Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

For fans of basketball and vector illustration alike: The Macrophenomenal Pro Baketball Almanac. Designed and illustrated by Jacob Weinstein.

Artist Mark Penxa has created a series of 100 portraits of old ball players with the mouthful of a title Stealing Signs: Dead-Ball Era Baseball – Memories from My Last Life; 1927

James Sturm has created an online preview for his latest graphic novel Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (another baseball story, after his The Golem’s Mighty Swing).

In addition to page samples, the site features a look at the creation of the artwork, from Sturm’s detailed roughs to artist Rich Tommaso’s finished ink drawings, as well as a teacher’s guide and interview with Sturm. All graphic novels should have such informative sites.

Related:
The Center for Cartoon Studies
Cartoon College documentary trailer

Gemma writes:

I’m currently trying to research sports related illustrations, poster art and imagery. I was hoping you may be able to suggest relevant artists or books on the subject. I have been researching into the history, and am yet to find any current illustrators, but any input would be amazing.

If you have any suggestions, please comment!

Seein’ as how it’s baseball season, here’s a wonderful illustration to get you in the mood for the weekend.
I found this in Leif Peng’s treasure trove of a flickrstream, in the Fletcher Martin set.

There are oodles of illustrated journals on the web these days, but Tim Souers’ Cubby-Blue may be the first devoted to a particular baseball team — in this case, the Chicago Cubs.