The illustrative touch of Bernie McGovern ~ For Hire
Click on a picture to see some paintings and drawings!

A 9 page picnic tale for Toast Magazine, supported by Chicago's Sam's Wine & Spirits
2008

A Cheese Mania comic for Toast Magazine, supported by Chicago's Sam's Wine & Spirits
written by Lydia Burns
2008

A painting from the graphic novel in progress
Frederick Cooper Light of the World, by Bernie McGovern
2008

A birthday present commissioned by actor Bing Putney
for his Hedwig puppeteer partner, Jessica Howell
2008

11 Valentines to be exchanged between lovers
with a special guest colorist, Courtney Prokopas
2008

5 pages of album design and illustration for the talented Matt Larson
2007/2008

Poster for upcoming play "13 Dead Husbands" by Tom Horan and directed by Dan Kerr-Hobert, Chicago
Spring 2008

23 images by Bernie McGovern used as projected elements in
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
by John Cameron Mitchell, music & lyrics by Stephen Trask
directed by Sean Daniels
September 2007

The current issue number 7 features a delightful painting by our own Bernie McGovern! Click the image to the left to see a detail from his featured painting, 2007

14 Drawings for a collection of plays by the Chicago-based
avante-garde theatre company, 2007

10 pages of Travel Guides for Birds, sketches, and a painting made for the public spectacle work of "The Bird Show," Chicago 2006