A.C. 2020 on Comic Storyteller

I am pleased to let you know that my newest book, “A.C. 2020,” was featured in this past Sunday’s edition of Comic Storyteller.

Comic Storyteller is a show created on Youth Radio (RTV) dedicated to the rich world of comics and related arts. Twice a month, authors Dušan Majkić and Petar Klaić, from their Studio Oradij in Serbia, introduce you to new editions, old masterpieces, authors, writers, collectors, and films.

You can watch the section of the show on A.C. 2020 here.

I originally created the A.C. 2020 visual essay series to express the anxiety and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over time, within the same series, I also began to address my other anxieties and visual observations. Each visual essay consists of self-contained, single-page stories created in greyish-blue tones to reflect the subject matter.

You can learn more about the A.C. 2020 book here.

 

 

Jutarnji List "A.C. 2020" Review

I am pleased to let you know that, today, the biggest newspaper in Croatia, Jutarnji list published a review of my graphic novel “A.C. 2020,” titled “Anxiety and Despair” by Patricia Kiš Terbovc.

“A.C. 2020” is published by Croatian comics publisher Fibra.

If you're interested, you can see more of my A.C. 2020 comics here.

 

New York Times Book Review Covers

Recently, cleaning out my storage, I came across these copies of the New York Times Book Reviews from 1987 to 2004 with my cover illustrations on them.

On these covers, you can see two different technological advances.

First was the New York Times Book Review, which transitioned from crude black-and-white print to color print. I actually illustrated the last black-and-white cover, which was published May 30, 1993. The other technological advancement was my own transition from using black-and-white scratchboard, first to Photoshop, and then to 3D illustration programs.

Here, you can see my cover illustrations in chronological order — one or two are missing.

I am immensely grateful to Steven Heller, the Art Director of the New York Times Book Review, who art directed all of these issues. He was also the first person in the U.S. to give me an assignment. In 1986, I went straight from the “boat” to the offices of the New York Times, and I knocked on his door.  Actually, now that I think about it, at that time, his office didn’t have a door.

Interview in Polygraphy Magazine

I am pleased to let you know that, after serving as a jurist for the International Triennial of Stage Poster in Sofia last month, I was featured in an interview by the Triennial’s co-founder, Albena Spasova, in the magazine Polygraphy.”

The magazine is the official media of the Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria, and Albena’s work to put on the Triennial has helped make it one of the most important stage poster shows in the world, so it was a great honor to be interviewed by Albena and featured in the magazine in this way.

This issue contained both the interview with me and an interview with Wiesław Grzegorczyk, who was also a member of the Triennial’s jury. Each of us was shown alongside some of our work. The next issue will include interviews with two more jury members.

Apologies to those of you who are not able to read Bulgarian, but I promise that my interview was wonderful as always. Even further apologies to those of you who can read Bulgarian.

NYTimes' "The 40 Best Illustrations of 2025"

Every year The New York Times publishes thousands of illustrations.

 

At the end of the year, The New York Times art directors choose “The 40 Best Illustrations of 2025".

This year I have the honor of having my illustration for the article by Carl Zimmer “Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside” as one of the 40 chosen illustrations. The illustration was art directed by Rodrigo Honeywell. 

 

You can read and see a little more information about the illustration Mapping the Sense, here.

 

 

Lecture at the 11th International Triennial of Stage Poster

The four international judges of the 11th International Triennial of Stage Poster – Sofia 2025, Wiesław Grzegorczyk of Poland, Finn Nygaard of Denmark, Radoslava Boor of Bulgaria and Czechia, and I were invited to give a lecture to students and design professionals about our work. The lectures were held on the morning of Monday, December 15th, alongside the opening of the Triennial’s poster show. Unfortunately, Finn Nygaard, for personal reasons, wasn’t able to make it to the lectures.

The lecture is held in one of the exhibition rooms. This one was showing the work of the judges. Each judge had a wall to show their theater posters. In my case, I was represented by ten posters that I created for the JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theatre. I had the opportunity to explain the importance of using design work to promote activism and supporting causes you believe in through one’s artwork.

 

Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside

I was pleased to see a very positive response from readers to my illustration in the The New York Times for Carl Zimmer's article on interoception. Usually, the comment section of articles doesn't comment much on the illustration, so I'm glad it resonated so much.