Illustration for the main competitive eating competition: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island every July 4th. It happens on July 4th because nothing says “Freedom” like eating 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes… oh wait, my bad, that’s 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. I wrote a rant about the “sport” here.

Billy is one of my favorite modern Royals. I recently wrote a blog about the plight of my favorite hometown team and I decided to use him as the subject of the illustration. You can read the blog here. One year we’re going to win more than we lose. One year we might even contend [...]

Personal illustration for the shopping spree Texas recently went on. In the cart you see a disgruntled yet content Missouri, a cheery Oklahoma, a whistling Kansas and a euphoric, toothy Iowa as they all find themselves in Texas’ shopping cart. The Big 12 survives for now, in a cart that the bottom just might fall [...]

An illustration on the crusades, an interesting topic for the history nerd* in me. *Note, this is the book I’m currently reading. The back flap showcases praises from other authors, editors and such including “If you are going to read only one book on the Manichaean struggle between East and West, this is the book.” [...]

There are thousands of great books to read (many of them classic literature), so why not choose one? There are so many great books, you could use an extra pair of hands and an extra life to read them all! *Note, there are also thousands of terrible modern books. Ease of publication leads to over-saturation, [...]

An editorial illustration for an article with the subject matter of “Restaurants with the cleanest bathrooms.” I did a few sketches on this one, trying to figure out how to get the idea across without distastefully focusing too much on what goes on in the bathroom.