Design Critique


this is from the weekend’s Chicago Sun Times:

Millionaire revels in breaking taboos; his single-page panels about Sock and Drinky are never less than randy and are often scatological. Designed by the graphics designer Chip Kidd in low, wide “landscape” style, this book could be considered potty humor, but it’s neither sexist nor sophomoric, and it’s democratically offensive; no body type or gender preference is spared. By expressing himself so bluntly, Millionaire makes fun with depth. His style—crossing ornamental Victorian with Disney—is perfect for his black-and-white art, and his attitude is unfailingly and refreshingly irreverent.

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Posted by , Monday, June 14, 2004, at 8:15 AM.
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