The Philadelphia City Paper has a nice new story about artist/graphic novelist Aaron Birk. An excerpt:

“…the circle of life – death, karma, regeneration – maintains a tight orbit around Birk’s worldview. And for the Maryland-native artist whose hands are rough from working with the earth, the end always justifies the means. ‘If you can just say thank you and be grateful,’ he says in a radio-ready voice stifled slightly by the city’s sudden frost, ‘your whole world opens up. How am I going to use my day? How am I going to use that minute?’

“Birk, who seems equal parts Buddhist, ecologist and unrelenting optimist, has plans for his minute.”

Read the whole story here.