Ivan Brunetti
                                Ivan Brunetti lives and works in Chicago as a teacher, illustrator, and cartoonist, usually in that order. He is the author of
 Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice and 
Aesthetics: A Memoir, as well as the editor of both volumes of 
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories. His most recent books are 
Wordplay, 
3x4, 
Shapes and Shapes, and 
Comics: Easy as ABC!. His drawings have appeared in the
 New Yorker and 
New York Times, among other publications.