“My work is so personal and so strange that I have to invent my own lexicon for it,” said Bruce McCall in a 2008 TED Talk. He called it “retrofuturism—looking back to see how yesterday viewed tomorrow.” Born in 1935 in Simcoe, Canada, McCall was captivated by comic books and their whimsical drawings. Before his illustrations appeared on the covers of magazines like The New Yorker and National Lampoon, he began his career drawing cars for Ford Motor Company in Toronto, eventually gaining traction as a humorist within the advertising and publishing industries. A new exhibition at the Fuller Building—the first posthumous celebration of his career since his death in 2023—showcases over 60 works from McCall’s estate, pieces that exemplify his retrofuturistic style. His personal archive of notes and sketches is also included. —Maggie Turner