That dog is Maira Kalman’s famous pooch, Pete! Jia Chen took this picture and many others when she visited Professor Kalman’s apartment for a kite-making project. Check out her Flickr set for a photo tour of the illustrator’s apartment.

Christine and I went to see Dave McKean’s persistence of vision show this week. Drawings, paintings, and photographs were separated into three rooms. The photos were “Too goth” in Christine’s opinion but the paintings were haunting and fun. They surprised us with little details like tiny actual starfish affixed to the night sky of one [...]

I am amazed once again by Marian Bantjes typography and illustrative skillz… check out Love Stories. Each one was an illustrated text of the story of someone that Marian loves. Swoon! Please go look at them all!

Sanna Annukka has a love for nature, folklore and a bright/clean illustrations. I love her maiden deck chairs, which appeared in Vogue last year!

Comic-Con is a lot more than a flea market. This time around we caught up with our comic book friends, we were blown away by Grant Morrison’s discussion with Deepak Chopra about the soul of the superhero, we bumped into one of my all time favorite artists, and were hugged by Lynda Barry. At the [...]

UPDATE!: We did attend the Soul of the Superhero seminar with Grant Morrison and Deepak Chopra. I’m excited to report that it was a mind-bender! The thrust of the discussion was this: The stories that we tell ourselves are important. If we tell ourselves apocalyptic stories, we focus on the negative and are less inclined [...]

Are you tired of ads on websites blinking and flashing their consumerist message into your brain as you just try to find the actual information on the page? Add-Art is an awesome project from the folks at Eyebeam that might just be the best answer to online advertising that I’ve seen yet*.
“Add-Art is a free [...]

the sunday seminar i am most excited about: The Spirit of the Superhero: Grant Morrison (New X-Men, All Star Superman) speaks with Deepak Chopra (The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment) about superheroes!