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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 25/09/2026

Where I tell the story about how I lost an expensive tooth and a family of fungi who was living under it. It includes 🍄, 🍆 & of course 🦷. 👨‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️🧑🏽‍⚕️🧑🏽‍⚕️ 9 out of 10 dentists recommend chewing gum without sugar and a Mundo Mendo membership. www.mundomendo.com/aholeinmyjaw/

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 18/07/2026

An afternoon strolling the 'Tokyo's Champs-Élysées' backstreets, observing humans and guessing their lives as I walked. www.mundomendo.com/aoyama-fla...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 18/06/2026

There's a new village coming to Amsterdam called ZUDO: Applying a line claire style (no vectors) DNCO in London commissioned me to draw it, full of references to what used to be my home city. It was a challenging but fun job. See the whole thing on LuisMendo.com or on zudo.amsterdam

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 14/06/2026

📚I'm running low on Mundo Mendo Book One copies. The limited edition of 1000 (numbered and signed) will not be reprinted ever again so order if you wanted one. Book Two comes out in October. MundoMendo members get all books automagically 👀. Thanks to all members and those who bought the book alread

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 09/06/2026

True Grit did a great job recreating watercolors for the digital age. I helped with hands-on direction, ideas and of course the visuals for the shop. I drew these while they built the brushes. PS, Procreate and Affinity. 20% off this week. www.truegrittexturesupply.com

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 03/06/2026

Today’s reason to mourn is that Peter Sellers never got to make The Phantom vs. The Fourth Reich, where he had been cast to play three characters — the Phantom, Hitler, and Hitler's son — by his own choosing. 1972 was something else.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 27/05/2026

Updating the OS because your connection is slow might be like throwing matches to put out a fire. 66 days remaining.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 05/05/2026

🎙️🎧 What an honor. Giuseppe Castellano, art director, illustrator, educator, and a titan of the industry interviewed me for his Illustration Dept pod. We talked shop, life & naked! illustrationdept.com/idpodcast Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0An1... Apple Pods podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/t...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 03/04/2026

Thanks everyone for your enormous support. Paper Boat reached out, apologized and paid me for the license to use the drawing. It's so sad that we have to do this shaming for something that is ours. Never let them steal from you, artists deserve better.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 25/03/2026

About Joann Sfar's book 'La Vie Dessinée' and how his work for drawing makes me draw too. www.mundomendo.com/adrawnlife/

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 20/03/2026

I have decided to make an open edition of my most popular personal project. The Homestayer covers were only printed in a limited edition of 50 A3 size, but this time we are making them in A2 size for you. Available now on handsomeprovisions.com/collec... Thank you.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 19/03/2026

I have been given the chance to play with a @remarkable Paper Pro tablet and I'm loving it. A few brushes to choose from (colour and texture were added in Procreate) and a non reflective screen that looks and feels like paper, but digital. The best of all: no notifications or distractions.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 10/03/2026

Lovely review of the MundoMendo Book One (in Dutch) by my friend Kristof Devos devoskristof.substack.com/p/b...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 04/03/2026

Imagine a newsletter subscription that includes also a yearly book. Something you could lick (not sure it'll taste good though, but you could!). A nicely printed object, fully made in Japan. From today, ALL MundoMendo members get the books (a 30 euro value) for free. www.mundomendo.com

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 01/03/2026

All newsletters should be crafted with the knowledge that one day they'd become chapters in a book. This is why I take my time between updates to www.mundomendo.com

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 24/01/2026

Nothing comes easy and certainly not in comics. A very real fight between me and my work. www.mundomendo.com/aneternalf...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 10/01/2026

The best way to make people stop staring at their phones is to make the world more beautiful. Smile often, make books, make prints, play music, draw pictures, design beautiful furniture, etc. www.mundomendo.com/books/

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 09/01/2026

Adrian HoganとLuis Mendoによる「PauseDraw × MD PRODUCT Sketch Night」開催!ドリンク片手に気軽にスケッチを楽しむワークショップ。初心者も大歓迎。1月26-27日18:00-19:30、SPACE D9 GALLERYにて。参加費5,500円(ワンドリンク付)、各回20名限定。 md-product.com/blogs/news/s...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 09/01/2026

Join us for "PauseDraw × MD PRODUCT Sketch Night" with Adrian Hogan and Luis Mendo! Relax with drinks while sketching in a fun, casual atmosphere. All levels welcome. Jan 26-27, 6-7:30 PM at SPACE D9 GALLERY. ¥5,500 (drink included), 20 spots per session. md-product.com/blogs/news/s...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 05/12/2025

I have so many questions

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 26/11/2025

To everyone who ordered a MundoMendo BOOK ONE: we are pushing today and tomorrow to get them all shipped! Please be patient.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 24/11/2025

My friend Alex took these the other day in the time others spend looking at our phones. Magician! www.alexabian.com

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 16/11/2025

On today’s @elpais.com this scene illustrating an article about the amount of city folks choosing to move to the countryside. Having done the move myself recently, I knew I wanted to express the awkwardness it meant for an urban family like us to adapt. elpais.com/eps/2025-11-...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 13/11/2025

Finally found the time to update the book page. www.mundomendo.com/books/

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 25/10/2025

Darlings. The book is almost here. Last week we visited the printers and checked how they were coming along. Preorder here: www.mundomendo.com/books/

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 25/10/2025

Slice of my life as seen from the @moodcamera.bsky.social app lense

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 12/10/2025

＊NEW BOOK ALERT＊ This beauty is being printed as we speak (the pictured is a mockup): 272 full colour pages with the best stories from the Mundo Mendo website. Foreword by @craigmod.com Presale is open at MundoMendo.com/books Become a SEMIBOLD (or BOLD Member) to get it for free. 🚚 Shipping s

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 29/09/2025

Just found out there are only TWO copies of this limited edition zine I made with pal @adehogan of our last trip to Seoul. It was a limited edition of 100 so thanks to the 98 people who bough it! www.luismendo.com/booksshop/p...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 15/09/2025

I am busy working on the first MundoMendo.com book, handling all aspects of the process from writing and drawing to design and printing but it’s the support of the MundoMendo members what made this possible. Bunkobon sized & printed in Japan. The cover is just a mockup. Will change.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 25/08/2025

😳 Made a final selection of stories for the 1st printed book version of MundoMendo and it’s going to be 276 pages!

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 06/08/2025

I asked Anthropic’s Claude a simple question and it got very close to say they were doing something illegal. Read the whole here claude.ai/share/8afdb5...

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 01/08/2025

For those who haven't joined MundoMendo.com yet (well, also for the ones who did), the book is in the making. You know: paper, bound pages, inks… the works.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 29/06/2025

I have created a few random Mr Mendos to illustrate the homepage of www.MundoMendo.com They will rotate and populate the home randomly every few weeks. Thanks for the magic programming skills to @jakegiltsoff who does a wonderful job generously assisting me with these things 💛

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 12/06/2025

Have you ever experienced the horror of having the muses breaking up with you? I bet you have, it's part of being a creative. It would make me happy if you would print out one of these panels and hang it to your mirror (or above your desk) to cheer you up. www.mundomendo.com/mymuseleftme

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 01/06/2025

Once a year, it's good to remind myself how going solo was the best decisions of my life. 20 years to date

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 28/04/2025

If you ever planned to move houses, do a simple A to B and don't add more houses into the mix. A brief update of how my little family and I made the jump outside of Tokyo. And how is it going. www.mundomendo.com/moved

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 24/04/2025

Issue 2 of The Illustrated is up. All Japanese illustrators this time. pencilbooth.com/takes/90d44b0a-0a8c…

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 23/04/2025

*New Work* In the latest issue of Saga Magazine in the UK, you can find this illustrations about elderly abuse.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 20/04/2025

Issue 1 of The Illustrated is out, highlighting the work of @katherinelam.bsky.social @jenniferdionisio.com and Cristina Estanislao pencilbooth.com/takes/c89a408d-0d2c…

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 18/04/2025

I just launched a free service to discover illustration talent. Handpicked with an art director's eye, unbiassed and including direct links to the artists so you can immediately contact / commission them. theillustrated.org

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 15/04/2025

After our move outside of Tokyo, I had to give up my studio. As a way to honor it and my time there, I wanted to have a good record of the space. www.mundomendo.com/odetomytokyostud…

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 13/04/2025

Things happen when you go out in Tokyo to buy bread, hoping to get ideas for a comic: serendipity, birds and bread have interesting ways of intertwining. www.mundomendo.com/thedayiwentsearc…

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 01/04/2025

A blast. Caro Carrowack book was launched last weekend at the wonderful Dover Street Market Ginza with a party filled with wonderful (and stylish!) people. Very grateful to author @djbradfield, the great DSMG (stars!) and everyone who showed up and bought the book. THANK YOU. Photos by Alex Abian

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 27/03/2025

Next to the book, records and merch, we had these beauties made for us and can’t believe how alive they feel

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 27/03/2025

Finally we got our hands on the finalized RECORD and BOOK, these images don't come close to how pretty they turned out. To be launched officially this weekend at Dover St Market in Tokyo, now Caro Carrowack is finally alive. Thank you @djbradfield.bsky.social for allowing me to work on this.

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 23/03/2025

I added 3 copies of this –sold out & out of print– catalogue of my Seoul Mundo Mendo exhibition from my personal stash. www.luismendo.com/booksshop/p/mundo…

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 18/03/2025

And this is why giving your work to the bros will never work on your favor

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