Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words, Niemann claims to have only one trick. The New-York based humorist calls it: "sitting in front of a white piece of paper and thinking, staring and drawing until my head hurts." The end result, often excoriating political commentary, have caused others, in places like the White House for instance, a few headaches. (03.10.06)

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Christoph Niemann

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