Monthly Archives: January 2021

I made these drawings for a story set during the Iran-Iraq War in the 80s. I scrolled through pages and pages of wreckage and injury for reference photos. They stop being specific after thirtieth bombed out street, the fiftieth bloody bandaged body. My mind goes to other wars in other times. I’ve never been to AbadanContinue reading “Made me think of something else”

Lon’s a hat guy. It’s not because of the bald spot. Or, not only because of it. It’s his self-image. He sees himself as a doomed romantic hepcat. On open-mike nights at the Albatross he breaks out his harmonica and ukulele. “Innocent When You Dream” is his go-to. When he’s done singing he talks theContinue reading “Innocent When you Dream”

I didn’t grow up with Pinocchio. I had the Soviet knock-off, Buratino. I thought about him this week after seeing Matteo Garrone’s unsettling new Pinocchio movie. It reminded me of the illustrated children’s books I love. It was great to see a fairy tale with so little CGI. Pinocchio was a human boy in creepy wooden-looking makeup andContinue reading “Buratino (Буратино)”