Alex Heberling

I came across something I found really interesting while working at the library recently. It was an illustration ad for “Shredded Wheat Biscuits” (the forerunners of our beloved Frosted Mini-Wheats) from Heartst’s Chicago American, dated December 9th, 1900. Alongside some nice illustrations of shredded wheat and recipes for suggested servings was the following:

“Send This Greeting: [...]

Corner on Main is a non-linear interactive webcomic. I wanted to take a single block of about 15 minutes, and tell many different stories that all happen in that same short period of time. The comic’s title is that of the convenience store around which all the stories take place; one vignette [...]

Just as a note of interest, I updated the website with a bio and contact pages.  I came down with a cold last weekend as I was finishing my most recent comic project, so now that I’m essentially done working on it, I’m trying to let myself relax and get out of the “I have [...]

My newest website work is called The Great American Customer Challenge.  Having worked in the service industry since the age of fifteen, I have been witness to the sometimes appalling behavior of my consumer peers, and thus I wanted to create a choose-your-own-adventure game that would help the average person learn how to be a [...]

This quarter has been extremely busy for me.  When your life in college is divided up by semesters and quarters, it’s straining when one quarter goes smoothly and the next keeps your nose pressed so hard to the grindstone that it’s rubbed raw.  Despite only having classes three consecutive days a week, it seems like [...]