Edel Rodriguez visually realizes the manic intellectual world of mid-20th century writer Arthur Koestler for a book review in the December issue of The Atlantic. Koestler, says the article, was written off as "a much afflicted scribe of his time, greedy for pleasure, haunted by guilt, who enjoyed a short vogue and was then forgotten." (more)

The January-February 2010 issue of the Utne Reader has five very different, but equally captivating, illustrations by members of theispot.com. (more)

Matt Herring illustrated a thought-provoking article for the Economist that draws parallels between the effect of the telegraph in the 1800’s and the Internet today on the health of the newspaper industry. (more)

Andrew R.Wright will be part of an aviation-themed group exhibition next month at Gallery Nucleus in California. (more)

Pretty fruit illustrations by Jeanine Henderson are being used singly and in combinations on the Made Drinks blog.  The artwork will also appear as branding for in-store signage and displays. (more)

John Walker has recently completed work on a new Random House edition of Jonathon Swift’s satiric commentary on human nature, Gulliver’s Travels.  John took a very simple approach to creating the drawings for the book, using nothing more than an HB pencil on Strathmore paper. The finished drawings were then scanned, imported into Photoshop, and saved as PS files for delivery to the client. (more)

Chris Gash’s weekly illos for the Business and Science sections of the NY Times challenge him to keep it fresh, for both the reader and himself, on a regular basis.  For On the Road last week Chris incorporated a photo to illustrate how business travelers are hassled to keep receipts for everything in the face of impending IRS audits in 2010. (more)

Kevin Sprouls’ WSJ hedcut style got an international workout recently from Euroman, a lifestyle magazine in Denmark.  First up was a portrait of Danish literary lion Jorgen Leth. (more)

Viktor Koen illustrates a resolution worth keeping for the Science section of today’s New York Times:  Don’t wait- have fun NOW! (more)

Doug Panton has been awarded a silver medal in the category of Illustration Professional and a merit in the category of Fine Art Professional in the up-coming Creative Quarterly 18, the magazine recognizing global excellence in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. All medal and merit winners will be exhibited in the next issue of CQ, due out in April 2010.