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Category Archives: comics

Drawing QB 1: What We Need

A glance at the comics page in the student newspaper …

Posted byMarek01 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, Buck Rogers, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 1: What We Need

Hotel Infinity

“Up ahead in the distance, / I saw a shimmering light…”:

Posted byMarek11 Apr 201414 Nov 2017Posted incomics, mathTags: hotel infinity, infinity, mathLeave a comment on Hotel Infinity

Hotel Infinity: Quiet Hours

You don’t always want to encounter infinity in a strange hotel …

Posted byMarek06 Apr 201413 Oct 2025Posted incomics, Feature, mathTags: David Hilbert, George Gamow, hotel infinity, infinity, math, number theory, paradox, R. L. Moore2 Comments on Hotel Infinity: Quiet Hours

2×2=5 Talkin’ Blues (Video)

Finally, a video version of our earlier all-comics proof … But could it be true? (Can you spot the error?)

Posted byMarek05 Apr 201413 Oct 2025Posted incomics, Feature, math, videoTags: Abraham Lincoln, algebra, Lewis Carroll, math, music, paradox, video, woody guthrie2 Comments on 2×2=5 Talkin’ Blues (Video)

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 1

The first of a finite series of comics adapting Escher’s 1971 essay…

Posted byMarek17 Mar 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: Escher, infinity, math, space, time2 Comments on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 1

Talkin’ 2×2=5 Blues

Are we allowed to do talkin’ blues algebra proofs? ~
If NOT, maybe this is why — here’s one inspired by Lewis Carroll. ~
Goes a little like this…

Posted byMarek16 Mar 201413 Oct 2025Posted incomics, mathTags: Abraham Lincoln, algebra, division, Lewis Carroll, math, multiplication, music, transitive relationLeave a comment on Talkin’ 2×2=5 Blues

“Un Millón de Amigos” (video)

Here’s a video of “Un Millón de Amigos”, performed (and drawn) by my Coffee Camp students at La Hermandad:

Posted byMarek20 Feb 201401 May 2020Posted incoffee camps, Nicaragua, songs, student artwork, videoTags: "un millon de amigos", chori, La Hermandad, Nicaragua, roberto carlos, san ramon, song, video1 Comment on “Un Millón de Amigos” (video)

Ama tu ritmo / Love Your Rhythm (Dario)

A passionate Dario poem with a mathematical pulse …

Posted byMarek23 Jan 201422 Jun 2018Posted inDario, Feature, math, Nicaragua, poemsTags: fractal, love, math, Nicaragua, poem, rhythm, Ruben Dario4 Comments on Ama tu ritmo / Love Your Rhythm (Dario)

“Un Millón de Amigos” (More Verses)

Here are some more verses to Roberto Carlos’s beloved song, as sung/drawn/realized by my students at Ocalca Coffee Camp …

Posted byMarek22 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted incoffee camps, environment, Nicaragua, songs, student artworkTags: "un millon de amigos", birds, ocalca, roberto carlos, singing, student artworkLeave a comment on “Un Millón de Amigos” (More Verses)

“Nicaragua Mia” (Verse 3)

Here is the final verse to Guerra’s famous corrido …

Posted byMarek18 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted incoffee camps, Nicaragua, songs, student artworkTags: "Nicaragua Mia", history, Nicaragua, pirates, privateers, Raphaela Herrera, song, student artwork, Tino Lopez Guerra1 Comment on “Nicaragua Mia” (Verse 3)

“Nicaragua Mia” (Ocalca Camp)

Artwork inspired by the lyrics of “Nicaragua Mia”, as drawn by students & brigadistas…

Posted byMarek13 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted incoffee camps, Nicaragua, songs, student artworkTags: "Nicaragua Mia", camp, coffee, Nicaragua, song, student artwork, Tino Lopez Guerra3 Comments on “Nicaragua Mia” (Ocalca Camp)

A Roosevelt / To Roosevelt 4

“You would need to be, Roosevelt, GOD himself…” (PART 4 OF 4)

Posted byMarek11 Jan 201422 Jun 2018Posted inDario, Nicaragua, poemsTags: Latin America, Nicaragua, religion, roosevelt, Ruben Dario, Theodore RooseveltLeave a comment on A Roosevelt / To Roosevelt 4

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