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R. Crumb on Charles Bukowski “Bring Me Your Love”.

R. Crumb on Charles Bukowski “Bring Me Your Love”.

From: Brainpickings.org “In the early 1990s, two titans of the artfully cynical and subversive joined forces in an extraordinary collaboration: Legendary cartoonist and album cover artist R. Crumb illustrated two short books by Charles Bukowski, Bring Me Your Love (public library) and There’s No Business (public library). Crumb’s signature underground comix aesthetic and Bukowski’s commentary on contemporary culture and the human condition by way of his familiar tropes — sex, alcohol, the drudgery of work — coalesce into the kind of fit that makes you wonder why it hadn’t happened sooner.”

From: Brainpickings.org

“In the early 1990s, two titans of the artfully cynical and subversive joined forces in an extraordinary collaboration: Legendary cartoonist and album cover artist R. Crumb illustrated two short books by Charles Bukowski, Bring Me Your Love (public library) and There’s No Business (public library). Crumb’s signature underground comix aesthetic and Bukowski’s commentary on contemporary culture and the human condition by way of his familiar tropes — sex, alcohol, the drudgery of work — coalesce into the kind of fit that makes you wonder why it hadn’t happened sooner.”

WEST SIDE STORY (1961)    Directed by: Robert Wise  Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn  Country: USA The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures “Titles and Visual Consultation by SAUL BASS”

WEST SIDE STORY (1961)   

Directed by: Robert Wise 

Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn 

Country: USA

The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures

“Titles and Visual Consultation by SAUL BASS”

EXODUS (1960)   Directed by: Otto Preminger  Starring:Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson  Country: USA “Titles designed by SAUL BASS” ‘EXODUS’ was the 6th of 13 title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Otto Preminger.

EXODUS (1960)  

Directed by: Otto Preminger 

Starring:Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson 

Country: USA

“Titles designed by SAUL BASS”

‘EXODUS’ was the 6th of 13 title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Otto Preminger.

PSYCHO (1960)   Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock  Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles  Country: USA Don’t give away the ending – it’s the only one we have! “Titles designed by Saul Bass” ‘PSYCHO’ was the third of three title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Alfred Hitchcock.

PSYCHO (1960)  

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock 

Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles 

Country: USA

Don’t give away the ending – it’s the only one we have!

“Titles designed by Saul Bass”

‘PSYCHO’ was the third of three title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Alfred Hitchcock.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)    Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock  Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason  Country: USA Alfred Hitchcock takes you…. North by Northwest! “Titles designed by Saul Bass” ‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ was the second of three title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Alfred Hitchcock.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)   

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock 

Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason 

Country: USA

Alfred Hitchcock takes you…. North by Northwest!

“Titles designed by Saul Bass”

‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ was the second of three title sequences Saul Bass designed for director Alfred Hitchcock.

SPARTACUS (1960)    Directed by: Stanley Kubrick  Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton  Country: USA They trained him to kill for their pleasure …but they trained him a little too well… “Main titles & design consultant SAUL BASS”

SPARTACUS (1960)   

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick 

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton 

Country: USA

They trained him to kill for their pleasure …but they trained him a little too well…

“Main titles & design consultant SAUL BASS”

OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)   Directed by: Lewis Milestone  Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.  Country: USA In any other town they’d be the bad guys… “Title design by Saul Bass”

OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)  

Directed by: Lewis Milestone 

Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. 

Country: USA

In any other town they’d be the bad guys…

“Title design by Saul Bass”

It’s Saul Bass’s birthday. He would have been 92 today. Celebrate him by taking in some of his wonderful work.  “Google has marked the birthday of Saul Bass with one of the search engine’s most elaborate “doodles” yet – an animated sequence based on his designs for film title credits, film posters and corporate logos. Bass, who died in 1996, worked with film-makers including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese over the course of a 40-year career, approaching his commissions in the spirit of a graphic design problem to be solved.” - Read more at the Guardian. 

It’s Saul Bass’s birthday. He would have been 92 today. Celebrate him by taking in some of his wonderful work. 

“Google has marked the birthday of Saul Bass with one of the search engine’s most elaborate “doodles” yet – an animated sequence based on his designs for film title credits, film posters and corporate logos.

Bass, who died in 1996, worked with film-makers including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese over the course of a 40-year career, approaching his commissions in the spirit of a graphic design problem to be solved.” - Read more at the Guardian. 

“Status Symbol” Stitched by Iviva Olenick Embroidery on fabric

“Status Symbol”

Stitched by Iviva Olenick

Embroidery on fabric