“Brainstorming” (Non Sequitur, June 5, 2025) By Wiley Miller

“Brainstorming” (Non Sequitur, June 5, 2025)
By Wiley Miller (1951-)
8.5 x 14 in., ink on heavy paper
Coppola Collection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Miller

In 1991, Wiley launched his popular Non Sequitur strip, eventually syndicated to 700 newspapers as well as published on Go Comics and distributed via email. The strip oscillates between one-panel commentary and stories with recurring characters. Although I have tended towards collecting the art from his more politically pointed editions, the artistry on this particular day really attracted me. I do not ever recall Wiley going with rough pencil sketches of anything, before, which made this choice to depict the young brainstormers as stick figures scribbles such a compelling way to make a point that, I think, could only be made less effectively any other way. I'll stick a copy of the published version here, too… the contrast is so cool.

A reminder - Wiley composes these to be able to be cropped as a horizontal or vertical format (see additional images).