3rd Drawer

                                                
                                                                                                             

         The Real Story Behind the Nursery Rhymes
                                             pen and acrylic ink
                                                     Boy's Life
                                            Boy Scouts of America
                                                         2000

HORRID INFLATABLES
Photoshop
2009
© Bill Basso

What's Wrong With This Picture
black prismacolor pencil and acrylic inks
Puzzlemania / Highlights For Children
mid 1990s

Class Trip To The Cave Of Doom
liquid acrylics
original cover
DRAGON SLAYER'S ACADEMY
Grosset & Dunlap
1997

"Heavy...Like, Wow!"
pen and ink, markers and watercolor
Esquire Magazine
1977


( It was great fun and an honor to have worked with Harvey Kurtzman, 
the cartoon editor at Esquire at the time.  
Harvey has since passed and is remembered as one of the greatest 
influences in comic book art and satire in the 20th century.  
MAD, E.C Comics are at the top of an impressive list 
that includes many well known celebrities and artists as well.
My sense of visual humor was no doubt influenced by MAD during 
my formative years and to have worked with Harvey as a 
professional artist was quite a thrill. )

Priorite' a' droite
pen and ink, pencil and color overlay
Smithsonian Magazine
early 1980s

Extraordinary Fortunes
Smithsonian Magazine
unpublished
early 1980s
© Bill Basso

December  Cover
gouache on PMS paper
The Diary Magazine
Port of Authority of New York & New Jersey
1972 

Architecture
pen ink and watercolor
rejected New Yorker cover
1980
© Bill Basso

Brachiosaurus at the mall
JAMES AND THE DINOSAURS by Doug Johnson
pencil and acrylic inks
Atheneum
1995

"Gorgeous Antioxidants"
pen and acrylic inks
self promotion
mid 1980s
© Bill Basso

THE GREAT HALL OF ACRONYMS
pen ink and watercolor
published (unknown edition)
late 1970s - early 1980s

Houdini's Magic Kit
designed and illustrated
Platt & Munk
late 1960s


Art Directors Club of NY Merit Award 

Colorforms Castle Dracula
Raggedy Ann Doll House
designed and illustrated
Colorforms Toys
1970s

( I freelanced for Colorforms for almost 20 years and had the pleasure 
of working with Mel Birnkrant, a toy genius, collector and creative director. )

" So what's your pleasure?  
Novocain? Acupuncture? est? Amaretto?...."
pen and ink watercolor and marker
Esquire Magazine
1977

"Santa, Baby"
pen ink watercolor marker
Premiere Magazine
1979