Many thanks for JT Yost for putting all this work and effort into Digestate, I'm thrilled to be a part if it.
The book was published as part of the 1st annual German Comic Clash, a competition between comic zines and anthologies, which was also organized by these guys (they're busy!).
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In today's New York Times: Thoughts about an energy-efficient military, as fuel transports in war regions are very dangerous. Many thanks to Art Director Aviva Michaelov for working with me on this!
I had the privilege to do the following illustrations for PRINT Magazine. You can see them in the current issue. The article is written by Koi Vinh, it describes the challenges of archiving online and interactive design. Thanks very much to Art Director Tonya Douraghy for thinking of me for this great assignment, and also for including me on the contributors page.
As I've been doing some ridiculous new comics recently, I've decided to start a new blog just for this kind of work. So, behold: the BEHOLDER.
You might have seen my mini-comics Journey Into Misery 1 & 2, they contain stories that are a bit… different than my other work. They are humorous homages and satires of early Marvel and Superhero Comics, seen through the eyes of someone who grew up in Europe.
As much as I love being a professional illustrator and making a living with art that has meaning and place in the real world, I realized I needed to balance this with some personal nonsense that's just for my own fun and no purpose whatsoever.
Perhaps some of my employers and colleagues will shake their head now, but others might secretly get a kick out of it. As I hope you'll do.
Why The Sea Is Salty is part of a series published by Oxford University Press. I believe it's not listed on their site yet but I have received my copy already so here are some sneak peaks! The book has three stories, one of which I have illustrated (which tells the story of, well, why the sea is salty!), the two others and the cover was illustrated by Meg Hunt.
I'm thrilled to be in today's New York Times, with an OpEd Illustration about earthquakes. This was a close collaboration with Art Director Kim Bost, we were going back and forth with design and illustration till we had the best solution. It was really fun to work on something that plays with the page layout in such a way, and I'm very happy with the result.
This is the full bleed version of the cityscape, as used on the NYTimes website. Thanks again to Kim! You can read the entire article here.
I've noticed that in recent years, almost all of my work was targeted in some ways to have a purpose. If I wasn't working on an actual freelance assignment, I created promos to attract new work, or I put together book pitches. Somehow I didn't allow myself just to play around without a "hidden agenda". So, this fall I had a burst of creative energy that manifested itself in two very silly, very low-brow short stories that had the sole purpose for me to have fun. How liberating! Well, now I'm planning to put it together as a hand-made book for MoCCA, might as well! Hopefully this won't destroy my career!
This was in last Tuesday's New York Times, illustrating an OpEd about the terrible earthquake in Chile. It was great to do a new large piece for the Times, though the topic was a very sad one. Many thanks to Art Director Aviva Michaelov for this great project.
