Transmitting live from the retro-future! This is your launchpad for art, graphic novels, classic cars, and ambient sound waves—all fused together in a nebula of ink, grease, and inspiration. For terrestrial updates on my art classes and teaching gigs, hit the hyperspace tunnel to MagnumArts.net.
If you’ve ever tried building something meaningful while dodging space debris like doubt, burnout, and distraction meteors—you’ve found your orbit. This is where I share what I’m creating, what’s lifting off, what’s crash-landing, and how I’m navigating the chaos one page, sketch, or starry thought at a time.
A creative life, in all its beautiful mess
Transmissions From the Creative Quadrant
A creative broadcast from somewhere between the sketchbook and the astral plane. One minute. One message. Transmission ends.
Welcome to Magnum Arts
Part sketchbook, time machine, slightly unhinged creative laboratory; I’m a longtime illustrator, storyteller, and art teacher with the soul of a road-tripping cartoonist, a suitcase full of sketchbooks and a deep nostalgia for the good stuff: 1960s muscle cars, vintage sci-fi, and the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. This is where my projects live—graphic novels, moody photo essays, weird little videos, and whatever else I dream up between cups of coffee and classroom chaos. Poke around. See what sticks.
Visit the About Magnum Arts/Mike Lyman page below to learn more…if you dare.
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Creative dispatches, essays, and behind-the-scenes writing