Brilliant

Every once in a while a BRILLIANT idea rolls around and I, being the complete opposite of innovative, think to myself, "How did they even think of that?" I guess the world is lucky to have people NOT like me and more like my brother-in-law who has found a conduit for his rather remarkable talent of drawing.

How can I explain this....besides just being amazing at drawing, Jordan has this knack for portraying the type of humor that has an explanation or a story behind it. But he can illustrate this humor with one simple cartoon, and very few words. Seriously, I don't know how he does it. It's like he can take an inside joke, turn it into a drawing, and...people just get it. How does one convey the unfortunate, yet "all you can do is laugh because it's so gross"-fact that my son had terrible acid reflux for the first 3 months of his life...in a hilarious, simple drawing?? Or.. how does one illustrate the rivalry between the U vs. TCU.....using irony at it's finest (which, by the way, was printed on t-shirts and sold at the game) ? Seriously, how does one illustrate irony?! Simly stated: One can't. One must be Jordan haha.

His cartoons can tell jokes. They can tell stories. And, now, they will tell memories. YOUR memories. Brilliant, no? Here's the conduit mentioned above: Jordan wants to illustrate family memories for you to keep forever. Think of how many people/families have these stories they tell over and over, or maybe they're lost deep in their head...almost forgotten, but are preciously humorous, "one you'll never forget," or extremely unique. Why wouldn't you want them made into a little book..and how funny to be able to "see" it happening again..through cartoons/illustrations?

His business is called Offcenter Cartoons, and, as his website explains, he'll do any memory, not just funny ones. He even professionally prints and binds them into a neat little book... so it's all legit and stuff :). But the bottom line is he wants to capture your stories and I think that's a nifty idea. He's already done some for people who are taking advantage of this aweseome GIFT IDEA. So thank you Jordan for your talent, and for being so nice to create a way to keep our memories alive and within the turn of a few pages!