Comic Journal

a comic about neuroscience?

matteofarinella — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:52:43 +0000

“why not” said the Wellcome Trust.

I apologize for the scarcity of posts lately, this may become a chronic problem as I am embarking on a new exciting project which combines 2 of my favorite things ever: comics and neuroscience.

More details (and a new website) will soon be available.

Stay tuned!

Take Me Home

matteofarinella — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:19:32 +0000

For those who can’t dance

matteofarinella — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:00:54 +0000

The friends from Lök asked my contribution for an exhibition about “Dance”.

This illustration summarizes my 27 years experience in the field:

(IO VI ASPETTO QUI)

Ascending and descending

matteofarinella — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:17:57 +0000

Another comeback from the past…

during these days in Bologna I am working on an expanded and revised draft of 6 Degrees Of Separation, the graphic novel which I [optimistically] declared completed 10 months ago.

Recruitment for volunteer proofreaders is now open.

Patterns and Loops

matteofarinella — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:50:24 +0000

I’m staying in Bologna for a few days, in the house where I grew up.

I do my best to avoid nostalgia, but my parents have unintentionally chosen for my bed the same flowery IKEA pattern that adorned a bed I used to know so well, at this same time of the year, just one year ago. This year I long to go back to another bed, just like last year I was longing to go back to hers. People change but the same situations return, and apparently I keep making the same mistakes, year after year…

Life seems to proceed in loops sometime and for a moment, before falling asleep, I find it difficult to distinguish between the present and the past.

Big Lying Machine

matteofarinella — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:00:18 +0000

After further investigation scientists (i.e. myself) concluded this is what the brain really is.

Other animals have been reported to “lie” but it is not clear whether this behavior is intentional or a simple reflex (like the Opossum feigning death). On the other side, the ability of the human mind to consciously and systematically conceal the truth is simply astonishing: 21 different classifications of lies are reported by Wikipedia.

May this be the secret of our evolution?

DC+NYC (part 8)

matteofarinella — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:00:24 +0000

DC+NYC (part 7)

matteofarinella — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:00:07 +0000

DC+NYC (part 6)

matteofarinella — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:00:51 +0000

DC+NYC (part 5)

matteofarinella — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:00:39 +0000