Can you spot the difference?

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How to Become a Literary Recluse

This comic appears in the NY Times Sunday Book Review. Thanks to editors Pamela Paul and Lauren Christensen!

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New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year! I drew this comic for Evernote.

For more great comics (including a few on New Year's resolutions), you can order my Shape of Ideas book and calendar. They are available internationally wherever books are sold!

My Bookshelf

You can add my book "The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity" to your bookshelf - get it here or wherever books are sold. If it doesn't change your life, you can at least use it as a hat!

Types of Light

This comic appears as a fold-out poster in the latest issue of The Believer. Thanks to art director Kristen Radtke!

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The Search

I was interviewed by Pamela Rosen of Evernote about my creative process and my unique double-life as an orthodontist. You can read the profile here.

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Thanks

Thank you, Incidental Comics readers, for all your support this year! It's been amazing to see the publication of my first book, first calendar, and many other exciting projects. I'm thankful I get to make comics that people all over the world can read and enjoy.

Ode to Lost Pens

This comic appears in the latest issue of The Southampton Review. Thanks to editors Lou Ann Walker and Emily Smith Gilbert!

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A Sketch for Autumn

To read Incidental Comics in every season, check out my 2018 wall calendar! It's out now from Abrams.

Slices of Life

Want to read more comics on creativity and life? Check out my book, The Shape of Ideas, and my 2018 Incidental Comics calendar!

Spinning

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Looking Up

This comic is based on actual events. My favorite time of year is when I can lie under the ash tree in my backyard without getting swarmed by mosquitos. Sometimes I take a nap. Sometimes I just stare up at the sky. Usually it inspires a comic. I may have stolen the "gold coins" metaphor from Pablo Neruda. If so, it was entirely intentional.

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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

Thanks to Walt Whitman for providing the words for this comic!

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What to Put in Your Notebook

Thanks to the awesome folks at Evernote for the collaboration!

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How to Finish

 This comic was inspired by Jon Acuff's new book Finish. Thanks to Jon for the collaboration - you can get this poster on his book tour!

Perfect

As a recovering perfectionist, I was thrilled when author Jon Acuff asked me to draw a poster for his new book Finish. Visit Jon on his book tour to get a poster, or find it at my shop.

Iridescence

Lately I've been reading poetry by Mary Oliver, Ted Kooser, and Pablo Neruda. It's like looking at the ordinary world through a lens that gives common things extraordinary brilliance. This comic is my attempt to capture that feeling.

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Branches

Happy (almost) Autumn! A book and calendar of my comics have just been published by Abrams. 

Lightness

Here's a page from "The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity." For more inspiration, order it online here:

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Photo credit: Lindsey Fisher

A Day in the Life

For more comics on the art of living, order my new book and 2018 wall calendar, published by Abrams Books.