Year: 2003

Here’s a quickie little illustration I did for baseball’s new “King of Cork.”https://www.spudart.org/chicagocubs/sammy I say good for Sammy. It makes baseball more interesting. Coaches stealing signs, pitchers doctoring up balls, players corkin bats. Say, we need a good spitball pitcher…

Matt: “at the top of the tribune tower yelling down at people”Kara: “on top of the world, looking down”Matt: “because we live on a globe, wherever you are, you are on top of the world.” from IM conversation with kara.

A typical day for Thomas Jefferson started early, because, in his own words, “Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.” He told of a fifty-year period in which the sun had never caught him…

The coca-cola company has released a new soda pop drink called Tropical Sprite Remix. It’s a clear liquid reminiscent of Crystal Clear Pepsi and has a berry taste that is much better than Pepsi Blue. On the bottle it says…

On Vitner’s Pretzel Superthins appears a mascot called “Vinnie” playing a pretzel trumpet. Vinnie strikes an uncanny resemeblance to an illustration I did for General Electric’s phone accessories in 2000. What is it with generic cartoon red sunglasses, and gloves…

Placed in parking lot poles, downtown curbs, and newspaper boxes

Placed at public sculptures, bridge crossing gates, and CTA seats

A sheet to promote the weekly html email newsletter sent out to newspapers editors. The Voices and Viewpoints newsletter contains allows editors to sample the top commentators every week. A challenge to include all this body copy, long headline, and…

The week of taking photos is finally over. I went totally berzerko taking photos… 2025 to be exact. I found out last night that if I sign up as a professional “stringer” that I can submit 50 photos, instead of…

Here’s the most complete list of bowling teams names on the internet: * The King Pins * The Gutter Gals * Lickity Splits * The Misfits * High Rollers * The Pickups * Spare Me * Split Ends * Holy…

I design better when I’m hungry. If i just ate something, I can’t design. But when I haven’t eaten anything in a while, I can design much better. Why is that?

First a giant squid attacks Chicago and now giant french fries?(1) (2) (3) On the Pioneer Court next to the Tribune Tower, Equitable Building and Chicago River on Michigan Ave in Chicago are a bunch of new public art sculptures…

I got my measuring wheel today. It was fun running around work measuring distances. It’s 200 feet around the building. So that means it would take 26 laps to do one mile. I’m half a football field from tom’s desk.…

How many hours old are you? I turned 10,000 hours old this past April 7th! I’ve got a couple friends who are nearing the billion seconds mark! Let’s say you are a billionaire. You have acquired your wealth by receiving…

“With large umbrellas, come large responsibilities”Quote by me on the Angieblog

Yesterday as I was going home from working out, I was thinking to myself, “what if I fall down the stairs with my water bottle? Hmmm, i would just drop the bottle in order to brace myself.” Then about 30…

Erik brought up a good point of that there is no ongoing list of retired baseball players. I posted a comment on the

Where is croquet popular? Check out this map of where official croquet clubs are located.

Placing eyeballs in public, transforming normal objects into faces. This is the first of what may be more to come.

Ever lay a coin on the ground and see watch people’s reactions? Why not put a sticker on the back with a word to peak the finder’s curiosity. Or even better yet, use a combination of words so when the…

For lisa’s birthday. i got her the napping book, some spongebob squarepeants coloring books (cuz we were looking for some a couple and could not find any cuz lisa and her sister wanted to color). And i got her a…

I just bought a measuring wheel online. i’m gonna measure all the grassy areas downtown and make a map. A little art project. The map will also have names for each of the areas. (names that i’ll make up). Like…

On this half and half creamer from Land O’ Lakes, the “Mini-Moo’s” is possessive, indicating that Mini-Moo is a person and this creamer is his/her creamer. WHO IS MINI-MOO?Once again, idea brought on by the amazing Dave

What if the earth had no land? Could it be a pure ball of water floating in outer space? Would it need some sort of iron core to hold it together?Dave’s amazing orb of magical powers from his trackball inspires…

These pieces appear in the 2003 Graphic USA Design Annual. Collaboration with Lola creators, Steve Dickenson and Todd Clark to create banner ads to appear in Editor & Publisher’s email newsletter for newspaper editors. Client: Tribune Media Services: News &…

Because of my passion for helping other artists, I started an organization that connects Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) art alumni and students. I created a web site for members to stay in contact, post their art and share resources. Over…

woo, i just got back from the library. I picked up the tax forms. Then I went to carsons to get a tablecloth and they were having a sale! So i got 40% off this nice silver tablecloth. I’m not…

And you thought that squid caught off antartica was huge? Killer squid found living in Chicago RiverBy Matt Maldre, freelance reporter4/3/2003 Immediately after the news of the Colossal Squid found in the sub-Antarctic Ross Sea, an even larger squid was…

A good friend bought me something from amazon.com, but the wrong item shipped. Now I’m sending it back, and they will send me the correct item. I thought I’d have some fun with it, and leave them a sticky-note with…

yes, i did do stuff with my april fool’s stuff on april fool’s day. I placed my remote control rat on the ground while hiding behind the corner when our copywriter maureen was filling her cup at the water cooler.…

I was gonna get myself measured for my brother’s wedding, but the tux store was closed on sunday.