diy biohacking your body isn’t about creating super powers, rather gaining simpler, everyday sixth sense abilities. example, the ability to hear color. in conclusion, i drew freddy mercury with a pizza going into his ear. to which i say, mission accomplished. (not actually freddy, i blame mr. andrew morgan for this)
art direction: andrew morgan
choose your own sixth sense, will oremus.
first piece worked on after two weeks of traveling about india (photos to come, yes, really!), so drawing airplane seats after a 14 hour flight was fresh on my butt mind.
art direction: natalie matthews-ramo
the recline and fall of western civilization, by dan kois
slate investigates myths from around around the world, including korean fan death.
art direction: andrew morgan
note: all characters appearing in this work are fictitious. any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, particularly jon han. i repeat, the stranglee in this image, never was, is, or will be, my arch-nemesis jon han.
is your electric fan trying to kill you? by ken jennings
dvora meyers writes about caring for her aging mother, while she herself is a twentysomething and still figuring out her own life.
art direction: natalie matthews-ramo
my mom was too old, by dvora meyers
it’s bizarro day in the eben studios. this article for slate is about a harvard “neurosurgeon’s” visit to heaven. look, i am not going to get into his book and his claim. if you believe in heaven, good, if you don’t, also fine (slate’s daniel engber isn’t terribly impressed and it is a fairly amusing thrashing of the book). personally, i don’t care, well i do, but you’re more likely to get my opinions about it over a beer than over the internoodles. the real point of this story is that the name of this guy is eben alexander III. EBEN ALEXANDER III!!! this is just crazy. it’s like i am illustrating in an alternate universe, and we all know ebens aren’t brain surgeons. boom!
additional notes: yes, i self butt modeled.
art direction: holly allen
slate: heaven help us, by daniel engber.
good old fashioned sarcasm, it’s only gotten me in trouble once or twice, or three times. possibly more. simon doonan writes about living in the era of sincerity. ugh. at least there’s always snark.
art direction: natalie matthews-ramo
slate: who killed sarcasm? by simon doonan
chicago schools are reintroducing recess after nearly three decades without. studies show that recess and play benefit childrens’ learning. so let’s all go outside for brain recess!
art direction: holly allen
slate: the rebirth of recess, by nicholas day
slate looks offers a 24 pack of odd, surprising and possibly inspiring categories where america is the best in the world. in response, i drew some flag waving cheese. happy 4th!
art direction: holly allen
slate: the USA is number one (in cheese production)! by will oremus
kids these days think they are soooo special. they aren’t.
art direction: natalie matthews-ramo
okay, this is just a reuse of my slate piece about draw something, however, it got picked up by newsweek japan. how freaking cool does this article look in japanese? i am not much of japanophile, but i do find something wonderful about magazine and book layout in non latin formatting. to my myriad of japanese followers and readers1, be sure to pick up a copy of newsweek japan, on newsstands now!
