PROSE
Flying Lessons
Where a friend goes to Morocco on a meditation retreat, Nicolas Cage goes to Vietnam to become of age, and a bunch of swallows teach me how to draw.
June 15, 2025Serving fine stories to good folks who appreciate them.
Stories, Comics and Art by Luis Mendo
SHORT STORIES
My Muse Left Me
In which I cry in public, others pick up the pieces. Traces of a broken heart and some solutions for the world.
June 12, 2025
ARTIST'S LIFE
Life Permeates Work
Where I ponder about what determines one’s style, I realize having friends with taste is more important than having money and that objects, after all, may be able to make you happy.
June 02, 2025
THE REST
Start Book One
Where I announce an upcoming book, explain the real goals of this website and ponder about the state of the publishing industry today.
May 21, 2025
ARTIST'S LIFE
Making a Little Birdhouse in my Soul
Since friends keep asking how the move to the mountains outside of Tokyo is going, I think it's time for an early reflection.
May 10, 2025
ARTIST'S LIFE
Moved
If you ever planned to move houses, do a simple A to B and don't add more houses into the mix. A brief update of how my little family and me made the jump outside of Tokyo. And how is it going.
April 28, 2025
ARTIST'S LIFE
Ode to my Tokyo Studio
After our move outside of Tokyo, I had to give up my studio. As a way to honor it and my time there, I wanted to have a good record of the space.
April 15, 2025
MRMENDO
The Day I Went Searching for Bread and an Idea but Bumped into a Zakkyo
Things happen when you go out in Tokyo to buy bread, hoping to get ideas for a comic: serendipity, birds and bread have interesting ways of intertwining.
April 13, 2025
ARTIST'S LIFE
So You Want to Be a True Artist?
Do I prefer to spend a whole day trying to draw a face until it looks good for a few bucks, or would I rather be sitting in a badly lit office 8 hours a day, in exchange for more money?
April 01, 2025
PROSE
Three Random Humans
We all both carry a cross and have a life story our neighbors don't know much about.
March 20, 2025
THE REST
Moving out of Tokyo
I thought I would never write this: we are moving (one hour) out of Tokyo. Blame climate change for it, but also our willingness to try things while we can.
March 09, 2025
THE REST
Turn the Page on the Scroll
You have seen the "This is fine" meme of a funny dog character (his name is Question Hound), smiling and drinking coffee in the middle of a house on fire. We all identify with that dog these days.
February 24, 2025