Benjamin Andrew
benfictional.bsky.social
Benjamin Andrew
@benfictional.bsky.social
Digital art and design prof at Penn State.
Sci-fi, comics, websites, etc.
Maybe the least expected movie to find on laser disc?
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Just misread CBS Evening News as CSS Evening News, and that would probably be a better world.
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Just saw this idea extrapolated to AI gov't officials in Ray Nayler's excellent new sci-fi.
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Inspiring cultural/political synergy!
Lucy Dacus performs "Bread and Roses" - the Labor Anthem - at the Inauguration of Zohran Mamdani.
January 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Sans serif is woke now?

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Pantone says enough brown, this year is about WHITE.

Which isn't a *great* look... 😬
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Both NYT and Bon Appetit have popcorn cookies this holiday season. I don't know what this means but it could be important?
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This week is like the super bowel of copywriting every time I open my inbox. It's kind of great seeing who can go the most buck wild promoting bedsheets or whatever.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congrats to Penn State grad students for voting to unionize. 90% voted yes!

radio.wpsu.org/2025-11-13/p...
Penn State grad student workers overwhelmingly vote to form a union
Penn State graduate student workers have overwhelmingly voted to form a union, according to a post on social media by the Coalition of Graduate Students at Penn State.
radio.wpsu.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The GDT Frankenstein should have been a musical.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Man, I'm psyched to see the design and branding of Mamdani's City grocery stores. Must be some fun conversations happening right now.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hell yeah
Divide and concur — this radical plan from 1920, for "lasting peace" after WW1, proposed uniting central Europe into 24 wedge-shaped cantons which would radiate out from Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/unionization-of-central-europe/
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Benjamin Andrew
Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Incredible!
New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
wtf, why is the University of Wisconsin seal a badass magic eye?
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Obsessed with this postmodern kids album of clean up songs. Very effective.
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🎵 Canvas is doooowwwwnnn 🎶
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Shopping for glasses is so funny, like "Here's some that are cheap, but they were designed by a five-year-old!"
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I love these best-of roundtables, and this one has Martha Rosler!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wow, Amazon's got a great deal on this $10,000 pre-owned Macbook Air.
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#Inktober inspired by my favorite mustached cadaver in Vesalius' De Fabrica.
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Found some bottles of coconut Marzen homebrew in the basement from the Before Times (before second child was born)
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New obsession is 19th cen. spirit photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Frankie Focus is New York's mascot for phone-free schools, which is incredible but I feel like the design could have been work shopped a bit more.
September 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM