“The 'face' magazine in London called on me to illustrate an article for them concerning organically based drugs that enhance basic brain function: smart drugs. Drugs that you ingest, thereby significantly improving your brainpower. The idea was to feature our amazing wet noodle (the brain) and show a transformation from a brain you can hold in the palm of your hand (a pea brain) to a megabrain; a brain so large in it's power, that you would have to transport it on a flatbed truck. The gentlemen in the lower left corner underline the transformation: from neandertal to chic and intelligent modern man with the amazing and simple procedure of ingesting these new, modern, contemporary, completely safe and smart drugs.” (John Hersey)

Technical background:

HW: Mac II, Sharp Scanner
SW: Adobe Photoshop

John Hersey was born in 1954 and attended the Capilano Community College, Vancouver, Canada. 1974 he became a professional cartoonist and later attended the Art Center College of Design in California. 1984 he became a free-lance illustrator, 1989-90 he taught illustration related topics at California College of Arts and Crafts.