Saul Steinberg is mostly known for his work in The New Yorker, where he did 85 covers and 642 drawings, many of them cartoons. In fact, his linework and graywash technique still influence cartoonists to this day.
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Steinberg's art was definitely out there. Many of his drawings are highly detailed and large in scope.
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On the other hand, he loved to experiment with minimalism.
Steinberg was an artistic genuis, but he was no cartoonist in the traditional sense. To many, his cartoons made no sense, and the humor was questionable, but then again what is a cartoon?
I've always thought that cartoons should be funny, and quick to understand, but who am I to define what a single cartoon means to a million different people.
Maybe Steinberg was on to something. Then again, who needs to be laugh out loud funny when you can wield a pen like he could.
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