The cartoons, diagrams and visual side-eyes that accompany The Modern Hermit. Choose a subject or browse the latest sketches. Every image opens the article it belongs to.
Latest sketches
Choir of God (2025): a fake hymn that hits like history in Seoul
The World of Love (2025): Teen Kisses, Adult Damage, Export Wins
Once We Were Us (2025): Love, Time Jumps and Greyscale Mood
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2025): Seoul vs UK Cinema
Avatar 4 and 5: The Box Office Decides How Pandora Ends
Thinking vs Belief: Silicon Brains, Ancient Souls, Same Mess
Trump’s 24-Hour ‘Peace Plan’ Is Fast Surrender – Ukraine – Civil War Rehearsal At Home
AGI Fever: Quantum Choices in a Trillionaire VR Cage
AI Is Not Magic Yet – It Is a Turbocharged Parrot
Smart AI? No – Just Leaderboards, Hype, and Panic Buttons
AI as a translator, and a toll booth for everything else
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Cinema’s 3D Progress Report: Zero
Code Red, Code Green: Altman, Google, AGI and the IQ Myth
Social Networks Are Rental Flats for Your Opinions Only
The Old Woman with the Knife (2025): Korean cinema is booming, UK cinemas keep flinching
