Monte Beauchamp

Monte Beauchamp is an award-winning art director and graphic designer who has received numerous awards and honors. He has served as a juror for American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, and Lurzer's Archive. He is the founder and editor of the graphics-illustration-comics annuals BLAB! and BLAB WORLD and his books include: A SIDECAR NAMED DESIRE: Great Writers and the Booze that Stirred Them (co-authored with Greg Clarke, Harper Collins-Dey Street) , MASTERFUL MARKS: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon and Schuster) , STRIKING IMAGES: Vintage Matchbook Cover Art (Chronicle Books) , KRAMPUS: The Devil of Christmas (Last Gasp) , and THE LIFE and TIMES OF R.CRUMB (St. Martin’s Press) . In 2012 , Beauchamp was awarded the Society of Illustrators prestigious RICHARD GANGEL ART DIRECTORS AWARD (for outstanding contributions in promoting and advancing the art of illustration).