28 The lead prosecutor of the Rwanda Genocide gave a speech at a law school here in the U.S. recently.  The school's...

My Grandmother

August 28 Today is my Grandmother's 94th birthday, her name is Agustina Alvarez, born in Havana in 1912.  I can't count how...

Wedding Countdown

August 25

What a Wonderful Birthday!

August 21 Well, I've been thinking.  This whole illustration thing is liable to end at some point.  The phone will stop...

Nudity, Then and Now

August 16 THEN The New Yorker, Circa 1996 "Clay Pigeons" a film. Don't know how this made it through, but it did.

Hot off the Presses

August 14 Full page on illegal Immigration coming in from Latin America.  The three stages, homeland, border, and new world.

The gift that keeps on giving

August 14 I'm sorry to take up valuable server space with this stuff but I couldn't pass it up.  Here is a picture of...

QUICK POLL: Fidel Castro Watch

August 13 CASTRO UPDATE:  New "pictures" have been released from the Cuban Press office showing Castro chilling...

War Profiteering

August 13 The subject of how I get work off misery has come up so I thought I'd post up a recent drawing I like.  Op-Ed for...

Toons & War

August 10 These are pictures of my t.v.  The cable news, and the cartoon channels, toggling back and forth with the picture...

EXCLUSIVE: Drawger.com publishes the BACK of my Cuba drawings

August 9 I wanted to thank everyone for checking out my essay on time.com.  I think of Drawger as a place to see things we...

BREAKING NEWS!!

August 9 The illustration community was dealt a huge blow today by the release of a singular, unscientific sleep...

Drawing While Sleeping

August 8 After a weekend of hanging out late into the night with Joe Piscopo and writing pages of descriptions for my work that...

Time.com publishes my visual essay of Cuba

August 7 When Fidel Castro ceded power to his brother last week the editors of TIME magazine's website, Time.com, approached me...

A Beautiful, and Revolutionary Baby

August 7 I hear there's an artists' show of beautiful babies.  I got jealous, I never get invited to anything. ...

Special Report

August 6 Joe Piscopo handed out candy today to many unimpressed children in a small American town today.  The town was...

My Studio

August 4 After we had a fire, we decided to rebuild a and make a new large studio.  I spent a year planning and building it...

CASTRO IS DEAD!

August 3 Well, not really...But, there's rampant speculation!  So, what would happen if he's gone up to heaven and Che is...

Place your orders!

August 1 Two color, 100 % cotton, Made in Tijuana Retail:  $90 at Barneys

Yo! drawGEAR is in!

August 1

Hipsterism deconstructed

July 30 Today’s New York Times Magazine cover story is an interesting read for a lot of reasons.  If you’re an...

Big Pimpin'

July 30 Editor: "Hello, Edel, this is UCE mag, a culture and lifestyle guide, we love your work and would like to do a...

Matt Mahurin's new film

July 26 Matt has been working for a while on a documentary "I like Killing Flies", about Kenny Shopsin, the owner of...

I, bloghead

July 25 Well, here it is, we are officially one day closer to the apocalypse. Edel is blogging. Never thought I'd do it,...