Paul Madonna

Work

Selected Drawings

Pen-and-ink on paper, 2000–present

All Over Coffee

Weekly pen-and-ink comic strip published in the San Francisco Chronicle, 2000–2017. Each strip pairs an intricate architectural drawing with a fragment of language — overheard conversation, interior monologue, or a single observation.

Untitled (Mission District)

Pen and ink on paper·2004

Untitled (Noe Valley)

Pen and ink on paper·2008

Untitled (Castro)

Pen and ink on paper·2012

City Studies

Standalone architectural drawings made on location across San Francisco and other cities. These works focus on the geometry of the built environment — facades, thresholds, the play of light on surfaces.

Rooftops, Potrero Hill

Pen and ink on paper·2015

Storefront, Valencia Street

Pen and ink on paper·2016

Corner, 24th and Guerrero

Pen and ink on paper·2017

Praise

"Madonna's drawings are among the most quietly beautiful things published in an American newspaper."

The New York Times

"A singular voice in American comics — part architect, part poet."

The Comics Journal

"All Over Coffee captures something essential about urban solitude."

San Francisco Chronicle

"Madonna has invented a new form — not quite comic strip, not quite prose poem, not quite architectural drawing, but something that borrows from all three."

Publishers Weekly

Paul Madonna

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