Available now: the first of the Mundo Mendo books.

MUNDO MENDO BOOKS SERIES

You don't buy the book, you support the artist.

MUNDO MENDO, BOOK ONE.
ムンド・メンド一年目、一冊目。

Selected Stories, Sept 2024 to Sept 2025
— Thoroughly Refined & Revised

The first in the Mundo Mendo Book Series, this volume compiles the best stories published on Mundo Mendo in its first year, carefully revised and adapted for the printed page. It gives a timely snapshot of Luis Mendo’s last year's life in Japan as a drawer/writer.

Printed in Japan, self published by the author and with a compelling foreword by fellow author & membership programs expert Craig Mod, this 272 pages thick volume will put a year of my art in your pocket. Literally; its size is the Japanese pocket size known as bunkobon. A personal favorite of mine.

SPECS

＊ Japanese bunkobon size: 105x150mm (4.13x5.91 inches)
＊ Limited edition of 1000 copies
＊ Numbered and signed by the author
＊ English language
＊ 272 Pages full colour offset
＊ Printed on FSC certified paper
＊ Includes a cute sewn-in bookmark ribbon
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❢ Foreword by Craig Mod
❢ Fits in your jacket pocket
❢ 100% —maybe 300%— made in Japan
❢ 100% AI free
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❥ Written, drawn, designed and published by the author
❥ You support the work of Luis Mendo, the book is a gift
❥ Reading makes you smarter & happier
❥ Guaranteed smell of paper until you dip it in coffee
❥ Readable in bath tubs, beaches and pools alike
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✚ No battery, no charging needed
✚ 2.5 cm thick, could be a pillow or used to raise your monitor

€30 includes worldwide shipping

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PLEASE NOTE:
I do not send shipping mail notifications nor tracking numbers to save time –remember I am doing this all by myself– and to keep prices down. It takes an average of 3-4 weeks (depending on the country) from ordering until receiving the book from Japan. Enjoy a surprise present when unexpected parcels arrive.

🇵🇹 & 🇪🇸
PORTUGAL & SPAIN seem to be very strict on their customs dept and regularly ask for "Processing Fees". Portuguese readers were asked to pay €13,46 and Spanish €8,73.

I am truly sorry about not being able to avoid this, please be aware.

€70/year
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Praise for BOOK ONE:

«Look, the web is great and all, but visual art –especially illustrated art, art that has a direct lineage to physicality– deserves to be printed out.»
Craig Mod in the foreword.

«I want to live in a world where creative individuals bring what lives in their minds/imaginations to life. And Luis is living proof that when you support someone in doing so, we all benefit. His first book is an ode to all things playful, colorful, and kind.»
Elizabeth Mueller, Japan Connaisseur & MM Member
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«I’d happily place this beautiful book permanently on my coffee table if all it contained was Luis’ wonderful illustrations, but because his art also serves as a thought-provoking reflection on the power of real-world connections, making art, and the bemusing state of the world at large, it feels like a little beacon of hope and sanity — presented in a beautiful package.»
Elliot Jay Stocks, Designer, Type Magician & MM Member
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«This is a book about the human condition—a wonderful treasure. Our interests, our hopes, our fears. It offers a beautiful window into a slice of Luis' life over the last year, one in which, if we look carefully, we might see our own reflection. The ups, the downs, the moments of hope and beauty, the quiet in-betweens.
A labor of love, deeply felt.»
Javier Sánchez, Artist, Educator & MM Member
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