This one isn’t about art, though it is illustrated with my drawings. And it has the usual witty, disdainful voice you’ve come to dread. In an experimental mood, I wrote a funny, twisted novel for young adults. It’s actually probably more for grownups but it was intended to acknowledge that teenagers like the creepy and [...]
There are books galore for expectant mothers but just a grubby handful for their male companions. Finally this void is filled. “Peanut” tells the touching and hilarious story of one man’s journey from dilettante to daddy, exploring all of the doubts, missteps, misconceptions, exhilaration, and pride along the way. Available in paperback from Blur: And [...]
I have a lot of friends in all corners of the world who share my love for illustrated journaling and sketchbooking Some are famous designers and artists, some are just people like me who live to drawin their spare time. This boks collects fifty of them together to talk about their journaling life, share their [...]
My initals are D.O.G. and I love dogs. I love them as friends and as drawing subjects. This little book is a collection of my favorite dog drawings and paintings, augmented by one of my lesser talents, writing little humorous poems. Some have compared me to Ogen Nash, to Hillaire Belloc, to Eminem, but they [...]
I never seem to have enough time to do everything I’d like to try. So, recently, I decided to get my butt out of bed an hour earlier each morning and use that time to explore new options -= from stamp collecting to consorting with turtles and Miles Davis. I recorded the experiment, in words [...]
Creativity is someting we are all born with, but somewhere along the way, we convince ourselves we don’t have the right to label ourselves as creative or artists. This book is my attempt to reverse that with a step-by-step process to reawaken the creative impulse in us all. It’s designed to be fun, easy, a [...]
My third book was the beginning of a whole new chapter in my publishing career — and in my life. It’s a memoir of my wife’s parapalegia, the accident that caused it, and how it changed everything. It’s also about drawing and how I discovered its ability to give me perspective and peace.It has been [...]
My second book is a tribute to classroom filmstrips — if you were born before 1980, you probably remember them. I loved the way they condensed lessons down to a few dozen beautiful illustrations, photos, and sentences. They instantly transported me back to a simpler time. In researching this book, I came to wonder why [...]
I knew nothing about ham radio when I came upon an album full of QSL postcards at a flea market, I was blown away by the varied styles and creative solutions each ham had used to make these souvenirs of their on air friendships. It’s a cornucopia of design, art, history and politics. and it [...]
