A Five Star Castle for Mom and Dad
Seeing how my parents were coming out to visit, we felt they needed to have a nice relaxing vacation. My sisters have them running ragged in their 70s; between soccer […]
Duckett’s Grove Anniversary
Celebrating our 4-year wedding anniversary, I am starting to remanence about all the amazing adventures Yvonne and I have had. We have traveled to over 16 countries together, lived in two […]
MichaelBencik.com — One Way Ticket – The Comic
One of the coolest things about traveling for nine months through Asia was has the ability to draw and illustrate a web comic as I went. It allowed me to […]
Sligo and Donegal
There is nothing better than having friends and family come visit form over seas, but like most things in life, when it rains it pours. So we had roughly six […]
MichaelBencik.com, Sketch Book
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic […]
Irish Easter vrs American Easter
So I went out last night to pick up my egg dying kit for Easter , and hit every store that I could find. Would you believe, not one store […]
MichaelBencik.com, Sequential Art
Sequential Art or Comic Art, which is it, and why does it matter. In the end, it really doesn’t. The term Sequential Art was generated to give more weight to […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day in Kilkenny
St. Patricks day this year was a big one for Ireland, because not only was it on a Saturday, but it was also the day of the big rugby match […]
MichaelBencik.com, Illustration Page
Part of the fun of designing a new website about your art is actually digging deep through all your files, finding the art work that not only represents what you […]
My New Website MichaelBencik.com!
So the time has come, after 20 years, to create a new web site showcasing some of my best art and stories. For those of you who do not know […]
Concrete Love Affair
Its funny how a simple question can lead you down the path of so many interesting things. We were at a pub in Baile Na Ngall Beag, and there was […]
Torture and Beer in Bruges
You can’ t talk about Bruge, and Belgium in general, without talking about beer. The first recorded beer was sold in 1861, but as soon as man figured out […]
The Rest of Eternity In Bruges!
When choosing a place to visit, a lot of things can influence you; sun or snow, pyramids or temples, even party holidays. Its not too often that you choose a […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Leighlinbridge, Ireland A small village on the River Barrow with one of Ireland’s oldest bridges crossing it. The valerian-bearded bridge was built in 1320. The Black Castle was originally […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Waking up in the lovely Royal Budapest Hotel is nice, but we really wanted a to see the city from our window, not the atrium. We were in the modern […]
The Urania Theater, Budapest’s Movie Palace
I love missions when I travel. To look for a comic store, special souvenir, or even to get cold medicine can brings you to areas well off the tourist map. […]
Budapest’s Cafés
Budapest is famous for its café scene, and Hungarians had a love affair with coffee far longer than most other European countries. The Turks brought it over in the 1600s […]
Back to Budapest
Ha, what a feeling, to head back to Budapest. It had always been my dream to come here, as I got older in years, yearning for a connection to a […]
An Expat in Ireland
What can I say; I jumped ship and headed to the Emerald Isle. With my wife’s career break reaching an end, it seemed like a no brainer to give Ireland […]
St. Patty or St. Paddy?
America is hilarious for their wild festivals, and St. Patrick’s Day is one of the biggest now. It’s no surprise, what with the amount of Irish that have left […]
