I’m a little early this week. I’m buried in a crazy book deadline so I have to disappear into my studio. I’ll see you on the other side! But, in the meantime…
This week’s ToonStack was edited by the other Jason —Mr. Katzenstein— who is insisting we are in a highly publicized beef. (My diss track is in production as we speak.) The topic of the week was “Brat Summer”. I, of course, had no idea what this meant because I’m a thousand years old and now officially need to google things the kids are saying on the streets. The cartoon at the top of this email is from this issue. You can read the full issue, with cartoons from my fellow New Yorker cartoonists here:
Thousands of you (generously) subscribed to this newsletter well after I’d been publishing a lot of posts that never appeared in your inbox. For some of you, these posts may be familiar, but for the rest, they’ll be new things you’ve not seen before. Here are some older posts for your deep and abiding enjoyment.
Manhattanhenge—the rare moment when all the buildings line up with the sun— was a bit of a bust this year. Clouds and weird weather made it a bit crap, but you can see previous years’ Manhattanhenge coverage here.
This week’s Sketchbookisfrom a pose exploration I did of a comedian on stage at Comic Strip New York. I didn’t show him this. If he saw it, he’d probably cave my head in. I just think he has such an interestingly shaped body.
Just two more weeks until I finally, officially launch my 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 uphere.
I’m sad to say I’ve had to bow out of several matches this season due to the abovementioned oppressive (borderline impossible) book deadline. I’ve been chained to the drawing board for weeks at a time and haven’t had a moment to swing a bat. I’ll report more on the matches this summer once I turn in the finished book!
He just sits there. Staring at me all day, while I draw other dogs…
Those kind of deadlines are tough. Good luck and I look forward to seeing the book!