Monday Morning 26 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm

Remembering Futurism 22 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was a man of inherited wealth, artistic vision, controversial political views, and a well-curled mustache. His “Futurist Manifesto” is an outlandish and entertaining document...

The Original Manuscripts 9 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm

This is what books look like before they are sent to the publisher.

People of the Art Museum 5 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm

I made an illustrated journal of a free day at the Denver Art Museum. It's the latest in my series "Who Needs Art?" for Medium.com. You can read the full version here. Disclaimer: I did not use a pen ...

Sculptor vs. Painter 19 Jul 2013 | 07:39 pm

The latest comic in my series "Who Needs Art?" is verbal sparring match between two 20th-century Russian artists: Vladimir Tatlin, a Constructivist, and Kazimir Malevich, a Suprematist. You can read t...

The Story Coaster 12 Jul 2013 | 10:19 pm

This drawing appears in the July 14 Sunday NY Times Book Review. Thanks to Book Review editor Pamela Paul! Also, thanks to my middle school English teacher, who taught me the wonderful word "dénouemen...

Shakespeare in the Park 9 Jul 2013 | 07:02 pm

All words in this comic are courtesy of William Shakespeare. You can order a poster of this and many other fine literary comics at my shop.

Reading Is Dangerous 5 Jul 2013 | 08:37 pm

I drew this comic to illustrate the essay "Clunkers" by James McWilliams in the July 7 NY Times Sunday Book Review. The article is a hilarious musing on books as projectiles, and probably the most fun...

American Art 3 Jul 2013 | 10:26 pm

The latest comic in my series "Who Needs Art" is up on Medium.com. It's a reflective stroll through a gallery of 20th-century American art. In other exciting news, a few of my comics were selected to...

When You Are Gone 21 Jun 2013 | 08:27 pm

This comic began as an initial sketch to illustrate an essay about the future of books. The essay offered a somewhat bleak view of the literary world to come - a publishing market controlled by device...