#389: Live Drawing a Hack-a-thon, Madison Square Bark & a New Yorker Daily Cartoon
+ A Night at the Moulin Rouge, Join me on Notes & Morris squeals hello!
Felony Finals
This month’s highly publicized trials have both sides frothing at the mouth. The media are obviously making a sport of the false equivalency. It’s not helping anyone.
We’re 145 days out the Election. That’s just over 4 months until we cast our vote for who we want in the big seat until 2028. Putting aside the obvious false equivalency here (Yes, just to be super-clear; I’m aware Hunter Biden isn’t running for President) the whole idea that these trials will have a meaningful bearing on those who have already made up their minds is lunacy.
If we’ve learned anything from history (which we rarely do) it’s that nothing is predictable anymore in these elections. Wearing the wrong tie on the campaign trail could have cost you votes in 1968. Now you can be convicted of [falsifying business records to conceal a sexual encounter with a porn star], and your menu options remain the same.
Polling is no longer an accurate gauge for the temperature of the electorate. Swing voters make decisions based on what they ate on their way to the polling booth, and the idea that the sales of Presidential felon coins are now being used as a metric for who will win gives us a clear indication that this election could be won with the flip of a coin at this point. What a mess.
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Today's Daily New Yorker Cartoon: Halftime at the Felony Finals
Just to be super-clear; I’m aware Hunter Biden isn’t running for President... The whole idea that these trials will have a meaningful bearing on those who have already made up their minds is lunacy.
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Drawing New Yorkers' Dogs in Madison Square Park
🐶 Madison Square Bark!
Some requests I get are so crazy good I need to check they’re not a scam. I got asked to draw dogs in the park all day on Friday. That’s it. That’s the whole gig: Come and draw dogs and we’ll pay you money. I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but I gladly accepted the offer, grabbed my markers and parked myself under a tree by the Madison Square Park dog run, with a view of the Flatiron building...
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A Night at the "Moulin Rouge" AKA: The Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Of all the Broadway theatres named after a famous cartoonist, the Al Hirschfeld has to be in my top ten. Since flinging open its doors a hundred years ago as the Martin Beck, it’s hosted shows like...
This week’s Sketchbook is from a live drawing gig at a hack-a-thon in midtown. Want me to live draw your next event? Get in touch. 😎
While I do love the convenience of an iPad/Wacom/Xenselabs tablet… I can’t ever replicate the joy of using simple analog tools. I’m launching a new Substack called “Process Junkie” to explore all of the joys of the Process of making art. If you’re interested in that kind of thing, you can sign up here.
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Photo by Uncle Paulie