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We just chose the date for the next global SketchCrawl marathon, it’ll be held on saturday June 21st! Mark your calendars, spread the word and come by the newly updated forums.

Was shopping around amazon japan (ordered the new PandaKoPanda dvd) and noticed how beautiful the design for the Divingbell and the butterfly DVD is over there. Great design … for a great movie (a must see if you haven’t yet).

I’ve been a fan of Dave Eggers since his brilliant “A heartbreaking work of staggering genius“. Between McSweeneys, his books and his work at 826 Valencia tutoring center it’s not hard to see how he got himself a Ted award. Don’t miss his inspiring Ted Talk here and then if you wish, follow up on [...]

There’s no better way to celebrate today then with fantastic photos of leaps, dives and jumps … at slate.com.

I’ve plugged Gipi’s work countless times, but once again I find myself having to point out how inspiring his latest blog entries are. These three new watercolors of housing around Rome just blew me away. Wow.

Those of you who can understand italian can see me mumbling away in a video interview at youmark.it. Sorry no subtitles. Boy do I hate my voice.

This is a really interesting interview in comic version with Marjane Satrapi. She brings up such deep but simple points. I like the ending note especially: “the second I have a friend in one country, that country cannot be my enemy.” So true, so simple. Ok, ready for the next SketchCrawl friends all around the [...]

Did you miss this during the superbowl? Pretty cute uh?

Ok, this is as geeky as it gets but if you have an iphone and 2 minutes to waste try this: enter the following url on the iphone http://clipalizer.com/?a=t137 It will allow you to get a custom made icon (with link) for Enrico’s blog. Want to do the same for your blog? It’s easy go [...]

Steve Purcell of Sam and Max fame has started a new blog! Just call him Starchie over there. Incidentally I am already the proud owner of one of Steve’s paintings, but look a this awesome new piece from him.