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The Bloke with the Highlighter: How I Learned to Write Gooder.
Hell's Kitchen, Thursday. 6:40am. My copy of Strunk & White is propping up the short leg of the drafting table, which is the most use it’s had in…
Aug 21
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DMA#53: "Don't Call It a Recap" with Austin Kleon
Drawing Anything with Austin on his new book "Don't Call It Art"
Jun 12
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Austin Kleon
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👉 Start here! Welcome to New York Cartoons!
Illustrated stories about city life from a New Yorker Cartoonist & Comedian
Oct 14, 2020
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Bathe yourself in boredom...
Jun 26
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Silencing the Court Jesters.
Jan 5, 2025
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DMA#37: How to Survive Farting At The Queen (and Why Hippos are Murder Potatoes)
Mar 9
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Jason Chatfield
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Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)
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Kissing The Ring
Jan 8, 2025
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Why Hanlon’s Razor is the Only Thing Keeping Me from screaming into a Pillow
Feb 17
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How to make a living drawing pictures in a world that keeps updating its software while you’re still installing the last update?
Oct 21, 2025
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Jason Chatfield
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Marginalia & Meisterstücks: Backstage at the Comedy Cellar with Neil deGrasse Tyson
On the existence of aliens, the myth of the platypus, and why you should never use the word "marginalia" in front of the world's most famous scientist.
May 25
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#66: IP Theft Is Huge in the Moth Community
Recorded Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Sep 3
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The Magician, the Bird, & Me.
Three performers explain how they make a living in the arts. One of them has a puppet.
Sep 1
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You Always End Up Where You're Meant To Be.
Columbus Comedy Festival Diary: Day 1.
Aug 29
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#65: "I'll tell you someone who's not discussing the ins-and-outs of pigeon divorce: a dentist in Westchester."
Recorded Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Aug 28
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Columbus, I'm Coming Back for Seconds
Ohio, Take Two.
Aug 28
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Jason Chatfield
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Drawn to NYC Stories
My first time Hosting AND Drawing the same show...
Aug 27
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DMA#55: Paid to be in trouble with Avi Steinberg
Draw Me Anything with Avi Steinberg, gatecrashed by Tom Toro
Jul 29
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Jason Chatfield
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Avi Steinberg
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Tom Toro
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Don't Forget - DMA#55 with Special Guest Avi Steinberg, Feat. Tom Toro!
12:30pm EDT tomorrow (Monday, 27th July) - Tune in FREE!
Jul 26
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DMA#54: The Kindest Cut with Josh Gondelman
Four Emmys, one viral Twitter account, and the case against being the meanest person in the room.
Jul 15
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Jason Chatfield
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Josh Gondelman
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DMA#54 with Josh Gondelman: Tues @ 12:30pm:
How to be funny without being a monster about it.
Jul 13
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Jason Chatfield
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DMA#53: "Don't Call It a Recap" with Austin Kleon
Drawing Anything with Austin on his new book "Don't Call It Art"
Jun 12
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Jason Chatfield
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Austin Kleon
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🗒️ SKETCHBOOKS
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Sketchbook: Strangers Are Easy
Back to work, whatever that means now.
Aug 18
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Sketchbook: Overheard at the Comedy Cellar
Eavesdrawing in NYC. First published in the New Yorker (2022)
Aug 16
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Jason Chatfield
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4th of July on the Jersey Shore
I’d never once been to the Jersey Shore— all I’d ever heard about it was there was something called a Snooki and that it had great scallops. And lots of…
Jul 2
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Sketchbook: Stooping in New York City
...and the morbid pandemic-era sidewalk game of "Fled or Dead".
May 3
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Comedy Sketchbook: The Sounds and Sights of Hasbrouck Heights w/Chris Redd, Sean Morton, & Melted Diner "Cheese."
A 9 year-old Journal Entry from a New Jersey road gig at Bananas Comedy Club
Apr 10
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Process Junkie
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The Key Habit of the World’s Greatest Artists
Plus! A big announcement of an upcoming guest on Draw Me Anything...
Jun 6, 2025
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Jason Chatfield
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What I Learned About Trusting the Process from Ross Barkan's "Glass Century" Launch
On the value of grounding stories in specific details.
May 28, 2025
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Jason Chatfield
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Artist VS AI: I went head-to-head ChatGPT for 30 minutes straight...
DMA#8: The Great AI Flop: Artist vs. Algorithm
May 15, 2025
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AI Really Is Coming For Artists
What the new WEF report tells us about the impending AI-induced bedlam.
May 13, 2025
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Jason Chatfield
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Thinking In Watercolour w/special guest Jessie Kanelos Weiner!
DMA#7: Learning from mistakes in watercolour & drawing dogs
May 9, 2025
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Jason Chatfield
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Jessie Kanelos Weiner
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📫 WEEKLY EMAILS
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471. Pizza on the Fire Escape, Drawing Dogs in the West Village & Stooping in NYC
Plus! An Award Nomination for Ya Boy, The Original Improv, An Epic Post for Tomorrow, & Morris finds the perfect pillow...
May 11
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470. Michigan Comedy Diaries, The Jetsons in NYC & 'The Shit is Out Of The Horse...'
Plus! Sarah Elizabeth Hill, A Waking Up Sketchbook, & A throwback to Morris with a tiny squishface
Apr 24
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Jason Chatfield
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469. The Met Review Launch in NYC, No Kings March, & A New Jersey Comedy Sketchbook
Plus! AI, Eggs and Humanity, A Zillion DMA Episodes, & King Morris gets his own Throne...
Apr 7
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468. A Triple-DMA Week, Lectures on Tap in NYC, Emily Flake Is Officially Funny & Comedy in Michigan!
Plus! Mort has a birthday, MoCCaFest 2026, & Morris gets
Mar 20
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467. My Style Guide, A Graphite Anchor, Pulped Books, Margreet DeHeer, A Literary Reading at a KGB Bar, & AI Rulings in the Supreme Court!
Plus! My talks with Sarah Hill and Jenny Lawson, & of course, Morris.
Mar 10
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Is There Something In This?
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#65: "I'll tell you someone who's not discussing the ins-and-outs of pigeon divorce: a dentist in Westchester."
Recorded Thursday, August 27th, 2026
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Jason Chatfield
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#64: The Champagne Opened Itself
Aug 20
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Jason Chatfield
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#63: Every Liquid Is Gross
We're back with another episode!
Jul 27
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#62: Knicks in Five
It's been a minute, but we're back with another episode!
Jul 15
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#61: Special New Yorker 100th Anniversary Episode: Our Top 4 Favourite Cartoons of All Time & Our New Book!
Feb 18, 2025
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☕️ LONG READS
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The Bloke with the Highlighter: How I Learned to Write Gooder.
Hell's Kitchen, Thursday. 6:40am. My copy of Strunk & White is propping up the short leg of the drafting table, which is the most use it’s had in…
Aug 21
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Jason Chatfield
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Sketchbook: Overheard at the Comedy Cellar
Eavesdrawing in NYC. First published in the New Yorker (2022)
Aug 16
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Jason Chatfield
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Spider-man: Brand New Day- A Love Letter to New York, Postmarked Glasgow
The latest is the best one about New York. Not a frame of it was shot here.
Jul 31
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Jason Chatfield
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I Officiated a Titanic-Themed Wedding as a Doomed Maritime Captain in Alphabet City Because Of Course I Did.
On marrying my friends on the door of a doomed ocean liner on Avenue B.
Jul 24
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"The Man on the Trunk of the Tree."
Pat Oliphant, 1935-2026
Jul 14
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Jason Chatfield
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I landed in America on the 4th of July
Coming to America (Republished)
Jun 29
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Jason Chatfield
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Nice Followers You’ve Got There...
On the indignity of letting an algorithm decide if your friends are allowed to see your art…
Jun 6
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Jason Chatfield
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Marginalia & Meisterstücks: Backstage at the Comedy Cellar with Neil deGrasse Tyson
On the existence of aliens, the myth of the platypus, and why you should never use the word "marginalia" in front of the world's most famous scientist.
May 25
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⚡️ SHORT READS
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The Magical Writing Desk
A borrowed rolltop I called home for six mystical years.
Aug 17
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Eight Duck Salads with Gus Van Sant
A New Yorker Cartoonists' Lunch with one Hollywood's finest directors.
Jun 5
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Jason Chatfield
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Sketchbook: Stooping in New York City
...and the morbid pandemic-era sidewalk game of "Fled or Dead".
May 3
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"Hot as all Christ out there."
A small morning implosion in an Inwood diner
Feb 20
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Jason Chatfield
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Sketchbook: The Hats of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York
Happy Turkey Day! Put something on your head.
Nov 27, 2025
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A Dog for a Dog
Award-winning cartoonist Jerry Scott surprises the hell out of me with a custom oil painting of Morris...
Jun 24, 2025
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Kissing The Ring
A cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jan 8, 2025
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Sneaking Into The Good Room with Meryl Streep: A Wild Night of Bottomless Martinis & Parasol Churros
A Pickleball Player's Guide to Crashing a Fancy Fundraiser Party
Nov 22, 2024
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Jason Chatfield
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💁♀️ PEOPLE YOU MIGHT LIKE
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"The Man on the Trunk of the Tree."
Pat Oliphant, 1935-2026
Jul 14
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An Evening with Sam Harris
Ruminations on Sam Harris' "Truth and Consequences" live essay reading at the Beacon Theatre in October 2025.
Nov 9, 2025
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Artist Spotlight: Sergio Aragonés
Still proving that the best art comes from the margins.
Sep 27, 2025
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#22: Zoe Si
Someone You Might Like if you enjoy great line and have a penchant for marathon training.
Mar 5, 2025
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#21: @Hilary B. Price
Someone You Might Like if you enjoy funny panel cartoons.
Jun 17, 2024
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#20: Asher Perlman
Someone You Might Like if You Like Jokes That Make You Shit Yourself Laughing.
Jun 15, 2024
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#19: Dana Jeri Maier
Someone You Might Like if You're a Fellow Process Junkie
Nov 1, 2023
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#18: Anthony & Lauren LeDonne
Two someones You Might Like For a Litany of Literary Reasons
Oct 25, 2023
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