My half-comic strip, half-self-help book Proverbs For The Painfully Aware has been published on Lulu.com. It is a book of eighteen proverbs written to give humanity a quick boost of serotonin, accompanied by eighteen demented drawings that suck it back out again. Described by many as both “Heartwarming” and “Sick,” it’ll be sure to pep up [...]

Late 2009 brought Transistor to Andersonville, up north in Chicago. The shop is cozy and loaded with great things to buy: Books, Music, Art, Electronics and more. The owners enjoy talking about their wares, as they choose them with care and taste. Even the walls get in on the fun, turning the shop into a [...]

A curious mixture of the adorable and the horrible, the sad and strange drawings of BRHischier are appearing for a limited time as a series of Christmas cards at Transistor Chicago. Finding inspiration from the dismal state of the lonely world, BRHischier evokes a wan smile and a warm heart, all at the same time. [...]

The writings here at Readable By Machines are by BRHischier and are updated at least a couple times a week. The writings fall into a couple main categories: Japes & Jests, Writing & Art, and This Amusing Life. They are short, slightly-polished, and indicative, one hopes, of what one can expect in his longer works, published elsewhere or not [...]