Lane Smith's Art

Horn Book

2009-12-13T08:12:00.001-08:00

2009. December cover.

The Really Ugly Duckling

2009-12-10T10:55:00.000-08:00

1992. From The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

Oil paint and collage on illustration board.

Elephant

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2008. A watercolor study for the book The Big Elephant in the Room.

Pol Clay

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2008. Personal piece.

James and the Giant Peach

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1996. Charcoal pencil. For the novel by Roald Dahl.

Big Plans

2009-10-30T10:09:00.000-07:00

2008. Written by Bob Shea. Published by Hyperion Books.

"There - there! A city as big as my plans! C'mon Bird, time to talk turkey! Get down to business! Go straight to the top!"

Pinocchio the Boy (or Incognito in Collodi)

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2002. A continuation of the Pinocchio legend, written by myself and published by Viking Books.

Worms

2009-10-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

2009. From the anthology book, Half-Minute Horrors edited by Susan Rich. My comic is based on the traditional kiddie song, The Worms Crawl In.

It's a Book

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2009. Sneak Peek. Illustration from It's a Book. Publication date 2010, Roaring Brook Press.

Lulu and the Brontosaurus

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2009. Sneak peek. This is an illustration from the book Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst. It will be published in 2010. Pencil on pastel paper.

Rolling Stone

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November 2nd, 1989. This piece illustrated an article about two rival comedy networks, HA! and The Comedy Channel. Eventually the two merged into one: Comedy Central.

Speak

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From an anthology book, Speak by Michael J. Rosen. 1993

South Coast Repertory

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Poster for Beckett.

Stereo Review

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1989 (I found a snakeskin in the country and used it in this illustration).

Special Report Magazine

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Houses on Fire. An article on health insurance. 1990s.

Esquire

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Confessions of a Head Case - spot illustration

Albums

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The Dickies - 1983
Oingo Boingo - 1983
Dr. Frank - 2009

New York is Book Country

2009-10-09T08:53:00.001-07:00

Esquire

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9/1989. Article: Confessions of a Head Case.

Rolling Stone

2009-10-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

4/20/1989. Record Review: The New Sounds of New Orleans.

Dyslexia

2009-10-02T09:18:00.000-07:00

Tick

2009-10-02T09:15:00.001-07:00

Texas Monthly.

Rolling Stone

2009-10-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

4/7/1988. Record review: Naked by Talking Heads.

Stereo Review

2009-10-02T09:11:00.001-07:00

1992. The Future of Radio.

Sesame Street

2009-10-02T09:08:00.001-07:00

The Number Seven.

Postgraduate Medicine

2009-10-02T09:07:00.000-07:00

3/1988. Childhood peptic ulcer. Pain in the night from stressful change.

Airplanes

2009-10-02T09:02:00.000-07:00

Rejected piece for an article on air traffic.

Spaceman

2009-10-02T09:00:00.001-07:00

Newsweek.

Share the Adventure

2009-10-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

A poster for the Children's Book Council.

Play Money

2009-10-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

Regardies Magazine. Late 1980s.

Martian Martians

2009-10-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

In the early 80s singer Jonathan Richman and I were going to do a kid's book together. It never worked out. This image is from his song Here Come the Martian Martians.

Bunny

2009-10-02T08:51:00.001-07:00

1984. Personal piece.

Rolling Stone

2009-10-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

For an article about skidrow.

Mickey

2009-10-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

1991. Created for an anthology book, The Art of Mickey Mouse. Title: Mickey Machine.