In less than 6 months my wife and I will be learning to ride cycle #5! Its sure to be an exciting and terrifying course. You can order a poster of this comic at my shop.
I had the privilege to illustrate this weeks Its the Economy column for the New York Times Magazine. Adam Davidsons article described consumer signaling, messages sent by companies to suggest the sup...
This comic offers a far more feasible alternative to my previous invention: The Infallible Career Path Generator. It may prove to be just as helpful to your future as your new diploma. Happy Graduati...
This illustration appears in the New York Times Book Review alongside a review by Christopher Benfey of John Sutherlands "Lives of the Novelists." Sutherlands book profiles a long list of not...
I made this small illustration for the Riff column in this weeks NY Times Magazine! The topic was the decision to not award a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction this year. I hewed closely (perhaps ...
While browsing the unwanted books section at a local thrift store, I came across an amazing item: The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten. The books subtitle is "A treatise on the color system of...
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This comic was inspired in part by this great Opinionator column on architecture writing by Allison Arieff. As always, you can order a print at my poster shop. I sketched these st...
I do not often use my drawings for political activism, but this comic is an exception. It highlights two issues I feel very strongly about.1. The freedom for persons of all ages to enjoy childrens bo...
This drawing appears in The New York Times Sunday Book Review! See it larger in the digital Times or in the print edition on newsstands today (4/1). My vision for the future involves l...
The creative process is a mess of unrealized ideas, false starts, and revisions. It offers more blood, sweat, and tears than your parents record collection. Once you experience it, however, its tough...
"Synesthesia is an involuntary joining in which the real information of one sense is accompanied by a perception in another sense."-R. Cytowic, "Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses"&nb...
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"In the spring a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of track and field."-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I illustrated this weeks "Its the Economy" column for The New York Times Magazine, appearing on newsstands this Sunday. The subject was Londons recent dominance over New York as the center of...
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My initial idea was to draw this diagram and paint it with black coffee for a watercolor effect. Unfortunately, the coffee didnt show up well and warped the paper. So I drank the coffee. Get a p...
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Since my typical workday involves drawing comics and staring at teeth, its always a welcome change of pace when I get to work on an illustration project. When the client is The New York Times Magazin...
In an earlier draft of this comic, it appeared the Farnsworth house was being gnawed by ordinary beavers. My architect brother informed me that Mies van der Rohe was known for his innovations in stee...
This week on Incidental Comics: math humor. Because education should at least attempt to be funnier. Learn more about eccentricity.
One of the most fascinating books I read last year was Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Its a strange combination of novel, poetry, and pure imagination. When I finished it, I wanted to draw e...
See if you can spot Dylan, Daft Punk, and a digeridoo. I recently did an interview with a great blog called Illustration Concentration - check it out for some intimate secrets about how Incidental Co...
Further reading: Chair Blog and How to Design a Chair. Get a poster here.
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