Blackwing Blog

Meet Molly, a freelance illustrator with a focus on letters. She work with clients to create custom lettering for editorial, print, advertising, etc. 

Meet Muideen. His artwork is sports focused with clients such as 47′, Grantland, ESPN, Reebok, NewBalance and Sports Illustrated. Read about his process.

Meet Charles Soule, writer of "Daredevil" for Marvel Comics, the Star Wars "Poe Dameron" comic, and New York Times bestseller "Death of Wolverine".

Guy Clark said that the key to crafting a good song was to “write with a pencil and a big eraser.” His methodical songwriting process included pencil and graph paper. He liked to see every letter of every...

Saturday 04/29 is Independent Bookstore Day. Much like Records Store Day, IBD encourages you to go out in your community and support your local, independent bookseller. Below is a list of the independent bookstores that stock Blackwing pencils....

Our favorite New Yorker Ok’r Mary Norris stopped by Manhattan’s CW Pencils to film the most recent episode of her Comma Queen video series. In the episode, Mary discusses her dislike of the use of “impact” as a...

In honor of Muir’s birthday, we’ve gathered ten of our favorite sketches from his extensive catalog of journals stored at that archive.

Like pencils, records are part of the analog world where every action has an tangible, visible or audible reaction.