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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 […]
Category Archives: Travel
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ricketts Glen Babymoon!
Everyone needs a Babymoon, a break before your baby comes and your entire life changes. For the better of course, but your life will seriously change. Thats what everyone tells […]
Letter to my unborn child…
First and foremost, Welcome. Welcome to a crazy, and I mean crazy world. But don’t worry, some how, we all have managed to work our way through it, and you […]
365 Sketch Challenge, New Beginnings!
First I want to say how exciting this week has been, with my first Solo Show at Gold Standard Cafe. I met a lot of great people at the opening, […]
Democratic Debate 2015
My thought on this debate.
Shenandoah Bears and Butterflies!
Walking through the wild flowers along the road was like being in the middle of a ticker tape parade, but instead of pieces of paper fluttering around you, it was […]
Shenandoah National Park
A Weekend Escape DC, Baltimore, and Philly wake up, because you have a gorgeous weekend escape way better than the Jersey Shore or the Poconos all together. Literally only an […]
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