Brian McMullen is an artist and writer who lives and works in Bayview, San Francisco. He was the lead art director and a senior editor at McSweeney's for many years, until 2014. His work as a designer, art director, and editor of books and magazines has received an array of industry awards, and has been collected & selected for exhibition by institutions including the Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), MoMA, AIGA, and Walker Art Center.