The Communist Manifesto by Martin Rowson: Timelapse

The Guardian’s editorial cartoonist Martin Rowson employs his trademark draftsmanship and wit in his graphic novel adaptation of The Communist Manifesto, published by SelfMadeHero. This video shows the labour that went into creating one double page spread: ten hours of work reduced to five minutes. Order the fruits of his labour here: Materials: Rowson uses black Indian ink & white acrylic ink, titanium white water colour paint, and spectrum red & flame red gouache. He applies the