Ghost World meets Adrian Tomine, check out the spectacular R. Kikuo Johnson
As well as making some of the wittiest comics and illustrations we’ve seen for a long time, R. Kikuo Johnson lives in New York and spends his time teaching young artists valuable lessons in editorial illustration at the design-world equivalent of Hogwarts, the Rhode Island School of Design. We were wondering for ages why that school churns out so many incredible graduates – and no we know! Like Ghost World crossed with some of Adrian Tomine’s work, R. Kikuo Johnson’s warm, clever illustration is appealing to pretty much anyone – which is probably why it appears in some of the most important magazines around. Oh, to be one of his students…
R. Kikuo Johnson: “On Line.” Unpublished. The New Yorker, 2012
R. Kikuo Johnson: “Permission to Enter.” The New Yorker, 2012
R. Kikuo Johnson: “Online Dating.” the Atlantic Monthly, 2013
R. Kikuo Johnson: Robinson Crusoe. The New York Times, 2012
R. Kikuo Johnson: “Martin Amis at the Republican National Convention.” Newsweek, 2012
R. Kikuo Johnson: “Charlie Ergen Vs. Hollywood.” The Hollywood Reporter, 2013
R. Kikuo Johnson: The Wimpy recovery" Time Magazine, 2012
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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.