On screen and on paper. Once a year, all members get a 270+ pages book they can smell and lick. Made in Japan.

• 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