Before society can adopt a radically new idea, it must be imagined and visualized.
This is the job of the storyteller, who often imagines the idea before the inventor can actualize it.
Ex.The ~573 satellites that make your GPS work orbit in the Clarke Orbit — imagined by science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke in 1945, twelve years before anyone had put a satellite into space, and nineteen years before the first satellite made it up there.
— thesis // futurecomics.art // 2026
Anyone can claim to predict the future. I’m interested in how my predictions turn out, and I follow the ideas I put out with rigor.
I don’t
make up
technologies.
// how the work gets made
I only illustrate technologies that already exist — but only in a few rooms on the planet.
My comics imagine what the world looks like when those ideas combine with different sources of data and social contexts, and explore what the world might look like when that technology becomes ubiquitous.
— method // futurecomics.art // 2026
Common
questions.
Asked & answered.
Who are you?
A. I’m Alex Hornstein — inventor, naturalist, teacher, and storyteller.
Are these images AI?
A. No. Every image I produce on this project is done in conjunction with a talented, human artist who I have a creative working relationship with. This process gives a creative, high-quality way to imagine future scenarios that AI creation simply doesn’t come close to.
Can I hire you to do some illustration for me?
A. No.
I want to talk about technology, invention, art, or the future with you. How can I do that?
A. Send me an email at chat <at> futurecomics <dot> art.
to the future.
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