Steve Brodner is an American satirical illustrator and caricaturist that worked for publications in America since the 1970’s. Creating a mark in the fields of journalism and graphic arts, Brodner contributed to journals such as Rolling Stones, New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, Time, Playboy, Mother Jones, Harper’s, and The Atlantic.
Brodner’s work gained popularity during the time of Reagan’s scandals, and his work is often identified to have “spearheaded” the revival of entertaining graphic commentary in the States.
His works encompass a political awareness, often mocking or creating art that comedically portrays current events and such.
The anti-gulf war caricature is a tame illustration compared to his other politically aware drawings, which usually depicts the rawness of emotions or ideas.
The sheer rawness and rendering of this illustration, combined with the use of red and a disgustingly long nose depicts Reagan in a almost monster-like appearance. Broder definitely succeeded in capturing the essence of the political spectrum in his works.
Also, since it’s politics. Have a Trump.
Links:
https://www.stevebrodner.com/2018/07/
https://www.stevebrodner.com/about/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Brodner
https://www.shannonassociates.com/stevebrodner
March 15, 2019 at 1:01 pm
Alex,
Your post on Vivienne Flesher is quite interesting with some quirky facts. Nice work as usual. I wonder about the post on the Russo Brothers. Was that one directed at me? While they seem to be popular as movie poster designers I’m not quite sure they rank as illustrators.
Anyhow we can talk about that later. I’m also still looking for a post on lecture 7 or is it somewhere else on your blog?
Jeff