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Why Draw Pictures?

Where the respectable avert their gaze, artists stare. In the Renaissance, we dissected bodies in order to grasp the workings of a shoulder joint. We drew naked models at a time when women corseted themselves neck to knees. We took rooms in brothels and captured courtrooms where no cameras could go. Our sketch pads are our excuse. Full story

Art Talk

Rostarr

Romon Kimin Yang, a.k.a. Rostarr, is a painter, calligrapher, and filmmaker living and working in Brooklyn. He spent much of his early career focusing on painting and graphic design, blurring the lines between the two. For the past 15 years, he has become more widely known for hi… Full story

Talkin' 'Bout the Boards

My Best Valentine's Day Was at a Strip Club

Dear Vicers, each week I scour the comments sections looking for the dumbest of the dumb, and then I commemorate them with little cartoons that I draw. Full story

Taji's Mahal - Hanging Out with the Stale Bagel

For this week's Mahal, I got to catch up with artist Jayme Lemperle. We have been skating together for years, and he even drew me a really cool Ryan Sheckler portrait for VICE's Full Bleed column a while back. Since then, he has continued to update his site, Stale Bagel, on the d… Full story

Stiff As A Storyboard

Jeremy Draws a Porno from Start to Finish

Jeremy Ley is a 26-year-old artist who makes a living as an illustrator. Lately, he's been shut away in his studio with some crazy deadline. The job: storyboarding a fuck picture. Full story

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By David Choe

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The VICE Guide to Al Jaffee

Al has been drawing comics for so long his hands wobble. He was there before comics were cool and he'll be there long after they're not. Actually no he won't. He'll be dead. Full story