Now to the meat. Mark Long is the best illustrator QPR-affiliated ArchBlog knows. By a stretch. No, more than that: By a country mile. His illustrations smash it out of the ballpark because they are witty, satirical and beautifully crafted. Take that for a treble Fergie!
Why am I telling you this? Because Long has a book of his illustrations just out which ArchBlog warmly suggests you snap up. Now. It's only £3.50. That's less than one of those a 'trend-setting' sarnies I peeped the other day in London's leafy Notting Hill.
If you don't believe me, below are a selection of my fave Long illustrations. I've even bothered to copy and paste the captions in:
BRIBERY:
Full page illustration accompanying an article about 'whistle-blowers' in business, for Accounting and Business magazine.
SQUARE MEAL:
Full page illustration accompanying an article about unpleasantly noisy restuarants for 'Square Meal' magazine.
TWITTER:
This man is actually updating his facebook status, to let everyone know how much fun he is having at the gig.
SHOREDITCH TRENDY:
Cruising down brick lane on his way to 'Jaguar Shoes'. He's got a fixed gear bike, and a copy of Vice magazine in his pocket
And here are a few illustrations from the Long book in question, "Who Ate All The Pies?" As you can see it's footy-related:
Check out Long's website here and snap up the tome 'ere
Stay tuned for an ArchBlog x Long poetry collabo in late '10/early '11
Will be snapping that up and eagerly awaiting the ArchBlog collab with baited breath!
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