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Paul Madonna

Paul Madonna is the creator of the series All Over Coffee (San Francisco Chronicle 2004-2015), and the author of three books, All Over Coffee (City Lights 2007), Everything is its own reward (City Lights 2011), which won the 2011 NCBR Recognition Award for Best Book, and Close Enough for the Angels, his first full-length, illustrated novel. His drawings and stories have appeared in numerous international books and journals, as well as galleries and museums, including the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Oakland Museum of California. He was the founding Comics Editor for TheRumpus.net, has taught drawing at the University of San Francisco, and frequently lectures on creative practice, even when not asked. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, and was the first (ever!) Art Intern at MAD Magazine (1993-94), for which he proudly received no money. Find more at paulmadonna.com.
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    ALL OVER COFFEE #529

    The thing that scares me about sanity is…

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    All Over Coffee #504

    A beautiful ode to [fictional] writer and artist, Emit Hopper:

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    ALL OVER COFFEE
    #423

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    All Over Coffee #586

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. A free interactive APP of the…

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    All Over Coffee #584

    … All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. A free interactive APP of the second and newest book…

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    All Over Coffee #582

    … All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. A free interactive APP of the second and newest book…

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    All Over Coffee #578

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. A free interactive APP of the…

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    All Over Coffee #576

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna, is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. A free interactive APP of the…

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    Kramers Ergot
    A visual review

    When I think about Kramers Ergot Number Eight, I imagine 1970’s aesthetics, and the Beatles’ album, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). I decided the only way explain in words such impressions of visual stories was to first show…

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    All Over Coffee #574
    Right back at me

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. The second and newest book, Everything is its own…

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    All Over Coffee #573
    Someone asked, so…

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. The second and newest book, Everything is its own…

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    All Over Coffee #571
    Love on the high seas

    Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. The second and newest book, Everything is its own…