Napkin Dad's Book of Absorbent Ideas

David Horton from the University of Oklahoma alerted me to this inspiring back-of-the-napkin story from the Tulsa World.

Many years ago, then unemployed art director Marty Coleman started to draw simple pictures on the napkins that he included in his daughters' school lunch bags. He found that these disposable miniature artworks not only made his daughters happy with a daily surprise, creating them also helped him get through the hard times.

 

That was ten years ago. He never expected his daughters to keep the napkins, but to his surprise they did. Now his collection is available for all to see and enjoy on Marty's Flickr stream.

It's a great story, and the napkins are magnificent!

Comments

[cialis online]

Everyone has a "favourite" book, and then one day, another book comes along and just blows the other one out of the water, and you have a problem, because now your favourite book isnt so good anymore. Which book was THAT book for you?

[virus classification]

The books are the smartest way of fun, you can learn & enjoy at the same time!!!!!!!

[Anil Menon]

Would it be possible to post sample pages from your upcoming workbook (to be published this fall)?

Thanks

[Marcelo]

Congratulations, for thi great Blog.

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Marcelo

[Marty Coleman]

Hello Dan,
I am the Napkin Dad. Thank you for telling your audience about my napkin drawings.
Congrats on the high Amazon ranking for your book! I find your methods and explanations insightful and workable for so many situations, I wish you continued good luck and wouldn't mind knowing who your agent and publisher are!

[Kare Anderson]

I shared this story with my audience - thanks f

[Mike]

Dan,

You on Twitter.com yet...

Mike

[Darien Gabriel]

Somehow I expected more drawing and less words on your blog. Today's was good! More pics! And why not create the first blog where you can comment by drawing or uploading your own napkin drawings? That idea has to be a copy of your book!