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LATEST ARTICLES ( 108 )

• Humanist Calendar 2015

  

  SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: the 2015 Humanist Calendar is out! I always wanted to make a calendar that was something more than pretty pictures to hang on the wall,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Autumn 2014

  

  This blog is going to be on hiatus for a while, as I will be travelling quite a lot around Italy to promote Neurocomic. In case you miss my comics, here is a... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Memory Caves

  

  Today has been exactly 5 months since the opening of our exhibition at The Cube. Our last event was all about memory so I made this special illustration of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Magic School Bus

  

  Here is my copy of the month, a tribute to The Magic School Bus (in particular The Electric Field Trip episode). I have to admit that while writing... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Analytical Machine

  

  I have recently finished reading The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick and I haven’t been so excited about a non-fiction book for a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• How The Internet Works

  

  With this very simple GIF (my first one ever) I am proud to announce a very exciting collaboration with Susan McGregor, from Columbia University. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• William Morris Dream (COPY #7)

  

  A few weeks ago I visited the William Morris Gallery and it was for me a great revelation. I  had seen his work before but I didn’t know much the great man... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Esce Neurocomic!

  

  Great news! From tomorrow you should be able to find the beautiful Italian edition of Neurocomic by Rizzoli Lizard. As you may know, I have been living abroad... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Duchenne Smile (or COPY #6)

  

  Here is a little illustration inspired by the latest Neurocomic talk at The Cube London. Our guest speaker Philip Loring, curator of Psychology at the Science... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Copy #5

  

  A few days late on my schedule here is the homework for May: a black and white cartoony version of The Threatened Assassin by Rene Magritte. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Endorphins

  

  May has been a pretty busy month: I’m back at work on the second season of MCB80x and I also started a new exciting collaboration with another American... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• UCL Illustrations

  

  OK, let’s start this month with some overdue news. Recently I have been working on 2 sets of illustrations for UCL. The first set will be used occasionally on... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Copy #4

  

  The copy of this month is of The Depths Of A Wound, a visionary lithography by Fritz Kahn, from 1943. This one was very hard work but after all Kahn is one... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Arcimboldo Brain

  

  acrylics and pencils on paper (270 x 350 mm) This month I didn’t have time to make any copy because I was busy setting up the Neurocomic exhibition (BTW, if... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Neurocomic Spring

  

  I made this illustration of Cajal in a thriving neuronal forest for the cover of  Reader’s Bench magazine Spring issue. Amongst the many free contents you can... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Copy #2

  

  As part of my new project this month I decided to make a copy of Giovanni Da Modena fresco representing a scene from Dante’s Inferno. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• On the Importance of Being Original

  

  I have the feeling that nowadays (in particular in the world of comics/illustration) everyone is so obsessed with finding their ‘own style’ that many talented... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Sealand

  

  This is a page from my latest comic, you can read it in full on my new website. Yes, I have a new website! Also the blog has a new design, did you notice? Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014

• Rudolph Winter Blues

  

  To all the people who – like me – are kind of weary of  the consumeristic festivities frenzy, I wish you a happy Winter despite Xmas and New Year Eve. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013

• Hoxton Window Project

  

  A couple of weeks ago I was given the BIG opportunity to paint the 4 windows of Unit9 office. If you want to see more details you can check out the video on... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013