Jar of Fools Jar of Fools Jar of Fools is a once-weekly comic strip by Jason Lutes that was compiled, first into a two-part anthology, and then a graphic novel. The work has received praise from "The New York Times Book Review", "Spin", "Wired", and acclaimed comics creator Chris Ware. "Jar of Fools" is the story of a tormented magician named Ernie Weiss (likely based on Harry Houdini, whose name was originally Ehrich Weiss). His brother, Howard, has died and he has become estranged from his girlfriend, Esther O'Dea. The story of the comic retells Ernie's struggles to get himself back on track
Hans Ehrich Hans Ehrich Hans Ehrich, born 25 September 1942 in Helsinki, Finland, is a Swedish industrial designer. Together with Tom Ahlström he, in 1968, founded A&E Design, a company which Ehrich still (2018) manages. Between 1982 and 2002 he was the CEO of the sister company "Interdesign" in Stockholm. Internationally, he is regarded one of Sweden’s leading product designers, and is referred to as the “Grand Seigneur” of Swedish industrial design. Ehrich is living in Stockholm and Berlin. Hans Ehrich’s mother was the Swedish woman Liten-Karin Sundberg, and his father the German artist Otto Ehrich, who in 1936 emigrated to Finland,