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Welcome to New York Cartoons!
Stories & Sketches from an Aussie Cartoonist & Comedian's life in New York.
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Jason Chatfield
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The tale of two emails that recently changed the course of my life.
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Sketchbook: Stooping in New York City
+ the morbid pandemic sidewalk game of "Fled or Dead".
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The Magical Writing Desk
A borrowed rolltop I called home for 6 years.
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Sketchbook: Overheard at the Comedy Cellar
Eavesdrawing in New York. First published in the New Yorker
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MAD Magazine Finally Gets the Curtain Call it Deserves
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Paris Sketchbook #1: Christmas Creatures of Bar 228
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Quiche Lorraine on Pablo's Patio
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Larry David Hated My Caricature of Him.
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A free cartoon in your inbox every Thursday!
Jerry Seinfeld is doing a movie about Pop Tarts.
He dropped in to Gotham tonight to do some new material before leaving a little nugget on stage.
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The Canary in the Coalmine of Loisaida
Curlie wears a different suit for each day of the week.
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The Legend of Tiger Hood
Boxing is a lot like Comedy. (Except it hurts less when you do it badly.)
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Coming to America
July 4th, 2014... We sold or donated everything we owned, and jumped on a plane to start a new life in the United States. We had no idea what was…
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#395: A Process Junkie Sneak Peek, Thailand, NYer V. Financial Review & More!
+ Vietnamese Honeycomb Cake & Morris gets a pup cup
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📫 WEEKLY EMAILS

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#395: A Process Junkie Sneak Peek, Thailand, NYer V. Financial Review & More!
+ Vietnamese Honeycomb Cake & Morris gets a pup cup
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#394: Brat Summer, Comic Strip Live Sketchbook, Manhattanhenge a Bust, Tiger Hood & More!
+ Morris gawks at me while I draw.
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#393: The Westminster Horror Show & AI’s Effect on Humor Writing, Trapped in New Jersey, Mort the Fort & More!
+ Picture This! returns this Sunday & Morris squints at me while I write...
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#392: 10 Years in America, My First Election & A Quiet Place (for a 99c slice)
+ Coming to America, Waking Up with George Saunders & Morris shows a bit of leg!
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#391: Going MAD in Mass, Live Sketching another Substack Event @ The Hotel Chelsea & More!
+ Oh, the humidity!, Sidewalk Stabbing, Morris says cheese!
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🗒️ SKETCHBOOKS

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Dispatches from NancyFest 2024
The iconic, sassy American comic character, created by Ernie Bushmiller, finally had her own festival this weekend at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum…
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Quiche Lorraine on Pablo's Patio
An unforgettable halfternoon of wonder at the Picasso Museum in Paris.
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Paris Sketchbook #4: Red Lady Moses at Le Grand Rex, a Bathroom Emergency, & A Lovelorn Christmas Orphan
Visiting Le Grand Rex to Watch Aquaman in French on Christmas Day was an eye-opening experience.
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Paris Sketchbook #3: "Comfy Duck"
"Comfy Duck" at Bar Vaudeville
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Paris Sketchbook #2: Christmas Day Orphans at Café Vaudeville
Eavesdrawing the wandering Christmas orphans
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🗽 YOUR SHOUT (Reader Submissions)

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🗽Your Shout #2: The Missing Wallet of The Lower East Side
A Reader Submission from "Hell Square"
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🗽Your Shout #1: The Chess Pigeon of Washington Square Park
A Reader Submission from Nazareth Rivas
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☕️ LONG READS

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3 Hot Hours Stranded on New Jersey Transit with Livid Passengers
"I repeat: There are no trains goin' in or out of New York. We don't know when service will resume. We apologize for the inconvenience..."
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NYC Is 'Dead' Forever: Here's Why Not
There are no single "Why I'm leaving NYC" essays that have aged more poorly or well than those of James Altucher and Jerry Seinfeld, respectively.
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The Worst Haircut Of My Life
Sweeney Blob: A traumatic run-in with the "Professional barber" on East 3rd street
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A New York Burlesque Show, A Crotch Muppet, The Stripper Police & A Belarusian Prison Guard
A Tiger Queen and a sexagenarian stripper on a Ukulele- What more could you want from a Burlesque graduation show?
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A Botched Audition, a Hair-Dryer, and a hunt for Piña Colada mix.
Another idiotic day in my life in New York, circa 2017.
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The New Yorker's 98th Birthday Party
A recollection on the Eve of its 99th
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The Sounds and Sights of Hasbrouck Heights
A Journal Entry from a New Jersey road gig from 7 years ago
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A Night at the "Moulin Rouge" AKA: The Al Hirschfeld Theatre
The 1400-seat jewel outside of New York's Diamond District
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⚡️ SHORT READS

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15 People and Things I Would Rather Vote for Than Trump...
The Evergreen Cartoon I Never Anticipated...
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A Quiet Place: Day One
A love story between a New Yorker and a slice of pizza.
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A Small Moment on the Sidewalk Outside Trump Hotel on Thursday
Seconds after the sentencing, a small act of celebration in Columbus Circle got quietly hosed off the pavement.
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Total Eclipse of the Park
I went up to look over Columbus Circle and Central Park to see today's Solar Eclipse with a gaggle of fellow New Yorkers.
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Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz 100th Birthday Wall
In honor of what would have been Sparky's 100th birthday, cartoonists across the country paid tribute to the Peanuts creator in their own comic strips.
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Nothing says "Will You Marry Me?" like a cartoon that says "Will You Marry Me?"
2 years ago, I received a cartoon commission with a twist... here's how it ended.
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A Fever Dream Encounter with Louis C.K.
A COVID-stricken escape for fresh air brings an unexpected brush with fame... or does it?
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The 2023 Self-Portrait
Another year, another uncomfortable self-portrait
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#394: Brat Summer, Comic Strip Live Sketchbook, Manhattanhenge a Bust, Tiger Hood & More!
+ Morris gawks at me while I draw.
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A post from my telephone.
I’m sitting on a bench in the New York subway, waiting for my train to arrive...
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#393: The Westminster Horror Show & AI’s Effect on Humor Writing, Trapped in New Jersey, Mort the Fort & More!
+ Picture This! returns this Sunday & Morris squints at me while I write...
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3 Hot Hours Stranded on New Jersey Transit with Livid Passengers
"I repeat: There are no trains goin' in or out of New York. We don't know when service will resume. We apologize for the inconvenience..."
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#392: 10 Years in America, My First Election & A Quiet Place (for a 99c slice)
+ Coming to America, Waking Up with George Saunders & Morris shows a bit of leg!
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💁‍♀️ PEOPLE YOU MIGHT LIKE

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#21: @Hilary B. Price
Someone You Might Like if you enjoy funny panel cartoons.
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#20: Asher Perlman
Someone You Might Like if You Like Jokes That Make You Shit Yourself Laughing.
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#19: Dana Jeri Maier
Someone You Might Like if You're a Fellow Process Junkie
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#18: Anthony & Lauren LeDonne
Two someones You Might Like For a Litany of Literary Reasons
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#17: Joe Dator
Someone You Not Only Might Like, But Might Be Able to Help!
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#16: Emily Flake
Someone You Might Like Who Helps Other People You Might Like
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#15: Anna Codrea-Rado
A Best-Selling Substacker You Might Like!
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#14: Mort Gerberg
Someone You Not Only Might Like, But Might Actually Love: One of the most prolific, versatile cartoonists of all time.
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