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For the new @luckypeach I wrote and illustrated a page on Russian breakfasts, thus finally fulfilling my lifelong ambition of having not one, but two credit lines on the same page. 

Big thanks to AD Walter and ED Chris, particularly for putting up with all my linguistic perversions…

Here’s a couple of paragraphs that we cut out:

(on food-to-go) There were a few failed attempts, now remembered only in folklore. My favorite among them is Vsezaraz, a bloated portmanteau of Everything-At-Once, much like Moidodyr (Wash-Until-Holes), Kornei Chukovsky’s terrifying sentient washstand. Vsezaraz was a spiral plate, seemingly modeled after Ubu Roi’s digestive tract, with salad on the rim, cutlets in the middle, dessert in the center. Workers were encouraged to consume the meal in three to five spoonfuls. This golf-like approach proved unpopular and Vsezaraz vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.

[on soviet posters] One of them I remember vividly: it showed a stern man cradling a massive loaf as if it’d suffered immeasurable pains by my neglect, to which the caption readily attested: “Value our precious bread: our heart, our soul.” Two braidheaded maidens were draped over the man’s shoulders, and they too looked deeply disappointed. Even the loaf itself at times assumed demonic features.

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Home for the holidays. #Countdownbegins

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Working on my monogram. #Commdesign #handlettering #ink

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Last photo with my cat for a while. Ciao, Phoebe.

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Wes Anderson behind the scenes of his film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, (2014)

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Thank you once again, @thomasmenikos . :)

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Sweet. Thank you, kind friend.

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I’m sorry but this made my whole day

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my mom ordered nothing for dessert so they gave her a plate with “nothing” written in chocolate syrup on it

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Last night the statues of UNT got cozy sweaters & scarves.

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Feeding my fetish.

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The Fog.