…meanwhile, my work will continue to appear weekly in the observer for david mitchell’s column - here is this week’s illustration, out on sunday.

Here’s the related Observer’s article.

Previously on Skandalon

The Economist: “Plenty of university graduates are working in low-skilled jobs” Sept. 8th, 2010

Young people often worry whether the qualification for which they are studying will stand them in good stead in the workplace. According to the OECD, college and university leavers are better placed in the labour market than their less educated peers, but this advantage is not even in all countries. Young graduates living in Spain are particularly likely to end up taking low-skilled work, while those in Luxembourg rarely take anything other than a graduate job. American and British students appear to have the biggest incentive to study: British graduates aged 25-34 earn $57,000 on average. Their Swedish peers earn $37,400.

“Comic Book Cartography’s dad would have been 12 when he acquired the copy we scanned, possibly at school. The comic wrestles atom splitting away from the bomb and slots it into the post-war parade of progress and prosperity. A black and white scan of the entire 16-page comic is available on the U.S. Department of Energy Website”

Comic Book Cartograhy is curated by Half Man|Half Static. He simply describes himself as “the curator of lost items”.

“In fact, the share of college grads with a doctorate has fallen over the past decade. Not by much, for sure—but there’s no sense of a PhD being a desirable degree. Americans are not flocking to spend 4-6 years writing a dissertation and going on to research. And why not? This chart, which shows the change in real pay since 1999 for higher ed graduates, may help explain the relative undesirability of the PhD.[…] The real earnings for full-time workers with a doctoral degree has dropped by 10% since 1999.” (read more)

About Michael Mandel:

“Michael Mandel was chief economist at BusinessWeek, responsible for formulating BusinessWeek’s coverage of economic policy. Prior to this, Mandel was economics editor. In 1998, Mandel won the Gerald R. Loeb Award for his coverage of the New Economy. Mandel is the author of several books, including Rational Exuberance, The Coming Internet Depression, and The High Risk Society. Prior to joining BusinessWeek in 1989, Mandel was an assistant economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mandel holds a PhD in economics from Harvard.” (BusinessWeek)

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…: “The Art of Adolescence #10”

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If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…: “The Art of Adolescence #8”

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…: “The Art of Adolescence #7”

“Poster for statewide Library Project showing a windblown woman and books by authors such as Scott, Dumas, Thackeray, Dickens, Austen, and others.”

Great serigraphy posters by the WPA. More available HERE.

Previously on Skandalon.

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger: “The Art of Adolescence #6”

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If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…: “The Art of Adolescence #4”

“Joe Szabo is a teacher, photographer, and author who began his photographic studies at Pratt Institute where he received an MFA degree in 1968. He taught photography at Malverne High School in Long Island from 1972-1999 and at the International Center of Photography in New York since 1978. Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teen-age students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. As a high school teacher of photography, he takes seriously their pretentions, passions, and confusions, and he knows intimately how students put on, act up, behave, and misbehave. As Cornell Capa says in his foreward, “Szabo’s camera is sharp, incisive, and young, matching his subjects. One can use many adjectives: revealing, tender, raucous, sexy, showy… in Szabo’s hands, the camera is magically there, the light is always available, the moment is perceived, seen, and caught.” In 1978, his book on adolescence Almost Grown was published by Harmony Books and acclaimed by the American Library Association and placed on its “Best Books of the Year” listing. In 1984, he received a Photography fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennial, the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Brooklyn Museum among others. His work has been collected by many institutions including the Bibliotheque National in Paris, France, The George Eastman House Museum in Rochester, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.” (The Photography of Joseph Szabo).

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…: “The Art of Adolescence #3”