AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN CALLED "The most electric gallery in print;" "A time capsule in the making;" "Tasty and explosive, the Pop Rocks of eye candy." The creative people who use it, year in and year out, support the founders' idea that cutting-edge illustration stimulates mind and spirit. See for yourself as DART continues to showcase American Illustration's 25th Anniversary special edition.

1994: Untitled, by Jeffrey Fisher
Much happened and nothing happened, who can remember? Surely we were there; wherever it was, "there" may have been.

An Australian living in France, Jeffrey Fisher works for clients in the USA, UK, France, Brazil, Italy, and elsewhere throughout the world. Primarily involved in the publishing, design and editorial fields, he also works in corporate communications and in the non-profit sphere. He exhibits his paintings in London and Paris, and lately has been distracted by chair design, examining that mysterious space between 2 and 3 dimensions.

Among the awards that have come his way are Silver Awards from the Design and Art Direction Association, Great Britain, and multiple certificates of excellence from Communication Arts, Print, Society of Illustrators and American Illustration in the United States. For his outstanding design work, in 1996 he was inducted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Jeffery was honored to be commissioned by the Royal Mail System of the United Kingdom to design and illustrate a series of postage stamps on the subject of astronomy in 1989, and in 2000, in Australia, for a millennium stamp.

1995: The Acquittal of O.J. Simpson, by Juliette Borda
Nicole Brown Simpson's murder goes unpunished.

I was a hypochondriacal child who grew up in a trailer park. I still live in a 1000-sq. ft. home, this one in New York. The hypochondria evolved into an addiction to the real medical mysteries column the New York Times Magazine periodically runs.

Career highs include my first national assignment, for American Airlines Magazine, and moving to New York where I've met so many brilliant artist and designer friends. My greatest life-high is my son.

Vicky A. Clark wrote about my work in the book, "Comic Release:" "Juliette Borda's quirky drawings reveal the insecurities we have about our bodies and ourselves...her illustrations encourage us to laugh at our imperfections. (She goes) beyond the individual to deal with the trials and tribulations involved in relating to others. She moves through the various stages of interaction, from insecurity when meeting new people to the full flush of love or friendship through to the end of the relationship."

1996: Would'a Should'a Could'a, by Jason Holley
Fifteen people, places or things that should have, would have, or could have been excised in 1996, thus averting the catastrophes they have all become.

Jason Holley today:
I live in Sierra Madre, California.
I enjoy:
Amateur taxidermy
Carnivorous plants
People who claim to have supernatural abilities
Photographs of Santa Claus
Scale models of anything