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On the Drawing Board: Visual Communication and Beyond

International breastfeeding symbol, designed by cartoonist Matt Daigle. Photo taken at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Yeah, yeah, nobody reads site blogs anymore, but I have a lot to talk about—more than can fit in a tweet—and this seemed as good a place as any to put it all into words… I’m still working […]


On the Drawing Board: An Update

As some of you know, I’ve been working diligently on a big fat book about visual communication. It’s turned into an unusually complex project and it’s taking a long time, so thank you for your patience. Long story short; I set out to catalogue all the fundamental design principles that successful visual communication is built […]


On the Drawing Board:
The Visual Communication Project

For a while now, I’ve been working on my not-so-secret project: a big nonfiction comic about visual communication across disciplines. This blog will continue to be pretty quiet while I toil away at the book, but bits and pieces have been showing up in my visual lecture as well. If you manage to catch me […]


The March of Time

When I finished the script and layouts for The Sculptor a few years back, there were parts of the story that meant one thing at the time, but would change meaning by the time it was published; and keep changing meaning in one case. One of David’s night sculptures, above, is a case in point. […]


Oh, North Carolina…

On Saturday, May 21, I’ll be joining Ryan Germick onstage at the music and technology festival Moogfest for a conversation. It’s a just a quick stop on the way home from Atlanta’s HOW Design Live, but it sounded like fun and I always enjoy speaking with Ryan. No big deal, except for one thing: Moogfest […]


First Contender

It’s only February 2016, but Tom Hart’s incandescent memoir about the loss of his (and wife Leela Corman‘s) two year-old daughter will be talked about all year, and I’m confident it will come up again in year-end book of the year round-ups. I know Tom and Leela, and briefly met Rosalie as a baby. But […]


Southern California, Take Note

It’s that time again! In February, I’ll be bringing the Two-Day Making Comics Workshop back to The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art for a fifth year. 14 hours of everything I can teach you through lectures and hands-on exercises. An intense look at the art of telling stories visually. The workshops welcome everyone from […]


It’s That Time Again

Comic-Con 2015 is around the corner! I’m a special guest this year so the whole family is coming down to sunny San Diego once again. Winter was born immediately following Con in 1995. She pointed out the other day that she’d been to every single day of Con held during her lifetime. So Wednesday’s Preview […]


Attention:
England • Germany • France • Belgium • The Netherlands • Spain • Italy • Canada • & the U.S.!

Okay, next up! I’ve updated the sidebar at right with details about our national and international travel in the next couple of months. Some of the mini-tours overseas are still waiting on specifics, but I’ll add details to the sidebar as they come in. Meanwhile, here’s a summary in plain English. First it’s The U.K. […]


FULL STEAM AHEAD

[Enlarge] The Sculptor drops February 3 and we’re hitting the ground running with the official First Second U.S. Tour of 14 cities in 16 days, followed by six additional European tours in support of our foreign editions, plus presentations in at least four additional American cities; all in just three months (February, March, and April). […]