slate requested a series of illustrations for their series on BRAINS!. whee, squishy brains. there are five illustrations on subjects ranging from a god machine to exercising your brain with neurobics. articles will be posted throughout the week, so check back often. now, all together…BRAINS!
slate: brains!: a special issue on neuroscience and neuroculture.
satirical look at reinterpreting the tax code based on height. this ain’t the onion folks, these are economist.
nytimes.com: what’s online, by dan mitchell (login required)
okay, this story is really just plain nasty. the LA dodgers turned the right field bleacher section into an all-you-can-eat-american-baseball-dream section. now don’t get me wrong, i have often dreamt about entering a hotdog eating contest, but the idea of this many nachos and people around me eating as much as is humanly(?) possible while watching baseball just sounds disgusting. the article is great. go read it. and yes, i was tempted to draw a guy with nacho cheese spewing out of every conceivable orifice, but we can’t all be neil swaab.
slate: all-you-can-eat baseball, by neal pollack
not my best, but maybe i’ll keep trying.
what’s online: the pangs of two becoming one
this illustration is about google’s love of good search engine-ing, and and its love of money. google’s recent purchase of doubleclick includes the division performics, which is aimed at helping clients come up higher in search engine results. some people ain’t so happy…
nytimes.com: what’s online, by dan mitchell (login required)