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Of Innocence and Rage: Martin Scorsese’s Greatest Films

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It's a good month to be Martin Scorsese. Not only does one of America's greatest film-makers turn 69 today, but his latest film, "Hugo," has already garnered positive critical buzz before its November 23 release date. Looking back at some of…
Pencil Artist Jonny Lancaster

Pencil Artist of the Week: Jonny Lancaster

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This week’s pencil artist is one of our followers on Twitter, and the second we saw his work, we knew he was our next Pencil Artist of the Week. His name is Jonny Lancaster, and he hails from across the pond in the north-eastern part of England.…
Sesame Street

How to Get to Creativity? Take a Walk Down Sesame Street.

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Since its debut forty-two years ago today, Sesame Street has been inspiring viewers of all ages with its messages of imagination, tolerance, love and creativity. In honor of the show's anniversary, Studio 602 has compiled a list of some of Sesame…

The Monster at the End of This Blog

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When I was a little kid, I was the biggest scaredy cat you’ve ever met. I was terrified of the idea of ghosts, and the mere mention of wicked witches or vampires was enough to send me running from the room. Even Disney villains frightened…
Pencil Artist Lisandro Pena

Pencil Artist of the Week: Lisandro Pena

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Since last week’s pencil artist was the master of creating cartoon cats and chihuahuas, we thought it fitting that this week’s pencil artist be a master at capturing animals in their natural form. His name is Lisandro Pena, and he is a pencil…

Ten Twitter Accounts Everyone Should Follow

If you follow Pencils.com on Twitter, you know that creativity and everyone's favorite micro-blogging platform go hand in hand. We know we're not the only Twitter account sharing creativity in 140 characters or less, so we thought we would put…

Tombow Products Now Available at Pencils.com!

Pencils.com is proud to announce that, in addition to our new Kitaboshi products,we are now carrying a selection of products from Tombow Pencil Company. Tombow has long been one of Japan’s premier pencil manufacturers. New Tombow Products First…

Kitaboshi Products Now Available at Pencils.com!

Today, Pencils.com is proud to introduce several products from the Kitaboshi Pencil Company to the Pencils.com store. From wood-cased mechanical pencils to color pencil highlighters, these products the are unlike anything we’ve offered in…

Kitaboshi Pencil Company: A Wooden Connection

Kitaboshi Pencil Company: A Wooden Connection Among our many slat customers in the Japanese pencil industry, I think one of the most interesting is the Kitaboshi Pencil Company.  Don’t get me wrong, we have long standing and close relationships…
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck: The Ultimate Pencil Pusher

Anyone that's familiar with the Blackwing knows that the only thing more legendary than this iconic pencil is the list artists that used it. Here's a post from our archives about one of the Blackwing's most well known users, John Steinbeck. John…