@genekjr
Librarian/Curator for hire; Cartoonist/Comics Historian/Paper Engineer; Typography/Graphic Design Fan; NASA/nerd; MSLIS/PhD; He/Him. Evanston/Chicago. Proprietor of @comicschicago.bsky.social. linktr.ee/genekjr
POP-UP FACTS DINOSAURS (2006), paper engineer Andy Mansfield.
A Movable Book a Week: POP-UP FACTS DINOSAURS (2006), paper engineer Andy Mansfield.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #andymansfield #richarddungworth #kimthompson #stevekingston #dinosaurs #facts #thetemplarcompanyltd #sandycreek #booksky
Thank you!
DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID POP-UP BOOK (2023), paper engineer Matthew Reinhart. Front cover.
A Movable Book a Week: DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID POP-UP BOOK (2023), paper engineer Matthew Reinhart.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #matthewreinhart #ryanriller #brookemccallum #thelittlemermaid #ariel #disney #reinhartpopupstudios #insighteditions #booksky
Drawing of a bald face in profile, with abstract swirly background, in pinks and purples.
Friday on my mind.
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#comicsmachine #ipadmini #procreate
THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Front cover, position one.
THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Front cover, position two.
THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron. Inside front cover, exposed mechanism.
A Movable Book a Week: THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG - (A) INVENTIVE (B) CARTOON (C) GENIUS (2013), paper engineer Andrew Baron.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #paperengineering #andrewbaron #rubegoldberg #jennifergeorge #adamgopnick #comics #comicstrips #abramscomicarts #booksky
Man’s Incredible Venture to the Moon
The Flight of Apollo Eleven
“The Eagle Has Landed”
Man & the Moon
Apollo 11 LPs.
Looping whorls and asemic texts
In the Name of Pentel.
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#asemic #asemicwriting #comicsmachine #brushpen #sketchbook
Abstract circuit-like drawing
The Maltese Balancing Act.
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#comicsmachine #abstractart #brushpen #sketchbook
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - A POP-UP BOOK (2009), paper engineer Sam Ita.
A Movable Book a Week: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - A POP-UP BOOK (2009), paper engineer Sam Ita.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #samita #20000leaguesunderthesea #julesverne #comics #graphicnovel #captainnemo #sterlingpublishing #booksky
Abstract, asemic drawing with very large and very small figures
Puddlefesto.
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#abstractart #asemicwriting #brushpen #inkyfingers
DRAGON WORLD - A POP-UP GUIDE TO THESE SCALED BEASTS (2007), paper engineer Keith Moseley. Front cover.
A Movable Book a Week: DRAGON WORLD - A POP-UP GUIDE TO THESE SCALED BEASTS (2007), paper engineer Keith Moseley.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #keithmoseley #milivojceran #skipskwarek #dragon #dragons #harrynabrams #abramsbooks #booksky
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This is who runs this account
MAGNIFICENT MILAN (2015), paper engineer Dario Cestaro. Front cover.
A Movable Book a Week: MAGNIFICENT MILAN (2015), paper engineer Dario Cestaro.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #dariocestaro #francalugato #milan #architecture #marsiliopopup #marsilioeditori #booksky
A time-traveling Dr Doom swats Cotton Mather
RIP Sal Buscema, an artist who, like fine wine, only got better with age. salspittle.tumblr.com
Go, read: This interview by Steven Heller with Jarrett Dapier
Abstract design of lines, circles, semi-circles, triangles, and squares
Systems check.
#sketckbook #prismacolor08 #abstractart
Thanks, Sylvie! I had to focus on in-print books, so the list on my website is more fulsome. I wish the International section were larger, but Bookshop’s inventory doesn’t include too many non-US titles.
I've started a shop on @bookshop.org for @comicschicago.bsky.social
A Movable Item a Week: ANOMALISA - MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE LP by CARTER BURWELL(2015), paper engineer Alan Hynes. Front cover.
A Movable Item a Week: ANOMALISA - MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE LP by CARTER BURWELL(2015), paper engineer Alan Hynes. Gatefold pop-up of two adjacent hotel beds.
A Movable Item a Week: ANOMALISA - MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE LP by CARTER BURWELL(2015), paper engineer Alan Hynes.
#movableaweekin2026 #movableitems #popupitems #paperengineering #anomalisa #alanhynes #carterburwell #charliekaufman #lakeshorerecords #mondo #lp #vinyl #vinylsky #musicsky
Captain Nice, with logo
Captain Nice will return in Avengers: Dooomsday
MONET - THE POP-UP BOOK (2024), paper engineering Blossom Books LLC.
A Movable Book a Week: MONET - THE POP-UP BOOK (2024), paper engineering Blossom Books LLC.
#movableaweekin2026 #movablebooks #popupbooks #paperengineering #blossombooksllc #claudemonet #monet #katharinahaderer #artinaeffaga #art #impressionism #blossombooks #prestel #booksky
