This week (and probably into next week, given some technical difficulties here at EL*STOP) we’ve opened up the blog to let our first-ever guest curator Jesse Hora Dot Com shine a light on some of his favorite Chicago creatives. And first up is Spike Press, the nom du squeegee of illustrator, designer and poster-printing legend John Solimine. Spike Press is, like Jesse Hora Dot Com, a member of the Illustration Corporation, and when asked why he picked Spike as his first featured artist, Mr. Hora (Dot Com, always the Dot Com) wrote “[Spike Press] is easily one of the best illustrators, period.” That’s good enough for us. For some in-depth profiling, check out this great feature on the Chicago art poster scene in the Reader, or this interview with Spike Press.

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