Children’s entertainment has transformed so much in recent years. Hipster artists of the late ’90s have had kids of their own and, rather than settle for the Sesame Streets, Raffis and Doctors Seuss of the past, begun creating childhood entertainment all their own. The lil’uns have quasi-educational albums from They Might Be Giants (No!, Here Come The ABCs, 123s and Science), picture books from Mo Willems (Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus!, Knuffle Bunny) and daytime television in the form of Yo Gabba Gabba! Keita Takahashi, creator of the wildly popular Katamari Damacy videogames, is preparing to design schoolyard playgrounds.
As our modern creatives adapt to the youth entertainment of yore, it so follows that the classic forms of entertainment must adapt themselves to modern creators. It is with that evolutionary step in mind that Mobile Art Lab has produced PhoneBook – Popo and Momo Ride! Ride!, a traditional picturebook that incorporates a custom iPhone app inside windows of the pages:
One of the leading trends of comics in the 1990s was rampant over-sexualization. It totally makes sense, considering the standard demographic of lonely nerds combined with the fun of drawing exaggerated curves, and was little more than the modernization of pin-up art popularized in the early 20th century. One of the stars of girly comic art from the ’90s to today is J. Scott Campbell.
You may have noticed a refreshing change in the produce section of your grocer lately. A few months ago, Chiquita Bananas underwent a vibrant and refreshing rebranding, most visible in the bright and playful cartoon faces on the familiar blue stickers that adorn the fruits. Designer 
Far too often mainstream superhero comics are plagued by their own poorly developed vanity. Writers try and try to make the books more mature serialized adult literature, but in order to sell they feel the need to keep their covers in the realm of teenage boy porn, with glamor shots of the characters, loud logos and plenty of T&A&E (tits, ass and explosions). Where’s the sophistication? Where’s the elegance?
Very briefly, I just want to pause here and remember the work of Bob Noorda, influential graphic designer who passed away two weeks ago. Noorda’s impressionist style was seen in a number of corporate logos and posters, but he is most famous and celebrated for designing the signage for the Metro Transit Authority right here in the city that does not sleep. The New York City Subway signage is considered one of the major keystones in the ubiquity that Helvetica currently enjoys as the straightforward, no-frills typeface.