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why yes, i’ve been busy lately…

This is what hap­pens when you get rid of your Black­berry and start lea­ving your com­pu­ter at the office over­night. You sud­denly get far more crea­tive and pro­duc­tive. At least, I do… I love your book and work, but I am curious about one thing. ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  23 Nov 2009

Caught up in Middle East's forgotten war

Some displaced families have made the arduous journey to Mazrak refugee camp. Many more have scattered across northern Yemen seeking shelter from local people. Photograph: Hugh Macleod Eyelashes still thick with the dust of a three-day journey, Nasser ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Houthis,  Ali Abdullah Saleh,  Saddam Hussein,  World Food Programme,  Al-Qaeda

twenty years on [life is too short mk ii]

A week ago today it occu­rred to me, that date, the 15th Novem­ber mar­ked the twenty-year anni­ver­sary of me star­ting my first “real job” out of college i.e. as a junior copyw­ri­ter for Leo Bur­nett, the big ad agency in Chicago. It’s been a hell ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  22 Nov 2009

with porn, all things are pos­si­ble

I was having a long con­ver­sa­tion with a friend last night about “Busi­ness Porn”: Busi­ness Porn is just like Ordi­nary Porn or Real Estate Porn, except ins­tead of it being about the women we wished we could sleep with, or the hou­ses we wish we ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  15 Nov 2009

faq’s

When I set up gapingvoid.com back in May, 2001, I drew this car­toon for the FAQ page. As you can see, I still wasn’t quite over my crazy-ass New York life yet… even if that had ended over a year before. I fore­see my work get­ting quie­ter and more ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  8 Nov 2009

fat dumb happy

I was on the phone to an old friend of mine, a guy in his late for­ties, who was born and bred in Michi­gan, and is living there now. He was telling me about his uncle, who, about four deca­des ago, got his highschool sweetheart preg­nant. So ins­tead ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  8 Nov 2009

“random new york”, 1998

I liked all those intense, late-night ran­dom con­ver­sa­tions with all sorts of equally ran­dom Manhat­tan peo­ple– espe­cially at first– but of course, after a while they all start to sound the same. This is the kind of dra­wing one does sit­ting on ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  5 Nov 2009

life is too short

I’m thin­king.… why stop at cube gre­na­des?… why not hand gre­na­des?… come full circle with your idea and let me put some of these car­toons on the back of my busi­ness cards. I see more clients and poten­tial clients in their space than I see in my ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  5 Nov 2009

the beatings don’t stop. ever.

Your Inner Whi­ning Artist (IWA) is the part of you that tells you you’re a genius wai­ting to be dis­co­ve­red. If only the big bad world would sit up and recog­nise your talent, the IWA tells you, all your pro­blems would be over. Audien­ces and ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  2 Nov 2009

i feel new again

It’s been an inte­res­ting cou­ple of weeks at gaping­void Cen­tral. Some­time during Sep­tem­ber, I star­ted dra­wing in ear­nest again, back in my ori­gi­nal, no-frills ink on “Back of Busi­ness Cards” for­mat. We’re tal­king 2 – 3 hun­dred of them ...

From HUGH MACLEOD, gapingvoid,  1 Nov 2009

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