Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

For some last minute Christmas shopping, why not grab Striking Images, from Chronicle Books, featuring the lost art of the vintage matchbook cover throughout the years. It’s a great little book — small-ish in size, but thick in pages — which makes a perfect stocking stuffer for that special arteest in your family (re: you). Whether or not you smoke doesn’t matter — you’ll still dig the vintage graphics in this cool book, expertly edited and designed by Blab! founder and editor Monte Beauchamp.

My favorite section (besides “Girly Graphics”) was “Cocktails ‘n’ Clubs” where the various unknown artists tried their best in depicting all the fun and frivolity that went on at those clubs on such a tiny canvas and palatte. And that, my friends, is the brilliance behind the artwork and design you see in this book. If you desire the Amazon link, here it ’tis: LINK.