ART
Toe Dipping in Painting
Who gets an irresistible urge to paint just a few weeks before a major book deadline? That's right: me ✌️
August 25, 2026Made in Japan. On screen and on paper. Once a year, all members get a book they can smell and lick.
• Stories and drawings by Luis Mendo •
TOKYO WALKS
Aoyama Flânerie
An afternoon strolling the ‘Tokyo's Champs-Élysées’ backstreets, observing humans and guessing their lives as I walked.
July 19, 2026
MRMENDO
I Contain Multitudes
Where I use Whitman's words to illustrate my drawings and our protean (ever-shifting, hard to pin down) existence.
June 22, 2026
MRMENDO
A Bird Is a Bird Is a Bird
Where does this need for identifying, labeling, branding and classifying ourselves come from? Maybe the world would be better without it? Never use questions on headlines, glad this is an intro.
June 11, 2026
ARTIST'S LIFE
For Sale: Podcast Mic, Barely Used
MundoMendo members were so excited of me doing a podcast, that I had to at least try.
May 28, 2026
ARTIST'S LIFE
An Accident in Four Acts
I was fortunate enough to have a little bike accident the other day: it made me reflect on some things which are going to stay concealed on this piece, but I hope the incident helps you do some reflection of your own. Be water, my friends.
May 13, 2026
THE MASTERS
The Gravitas of Making
Sometimes, discovering the context and life of an artist is more important than discovering their art itself. Frédéric Dard is a good example.
April 29, 2026
THE MASTERS
Draw Like a 6-Year-Old
Observing and learning from the real masters: the kids.
April 24, 2026
THE TOOLS
This Builds Character
A checklist of things I consider when designing a character.
April 21, 2026
PROSE
1800 Years and Waiting
Where we get to talk to Buddhasugi, one of the oldest trees in Japan.
April 19, 2026
THE REST
The Thing That This Is
Explaining Mundo Mendo is harder than one would think.
April 06, 2026
THE TOOLS
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