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LATEST ARTICLES ( 105 )

• The Coppiced Tree

  

  For anyone still reading this occasional blog, here is a sketch inspired by a beautiful metaphor I have recently read in The Flowering Wand, by Sophie Strand. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2024 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Reticular Theory

  

  I try to start every year with a good ‘old-fashioned’ neuron drawing, just to remind myself of my origins. Here is what I have been working on in January: This... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2024 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Entangled Life Comic

  

  I want to start the new year with a ‘failed’ project, for a change. Around this time last year, I was working on these 4 test pages, for a graphic adaptation... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2024 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• What Can You Be With a PhD?

  

  I had the pleasure of working on a new banner, a series of spot illustrations, and even a new logo for this year’s What Can You Be With A PhD? conference. This... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2023 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Science Comics Summer

  

  Just a few years ago I was giving talks trying to convince scientists that comics could be an ideal format to communicate their research. Now, it looks like... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2023 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Bycicle Day

  

  In honor of Bicycle Day, I have illustrated one of my favorite quotes from psychedelics advocate Timothy Leary. I just love this microscope metaphor! Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2023 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Milkweed

  

  It has been a long Winter here in Woodstock, NY. Just this past weekend the land has been covered in a fresh coat of snow. In times like these it is hard to fin... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2023 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Myelin

  

  Thankful for my support network. My latest illustration depicts Myelin, the insulating layer of fat that wraps around the axons of neurons (here depicted in... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Mushroom Empire

  

  I have been working on this for months! It’s my most extensive nature drawing to date (19×24 inches) and the second one that features mushrooms. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Backyard

  

  Since July I have been trying to capture the magic of fireflies on a Summer evening and finally, this month while sitting in my backyard, I came up with this... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Minerals

  

  This mineral composition is inspired by some chromolithographs from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon encyclopedia (1893), as seen in the Romance of Books account... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Aldrovandi Stag (capreolus Polyceros)

  

  I grew up in Bologna, a city where science and art merge in many strange ways. At university, many of my classes took place in old anatomical theaters, next to... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Hibernation

  

  It was a dark and cold early Spring here in upstate NY. It was hard to find the motivation to sit down and draw something, but I’m trying to keep up my... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Skin as Armor. Skin as Soil.

  

  If you know me, you have probably noticed I’m endlessly fascinated by scientific metaphors. I love to think of how they may shape scientific understanding and... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Forest

  

  I finally finished the forest drawing I started a few weeks back.My goal for this year is to revive my personal practice and make at least one non-commissioned... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Uniramia World

  

  (to stay on the topic of personal work) I have a confession to make… For over a year now I have been building an insect-themed sci-fi universe on a secret... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2022 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Personal Work

  

  After a long hiatus, I want to share some of my plans/dreams for Cartoon Science and my personal work. TL;DR version: I have opened a Shop and launched a Patreo... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2021 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Spring 2021

  My latest observational drawing. I started this back in May, when these flowers were blooming all over my backyard but I didn’t get a chance to color it until... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2021 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Cervello a Fumetti

  

  This month a project I have been working for a few month was finally published. It’s a series of ‘animated’ illustrations commissioned by the Scuola IMT Alti... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2021 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Entangled Life

  

  To continue my exercises in observational drawings, I have started working on this mushrooms illustration a few weeks ago. It was partly inspired by Merlin... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT