Any resemblance between this
month’s issue and the underground
comix of the ‘70s was not part of
Lance Lekander’s conscious plan,
but it is welcome. “I love R. Crumb,”
Lekander says. “It wasn’t intended,
but I wanted it to be sort of retro.”
The Anchorage artist also has
an affinity for linocut and woodcut
textures, which is what caught the
eye of Art Director Monica Sterchi-
Lowman at the Girdwood Forest Fair.
She says she appreciates Lekander’s
strong colors and shapes and his
humorous interpretation of subject
matter. He was asked to create a
cover with “a touch of funky,” and
he designed icons for some of the
forty-three Best of Alaska Business
categories to celebrate their diversity.
The fact that Lekander is a small
business owner, marketing his
designs in whatever format he thinks
people will buy, further makes him a
suitable match for the theme. Get to
know the artist better in this month’s
Off the Cuff.
