Every member gets a book, every year. Pixels become ink & paper: a 270+ page volume you can smell and lick. All drawn, written by Luis. Made in and shipped from Japan.

• The Illustrated World of Luis Mendo •

Most Insignificant

I was so happy today to learn that when we die, we become minuscule dust specks: carbon, oxygen, iron, calcium and other stuff. The stuff that forms stars.

March 31, 2026

THE MASTERS

A Drawn Life.

About Joann Sfar’s ‘La Vie Dessinée’ and how his love for drawing makes me draw too.

March 26, 2026

THE REST

Don't Think Nostalgic, Think Magic.

In a world filled with very convenient but cruelly ugly things, nostalgia is where we find magic.

March 21, 2026

PROSE

You Never Walk Alone

My youngest daughter will start school in two weeks and I am terrified.

March 15, 2026

THE TOOLS

Leaving the Boring Stuff to the Machines

An open-hearted take on how I ended up using LLMs to do the boring work.

March 09, 2026

THE MASTERS

Upward Downwards & Upwards again

Where I mourn the loss of my friend Joachim Baan by finishing a project we ran together, making it all about him and his legacy.

February 15, 2026

KARUIZAWA VISITORS

Put a Whale in Your Life

The visit of wonderful human Matthew Smith {aka Whale} to Karuizawa reminded me of the need to welcoming more "givers" and rejecting all "takers" in my life.

February 06, 2026

TOKYOMÓN

Tokyomón — Pilot

So you want to see Tokyo from a different point of view? Let us show it to you.

January 31, 2026

ARTIST'S LIFE

An Eternal Fight

Nothing comes easy and certainly not comics. A very real fight between me and my work.

January 24, 2026

ARTIST'S LIFE

Peek Behind the Cover

A little peek behind the process of illustrating a magazine cover. This time for House Beautiful Magazine.

January 16, 2026

PROSE

Twenty 20 Something

Why I do not wish you a year of happiness from January 1st, but rather everyday, from any day.

January 02, 2026