Notable San Francisco: 6/13–6/19
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Posts Tagged: jason novak
A Visual Guide for “How to Be Perfect”
Count among your true friends people of various stations of life. Do not exclaim, “Isn’t technology wonderful!” Learn how to whistle at earsplitting volume. Still hunting for a good New Year’s resolution? No worries! Over at the Paris Review, Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak has endeavored to help you out with some visual inspiration, taking a […]
...moreSeriously Serious
Over at the Paris Review, Jason Novak has taken up the pen again; this time, he’s turned to authors and their eccentricities. Among his observations: “Somewhere Hemingway is sitting quietly at his desk. Pouring another bull. And fighting another drink.” Other targets include Don DeLillo, Jane Austen, Hegel, Nabokov, Heidegger, and the state of Publishing […]
...morePasswords, Past and Present
Has Heartbleed got you stressed over your online security? Take comfort knowing that humans have been searching for the elusive perfect password for centuries—over at The Morning News, Mike Duncan and Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak take a look at passwords throughout history.
...moreHappy Birthday Mr. President?
We think not! George Washington’s birthday is actually on February 22nd but thanks to some decisions by the people in charge, we will probably never celebrate the man’s actual birthday on the right day. Mike Duncan and Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak talk about the misplaced birthday of George Washington and the birth of a three […]
...moreA Helpful Guide to Writing Children’s Books
If it’s always been your secret ambition to write a children’s picture book, Buzzfeed Books can help you get started with this handy-dandy thirteen-step guide, illustrated by the Rumpus’s own Jason Novak (with a little help from his daughter Gertie). There’s some golden advice in there: probably avoid rhyming, send to agents instead of publishers, and don’t try to […]
...moreJason Novak Draws Monkeys for Esquire
Sending a monkey into space, as Iran will do later this month, is only one of many bad ideas involving monkeys and technology. Luckily, our very own Jason Novak has an illustrated essay in Esquire about some of the other things you shouldn’t let monkeys do. (Though we have to politely disagree that monkey shouldn’t be allowed near […]
...moreJason Novak in the New Yorker, Y’all!
Our beloved illustrator Jason Novak collaborated with Mike Duncan for a New Yorker piece about performance enhancement in baseball. You see, if we ban steroids because they’re unnatural, it only makes sense to “cleanse America’s pastime of all artificial enhancements.” Novak’s drawings bring these “artificial enhancements” to life, from open-reduction internal-fixation surgery to Phiten necklaces (“just kidding, […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part II
Artist Jason Polan talks about drawing in dreams and on wet windows, black-and-white rainbows, and the largest thing he’s ever made.
...moreMemorial Day, 2013
Happy Memorial Day! To start the holiday off right, an illustration from Rumpus illustrator-in-chief Jason Novak:
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part I
An illustrated look at the life and times of Jason Polan, the artist behind Michelle Tea’s newest book, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek.
...more“Ooh! A Pencil App!”
“I’m bored. New window!” Treasured Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak illustrates the secret lives of web journalists over on the Paris Review‘s blog. Bloggers, you might want to shield your eyes. It hits a little close to home.
...moreJason Novak’s Lowdown on North Korea
At The Morning News, check out head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak and Mike Duncan’s “She Nukes Me, She Nukes Me Not” ironically comical visual guide to the history of the US relationship with North Korea. It’s definitely worth the read, if only for Novak’s amazing interpretation of North Korea’s uranium enrichment program.
...moreThe Next Letter in the Mail: Jason Novak
The next Letter in the Mail, going out next Friday, is from Jason Novak! As head illustrator for the Rumpus, Jason has created many of the site’s most memorable and beloved images, including the illustrations for Chris Stedman’s essay “Sympathy for the Devil,” which Chris liked so much he actually had them tattooed on his […]
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For A.M., 1996-2013
When you’re just a kid, you don’t realize how big the world is outside of you.
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A Snow Story
Neither of us had seen civilization since last spring…
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Jason Novak
The next Letter in the Mail, going out this Friday, is from artist and head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak. Jason brings countless Rumpus essays–including today’s OG Dad–to visual life. You can peruse his own illustrated stories right here. Over at the Paris Review, check out his panorama drawings of classic books and more. For more information on Letters […]
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The Holiday Hippo
We celebrate today with artist Jason Novak’s tale of wooly hippos, a philanthropic toymaker, and holiday joy.
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My One-And-A-Half-Year-Old Daughter Draws All 43 Presidents of the United States
As the election approaches, artist Jason Novak and his daughter bring us illustrations of all the US presidents.
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The Story of Books
Jason Novak illustrates the origin story of the book. Enjoy:
...moreThanks, The New Yorker
The New Yorker links to artist Jason Novak‘s illustrated explanation of the origins of letters in the alphabet. We love you back!
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Where Letters Come From
With the help of the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Phonecians, Jason Novak illustrates what characters in the alphabet originally represented:
...moreA Helpful Guide For Starving Artists
Head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak shares some free financial advice:
...moreKnights of the BART Station
Over at the Bay Citizen, head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak takes us to Oakland’s Rockridge BART station, where a group of local sword fighters — members of The Society for Creative Anachronism — meet to duel every Thursday. Check out Novak’s illustration here.
...moreThe Iliad, Improved
Rumpus head illustrator Jason Novak has another cool panorama over at The Paris Review. Titled “The Iliad, Improved,” Novak puts his own spin on the Greek epic: “I’d originally intended to treat the story without embellishment but just couldn’t allow poor Ajax to fall on his own sword at the end. Homer’s world is populated with people driven […]
...moreShitty Moments in My Life
Artist Jason Novak opens up about some of the demons that he’s been carrying around for years:
...moreOp de Hjemmer-dijk Verklopten
A gibberish comic from Rumpus artist Jason Novak, brought to you by writer’s block:
...moreJason Novak’s Diary
Artist Jason Novak composes an illustrated diary on his Tumblr. Don’t miss “Diary Excerpt,” June 3, 2012. After the jump:
...moreGunmar’s Daughter Panorama
At the Paris Review, Rumpus artist Jason Novak has created a ten-foot tall panel illustration of Sigrid Unset’s Gunnar’s Daughter, a novel with “the great dark and bizarre appeal of Icelandic legend recycled for an Edwardian audience ready to be shocked.”
...moreBartleby Panaroma
Artist and Rumpus contributor Jason Novak has a brand-new panel drawing at The Paris Review. This time, Novak illustrates Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”
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