BusinessWeek – Ask your Doctor if this Ad is right for You

This is in the current issue of BusinessWeek, it deals with the question how effective commercials and ads for drugs are. Recent studies have found that the only thing that consumers are remembering from the countless ads are the negative things. If anything at all. Many thanks to Don Besom, Senior Art Director who helped developing this particular idea.

HAT in Korean

Another piece of great news for HAT: It will be published in Korean by Foreverbooks! That makes 4 foreign translations. It's a great feeling to know that my story will also be seen by kids in Germany, Korea, Japan and China. I can't wait to see the actual books!

In other HAT news, I'll be at the Brooklyn Museum Children's Book Fair, along with plenty other great artists and authors. I'll be doing my very first public reading of HAT, and I'll be signing HAT and METAL MAN. If you have kids and / or love children's books, and / or live in the area, please come by on November 21st. It should be fun!

The Stranger Books Section

For a text about the writer Lydia Davis, you can read more about her here. Art Direction Aaron Huffman.

Eurotrip: Munich

Finally got around to scanning this, some sketches from Munich, from our big Eurotrip in September. The large drawing is in the courtyard of the Neues Rathaus and the people doodles are from the Oktoberfest. I didn't know that dirndls were considered ultrahip these days! Or maybe that was always the case at the Oktoberfest...

New York Times Book Review

I had the pleasure of doing an illustration for Nicholas Blechman over at the NYT Book Review. It's for the crime novel RISK by Colin Harrison. The protagonist is investigating the death of a former Wall Street broker. It's also an ode to the life in New York City. You can read the full article here, or you can find it in yesterday's issue (if you have a copy, please let me know! I didn't get to pick one up).

Eurotrip: Paris

Here are a few location sketches from our trip to Europe, these were done in Paris. From top to bottom: Notre Dame (we actually went onto the very top), Jardin des Tuileries (wonderfully relaxing park at the Louvre), random people, and Pont Alexandre III (a cool bridge that spans the Seine).

Octopus

Just before I went on the plane to go on my Eurotrip, I had the pleasure of doing this illustration for The Stranger, about the Giant Pacific Octopus that can be found in the waters around Seattle. Fascinating creatures, but they can be quite scary. Here is the article. AD Aaron Huffman.

Back from Europe

After a wonderful trip to Europe, Lauren and I are back in Brooklyn. I have to say I really liked Paris, though we only experienced it for a few days, from a tourist's point of view. We also spent some nice time with my family in the south of Germany, and had a blast at the Oktoberfest and in the "Altstadt" of Munich. Now it's back to business, but first I need to shake off the jetlag and a bug that I must have caught somewhere in transit...








Here are some pics from Paris, I'll post some drawings and a couple more pics soon.