In Denmark they say "Blindtofte," while in Finland it's Pellonreuna. In France, it is known as "Cul de Sac," and I ...

A cheap & lazy repost.

These are from a series of about a dozen drawings I did as promotional mailers for GVI , a video production company that my friend and neigh...

As it's now after midnight and time for a brand new day, here's another. This was for the Smithsonian Magazine, whose last page I go...

Our theme for today's Unnecessary Spot Illustrations is "Newspapers." These first two were for the Atlantic some years back. T...

This is a public service announcement. No real reason, but it might be helpful. I drew this about twelve years ago, but it's still as ac...

Mike Rhode, the noted author , renaissance man , polymath , comics blogger & historian, medical historian , archivist, stalker /chauffe...

Somebody asked what my palette is for watercolor, so this is it. To illustrate this I took the scrap piece of paper I put on the right side ...

Who knows why I drew this, but I'm pretty tickled I did.

Blackboards are fun to paint , so if I get a chance to stick one into an illustration I jump at it. It's also easier to work some words ...

Sometime in the late 90s the Washington Post ran an odd story about cheese preferences in the District of Columbia and its environs, specifi...

We now have 75 years of Elvis, though he left this building in "77. I've posted this like ten times, but it's all I got.

Go look at what Mike and Michael have to say.

This was drawn for Smithsonian Magazine to illustrate a piece on various laws. Benford's Law states that in an argument passion increas...

Today (January 6th) Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves (in 1540), his fourth wife. I've got all these loose drawings lying around, like t...

As today is the 118th birthday of John Rail Road Tolkien, we present this scarce item, a cartoon from around 2002. The original, which was ...

This beautiful set of figures was sculpted by Caleb Giannini, who sent me these photos. He used Sculpey and air-drying clay, and I think he...

To begin the year we present the cover to the Cul de Sac Golden Treasury, A Keepsake Garland of Classics, due out this June. It'll featu...

This may be a little out of date (the "local hoopster" was Michael Jordan) but the sentiment still holds. Here's to a widespre...

A very happy new year!