Highlights from 2022

It’s been a whole, wild year since we shared our highlights from 2021. We had so many high points from this past year — it’s hard to sum them all up but we’ll try.

We drew Tessa Thompson, George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Ann Hathaway, Roger Federer, Jake Tapper, Cecily Strong, Alton Brown and Paul Giamatti. We strategized on movies, fast cars, vodka, Oreos, clothing brands, Trident, Verizon, tourism and Target. There were crazy special effects sequences. As if that’s not enough, we worked with Marc Forster, Coca-Cola, AMC, Chevron, and John Krasinski! When Joe was a boy in a comic book store, he never could have imagined a year like this.

We wished for more collaboration — and we got it. We were involved in amazing projects with incredible directors, producers, agencies and companies, and so many of them wanted a partner, not just a pair of hands. That’s where we shine brightest!

To celebrate another year, here’s a recap of 2022 by the numbers:

4 – pages of Joe’s origin story for Gemstone Publishing

14 – Contractors engaged to support our clients’ best outcomes

10 – blog posts (we love sharing with you!)

10 – times Joe’s arms were almost too sore to work (he’s hitting the weights, hard!)

100 – caricatures of politicians (all very well received!)

1 – new offering created! (Storytelling, Storyboards, and Short Films for Special Events)

36 – Instagram posts (follow us here!)

6 – ideas on how we can be united instead of divided

10 – minutes per week the continued tea vs. Bustelo debate unavoidably occurs

7 – scary storyboard situations to run from

9 – tips Joe shared with those looking to pursue a creative career

85 – times we thought we knew what was going to happen in White Lotus Season 2, and then got surprised

3 – Super Bowl commercials

12 – Creatives Roundtable sessions that kept us on track

100+ – total clients (We love them all!)

Crazy amount of times we went on and on about the benefits of collaboration.

To all our new partners, our treasured, ongoing partners, and our collaborators, we want to say thank you. We are so fortunate to be in a pool of such talented people doing what we love.

We love helping our clients bring stories to life! We are looking forward to a 2023 filled with variety — more agencies, more companies, more conceptual development, and even more politician drawings.

Here’s to a beautiful 2023 for all!