NYTimes OpEd: Earthquakes

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.

SXSW Festival for Isthmus

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This semi-sequential piece came out on the pages of Isthmus today. It's illustrating an article about the South by-Southwest Festival in Austin, TX, and about music festival "junkies". The idea for the Family Circle-inspired approach was by Art Director Carolyn Fath.

New Comic for MoCCA

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!

Rabid Rabbit Promotional Image

It's been a while since I have done one of my large architectural illustrations. So my pal and Rabid Rabbit Co-Founder C.M.Butzer had the glorious idea to do one for Rabid Rabbit. And it seems it was just the right inspiration I needed, the result is the largest of the series so far (19 x 24 inches), and perhaps the wackiest? Now it will serve for Posters, flyers and a new postcard promoting the Rabid Rabbit 11 Release Party and Original Art Show at Bergen Street Comics, end of this month.

New York Times OpEd Page

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.

Sonntagsblatt Illustrations

OK, it's not Christmas anymore, but it's still snowing, so here are some illustrations I did for the Magazine "Thema", published by the German Newspaper Sonntagsblatt, about the favorite Christmas Songs. As I did with a similar assignment last year, I incorporated some of the lyrics and a bit of sheet music into the images. The first one is the Christmas Oratorium by Haendel, the second one is Silent Night, and then it's White Christmas. If you like, you can order the issue here.

Syncopated Sightings

Here are some reviews for Syncopated– A Collection of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, to which I contributed a story about Coney Island:

Comics Journal
News-a-Rama
ComicMix
Another article on News-a-Rama,
"Best Shots" (scroll down for article)

When reviewing an anthology, of course every reviewer has different favorites and tastes. But the overall response has been very positive.

Get your copy today!

Random Craziness

Recently I've been drawn to the lowbrow comics imagery of my childhood and teenager days again, funnies, superheroes, horror, and if possible, all the above combined!

Out of some careless drawing while watching TV evolved some silly new stuff. Stay tuned for more...