Random
Illustrated Facts: A Collection of Curious, Weird, and Totally Not Boring
Things to Know - Mike Lowery (Workman Publishing)
Some my favorite books growing up was the series of
list collections under the title of The
Book of Lists which collected seemingly random list of a wide range of
factoids. That could be the basis of why I found Mike Lowery’s collection Random Illustrated Facts: A Collection of
Curious, Weird, and Totally Not Boring Things to Know so entertaining.
Rather than doing things in list form, Lowery has
created a series of fun facts that he illustrates with his own unique illustration
style. Not an artist in a classical sense of that word, Lowery practices the
magical craft of doodling with a clear cut sense of humor.
Humor is at the heart of this wonderful collection of
did you know style facts. Lowery got started on this random facts path more for
his own amusement than for entertaining an audience. After collecting dozens of
these fact doodles in notebook after notebook, he started sharing them online
and found there was a market for his artistic style.
Lowery injects a little organization into his
randomness, breaking down Random
Illustrated Facts into categories including: history, animals, food,
science space, and the random, everyday things. This makes for the perfect
break from the everyday or when you just need a little fun.
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