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Libby McGuire

Communication Design
The Lake Michigan Exhibit
The OnionEditorial Illustration
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The A.V. Club, The Takeout, Jezebel, Lifehacker

For the A.V. Club, The Takeout, Jezebel, and Lifehacker, I created editorial illustrations that elevated the presentation of feature stories and special series.

Essential Prince: His greatest songs of all time, ranked — The A.V. Club

With $1,000 a Month, Low-Income Black Moms Get a Chance to Dream — Jezebel

How a Harry Potter mobile game teaches us to cope with death — The A.V. Club

You can make apple butter in just 90 minutes — The Takeout

5 Food Mascots to Lust After — The Takeout

11 burning questions before Ozark’s finale — The A.V. Club

The 50 greatest music videos of all time, ranked — The A.V. Club

Recipe: Easy Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Cake — The Takeout

Just a bite: 14 succinct TV shows to stream this Thanksgiving — The A.V. Club

10 essential episodes of Living Single you should check-check-check out — The A.V. Club

The 20 best albums coming out in October 2023 — The A.V. Club

What’s the strongest 3-song run on an album? — The A.V. Club

The basics of roasting fruit — The Takeout

What Are 'Terpenes' in Weed? — Lifehacker

The History of the American Shopping Cart — The Takeout

What pop culture have you loved to death? — The A.V. Club

I'll never solve my grandma's green bean casserole recipe, but I won't stop trying — The Takeout

I made a monster Sauce with all the leftover condiment packets I’ve hoarded for years — The Takeout

When Romance Met Comedy

The A.V. Club

I produced illustrations for the A.V. Club’s long-running When Romance Met Comedy column. The sheer variety of rom-coms demanded a flexible visual style, which I achieved through a focus on bright colors, cutout elements, and paper textures.

How did My Big Fat Greek Wedding make so much money?

Saving Face is one of the best romantic comedies of the aughts

Dirty Dancing spoke its conscience with its hips

Failure To Launch comes so close to working as a bizarre meta parody of rom-coms

William Shakespeare invented every romantic comedy trope we love today (Much Ado About Nothing)

In the 2010s, rom-coms went indie and saved themselves in the process

Ever After did the Cinderella story right

Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and the bittersweet joys of puttin’ on a show (Summer Stock)

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