Brian Rea

Brian Rea is a Los Angeles–based artist, illustrator, and author whose work spans books, magazines, murals, fashion, animation, and film. He is the former art director of The New York Times Opinion page and the longtime weekly illustrator for the newspaper’s Modern Love column. Rea is also an adjunct associate professor at ArtCenter College of Design and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale.

His authored and illustrated books include Death Wins a Goldfish, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, and Avoid This. He illustrated Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen, written by James Robinson.