One of the few perks of working in academia is being able to invite one's friends and/or creative idols to come to campus as visiting artists. I would have to classify the wildly talented Joe Biel as both friend and creative idol. Man, can Joe draw. His work is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing, strangely bleak, yet always tinged with humor. In person, Joe is hilarious and completely down to earth—totally unassuming given his talent, impeccable taste, brilliant imagination and ridiculously comprehensive knowledge of art. He defies the model of aloof, obnoxious, egomaniacal, too-cool-for-school artist. In addition, he's an ace at drawing old school Ironman, so he's always welcome in Iain's art studio.
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