Greg Cook makes a ‘Friends Is Friends’ linocut
Here’s how Greg Cook carved and printed a linocut rendition of the cover of his long comic book “Friends Is Friends,” August 2016. Above: Finished prints hung up to dry.Continue Reading →
‘Rodin: Transforming Sculpture’ at Peabody Essex Museum
Versions of many of Rodin’s masterpieces–including his iconic “The Thinker”–are on view in “Rodin: Transforming Sculpture” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. (May 14 to Sept. 5, 2016),…Continue Reading →
‘God is Dead’
Graffiti off Route 1, Saugus, Mass. Aug. 14, 2016. Copyright Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
‘I am too old to run’
“On this hillside James Miller, Minute Man, aged 65, was slain by the British, April 19, 1775. ‘I am too old to run.'” Revolutionary War marker on Washington Street, near…Continue Reading →
J’ouvert at Boston Caribbean Carnival
J’ouvert, the dawn celebration at the Boston Caribbean Carnival, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Thousands splashed with oil, paint, talcum powder and flour danced down Talbot and Blue Hill avenues…Continue Reading →
Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Whatforward Circus’
Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Whatforward Circus’ as photographed by Greg Cook in Glover, Vermont, during the weekend of Aug. 21, 2016. The family-friendly satirical, slapstick show poked at Donald Trump…Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘Condemn’ City Hall, Demand More Affordable Housing
Yesterday morning, Black Lives Matter Cambridge protesters chained themselves together at Cambridge City Hall to call for more affordable housing in the city. Black Lives Matter Cambridge taped a broadside to…Continue Reading →
The Most Patriotic Baby is…
According to judges. At Malden’s Ward 5 Independence Day party. The Most Patriotic Baby is the one on the right. Also this kid below has a pretty patriotic bike. (Photos…Continue Reading →
‘Global Warming Threatens All Our Homes’ Gloucester Horribles Parade
“Global Warming Threatens All Our Homes” and “Global Warming Endangers All Our Families” read signs we carried while parading with the Backyard Growers, Cape Ann Farmers’ Market, the Ukeladies and…Continue Reading →
‘If Trump’s in it’s a win-win’—Photos from Beverly Farms Horribles Parade
The annual July 4 Horribles Parade in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, is notorious for its satirical floats. In addition to the usual red-white-and-blue kids and colonial reenactors, this morning’s parade offered…Continue Reading →