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Matteo Farinella Comic Journal
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 95 )
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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 -
Back to Neurons
Since the holidays I have suffered from a bad tendonitis in my right hand so I was forced to stay away from drawing. This temporary break made me appreciate... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2021 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Fall 2020
This year is going to go down as one of the worse in many people diaries, and it is certainly a very sad time in history, but personally I have many things to b... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2020 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Treviso Comic Book Festival
It was a real pleasure to draw the poster for this year edition of the Treviso Comic Book Festival, happening later this month with events happening both in... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2020 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Early on during the pandemic I learnt about Mary Wortley Montagu, who pioneered variolation in England (inoculating her own son) after observing the practice... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2020 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Drawing Nothing
It has been a while since I did a drawing just for my own pleasure. Since I started a new job in September I spend most of my days drawing, and I couldn’t be... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2020 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
The Brain Zoo
Over the Summer, between the end of my postdoc and starting my new job (did I mention I have a new amazing job?) I have been drawing a short story for ERCcomics... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2019 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
The Return of Radical Science
The relaunch issue of Science for the People magazine is amongst us! It’s printed and being shipped to our Kickstarter supporter as I write this, so I can... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2019 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Ends/Beginnings
This month, after more than 2 years since I illustrated the 1st card I have finally finished the Massive Science Tarot deck. It has been quite a journey, and I... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2019 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
SftP Revitalization
Back in December Science for the People put out a call for proposals for the relaunch issue of the historic magazine, that went extinct in 1989. Read more
Posted on 07 April 2019 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Narrative Conference
At the end of the month (February 28 – March 1) the Center for Science and Society is hosting an interdisciplinary conference on Narratives in the Natural... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2019 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT