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New York Cartoons 2025 Wrapped: The Best, The Weirdest, The Most Beloved

Santa’s Brother Sandy Saves Christmas

I’ve Been Crossing the Pacific for Over 11 Years and Still Haven’t Cracked The Code on Jetlag

Give the Gift of a Real Human Art This Christmas

21 Years Without a Boss

Day of the Dog: Two Australians, One Rental Car, and a Surprise Visitor That Now Lives in My Nightmares.

461. Hard Questions at Stanford, Ronny Hates Hasan, & Dooley joins Substack!

A Little Holiday Gift Idea From Your Ink-Stained Pal

Sketchbook: The Hats of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York

How Bob Eckstein Outdrew Me With a Stick Dipped in Ink

On AI, Art, and the Young Students Who Keep Asking the Hard Questions

Don't Forget! DMA#31 this Thursday at 12:00pm EST with special guest New Yorker Cartoonist & Author, Bob Eckstein

The Robots Are Coming (And They’re Just as Dumb as Siri)

An Evening with Sam Harris

460. Uncomfortable Conversations with Szeps, Stanford Lecture This Week, & A Moment of Zen Pencils

A Reunion in Ink with Gavin Aung Than

A conversation about free speech, Perth humility, and the dangerous pursuit of 'Enough' with Josh Szeps.

Don’t forget! DMA #31 Live Friday @ 9:30am EST with Special Guest Cartoonist & Author Gavin Aung Than!

NO-Vember.

The Mayoral Candidates Ranked by How Much Ink They Cost Me.

Tiny Reubens, Big Ideas: A Night at "The Most New York Party Ever"

Drawing the Illustration for Gay Talese’s “Getting Even”

459. Gay Talese, Em Dashes and Artistry in the Age of AI, & Scribbling For the Kids at Bellevue

Cartooning in the Age of AI (and Other Existential Threats) with Alex Hallatt

You're Not Going Crazy- Things are Really, Really Bad for Working Artists (and the trend isn't pretty)

Don’t forget! DMA #30 Live Wednesday @ 11:00 am EDT with Special Guest Cartoonist & Author Alex Hallatt!

The Last Literary Lion of New York, Gay Talese

457. A Notable Night @ Substack NYC, A New Perspective on AI & a Guest Lecture at Stanford

Notes on Notes (and Why I’m Cautiously Optimistic about Substack)

Eavesdrawing the New York Literati

I've Been Invited to Guest Lecture at Stanford this Fall. (Yikes!)

Heck's Kitchen

How to make a living drawing pictures in a world that keeps updating its software while you’re still installing the last update?

456. The Apocalypse with Peter Kuper, NYC No Kings March, & My New York Comic Con Recap

A Cheerful Conversation with Peter Kuper: Insects, Ink, and the End of the World

The Watercolour Control Problem with Jessie Kanelos Weiner

The Art of Drawing Worse with Tom Toro

Don't forget! DMA#28 Live Wednesday @ 12:00pm with Special Guest New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro!

455. A Very Special Gig for the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Comic Con, & This week's DMA with Tom Toro!

454. A Hell Gig, Sergio Aragonés, & A Big Cartoon Anniversary Party in NYC

Anatomy of a Hell Gig

Artist Spotlight: Sergio Aragonés

453. Cats as Writer's Mews, A Live Cartoonist Podcast, & Comedy in a Bomb Shelter

The Comedians in the Coal Mine

452. Roz Chast Shares Transit Toons with Ellis Rosen, 100 Years of NYer Dog Cartoons, & Drawing New Yorkers' Pups in Madison Square Park this Thursday!

Al Hirschfeld, the Algonquin, & Why I Moved to New York City

One-Click Cartooning: Michael Maslin's "One New Yorker Cartoon Generator Reflects on Another New Yorker Cartoon Generator" AI, and the State of the Art.

9/11 in New York

The Cartoonist's Paradox: Easy to Start, Hard to Retire - The Art of Connection with Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher

The Usual Gang of Idiots in Queens, Scribbling with KAL, & Asher Perlman's Brooklyn Book Launch

Don't forget! DMA#27 Live Tuesday @ 12pm with Special Guest Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher

Madison Square Bark: Get a FREE Sketch of your Dog This Thursday in New York

Asher Perlman & The Art of Eugene

Don't forget! DMA#26 Live Tonight @ 7:30pm with Special Guest New Yorker cartoonist & Colbert Writer, Asher Perlman

452. Asher Perlman, Celebrity Dog Sighting, & KAL in Baltimore!

'How do you decide who you're going to be when you get up in the morning?'

Liza Donnelly on Breaking Barriers, Drawing Aliens, and Why Everything is Political (Including Pigs)

451. International Dog Day Discount, We Toon at Noon, & AI's Effects on Working Artists

The Marvelous Mind of Sofia Warren (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Zombie Chic)

Live Drawing in New York: A Dying Art?

Death of Illustration by a Thousand Prompts

450. Meet Me in NYC (I'll draw you!), Cartoonist Awards in Boston & Sofia Warren on this week's DMA!

Snacking, Sketching, & Surviving Gastrointestinal Grief with New Yorker Cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

449. Lunch with Mort Gerberg, A New-New Yorker Softball Mascot, & A Very Special Edition of Toonstack!

Hair Dryers, Pen Nibs, and the 610th Cartoon: New Yorker Cartoonist Tom Toro Spills the Ink

448. Dogs in Bars, Pigeon Mugs, & A Nun Taking a Selfie

Is the Art of Editorial Cartooning Dead? + Quentin Blake's Latest, & Millennial Snot!

Getting Humaned, My Road Kit, & Deathbed Comedy

On the Road Again…

Adventures in Self-Publishing, Deathbed Comedy, & Why Walking is Running with Brendan Leonard

New York's Tech Influx is Real... Is it Draining The Culture?

"Drawing is for feeling, writing is for thinking." A discussion about AI, Blackwing Pencils, & Human Consciousness with Amy Kurzweil

Blackwing Surprise, E. Jean Carroll, & Talking Substack on The Illustration Department Podcast

4th of July on the Jersey Shore

Draw Me Anything Recap Post

Sketchbook: The Parrot Lady of University Place

Philly Librarians, Independence Day & Christophe Niemann on A.I. & Drawing NYC

I landed in America on the 4th of July.

Adventure Sketching, Pickleball, & Bus Rides with Samantha Dion Baker

Comedians Drinking Soap, Morris in Oils, & Art Made With Human Intelligence

Comedians In Studios Drinking Soap: A transatlantic journey from bombing on stage to pigeons playing pickleball.

Talking writing humour in cartoons and comics this weekend!

The Dollar Tree Revolutionary: From Introvert Drawing Club to Global Art Movement with Beth Spencer.

A Dog for a Dog

Wartime Boyfriend, Dead Hot NYC Mayoral Election, & This Week's Special Guests

The Wisdom of Dogs, Kids & Fairy Bread with Liana Finck

Rotting Apples and Bathtub Genius: A Masterclass in Creative Procrastination

NYC Mayoral Portraits, The Taste Gap, Mason Currey & Liana Finck!

The Taste Gap (And Why Your Art Is Trash at First... But That’s Okay)

Prison Shivs, Pigeon Blue, & the Art of Spoonist Forks with Chaz Hutton

The Mayoral Candidates Ranked by How Much Ink They Cost Me.

Matt Ruby on Comedy, Mindfulness, and Why Algorithms Are Ruining Everything

The 'Keep it Open' Cartoon, A NY-based Comedian & A Berlin-based Aussie Cartoonist...

Ann Telnaes: Talking Musk VS Trump & Freedom of Expression!

The Key Habit of the World’s Greatest Artists

Comedy Over Tragedy: Austin Kleon's Masterclass On Creative Survival

A Chatfield Vintage Portrait, A Pulitzer Prize-winner, & A Writer Who Draws

From Bad Stand-Up to Beautiful Art: The Nishant Jain Story

What I Learned About Trusting the Process from Ross Barkan's "Glass Century" Launch

Fuzzy Men, Dorian Gray, & Knitting Dinosaurs!

On dinosaurs knitting scarves and protecting your time. Drawing with Special Guest Adam Ming!

Portrait of the Critic as a Mucus Factory: A Feverish Night with Dorian Gray

The two Fuzziest Guys on Substack

Morris Becomes NYC Celebrity, Human Artist VS. ChatGPT, & An Aussie Powerhouse on Broadway

Hell's Kitchen Confidential: Morris Makes His New York Media Debut

Artist VS AI: I went head-to-head ChatGPT for 30 minutes straight...

The Cartoon Bodega!

AI Really Is Coming For Artists

Watercolour Dogs, Ann's Pulitzer, & The Cartoon Pad Podcast!

Thinking In Watercolour w/special guest Jessie Kanelos Weiner!

Postponed Parade: How I Turned Musicians' Isolation into Visual Chaos (Without Therapy)

Dog Owner Book Launch in NYC, Waking Up Collab, & New Yorker Softball: Season 2025

Projections of Grandeur: Confessions of an Accidental Theatre Set Designer

Dan Driff, Rabbits Paying Child Support, Skydiving Otters & A Skeet Shooting Rhino!

Scribbling Kids at Bellevue Hospital, Live Gig Sketchbook, & 200th New Yorker Caption Contest Pod!

Chatfield X Waking Up: The Most Fulfilling Collaboration Project of my Career.

Barks & Recreation: The Book Launch Where Your Dog Is Actually Invited!

Drawing Dogs with Claire Powell!

ANZAC Day in New York

Cats, Pelicans, & Dancing Dragons

Book Creation Process: from Concept to Finished Book

434. The Night Trump Blocked me on Twitter, Morris on Video & Dan Harris Portrait

Three Substacks, One Roof: Getting More Bang for Your Buck

Drunken Fish, Angry Canada Geese & Alfred E. Neuman

433. J-Lo and Bill Burr Sightings, One-Dip Portraits & The Pooperazzi!

Drawing Exercise #3: One Dip Portraits

Pencils Process: Personalized Portrait Place Cards!

'That Moment When You Realize You've Ruined Your Resume Forever'

432. I'm now a Cartoon Editor, Drawing Your Requests & Nick Hornby's Listening Party!

DMA#1: Draw Me Anything!

431. April Fools, New Yorker Covers Masterclass & Draw Me Anything!

429. Rejected Shorts, Purim Sketchbook, & Drawing NYC Mugshots

428. Official NYC Book Launch Announced, Bezos Kills Editorial Freedom (Again) & A Sketchy Assignment with a Twist!

When is it ok to say NO to good ideas?

427. A Marx Brother Birthday at the Algonquin, Democracy Under Siege & The Outsider Art Fair

#22: Zoe Si

Let them arrive at the punchline themselves.

426. Dogs in Beds, A New Aussie Pub in NYC, & the New Yorker Centoonial!

Making Time For Your Art: 5 Tricks to carve out blocks for your creative work.

The New Yorker Cartoonists Centoonial Party

Small Circles: On Drawing Numismatists and Finding Your Own Kind

425. New Yorkers ❤️ New Yorkers, Eustace Turns 100, SNL50, A Sheep on Stage, My Top 4 Cartoons & More!

#61: Special New Yorker 100th Anniversary Episode: Our Top 4 Favourite Cartoons of All Time & Our New Book!

3 Covers to Celebrate the 100th Birthday of Eustace Tilley

Sketchbook: Live Drawing the 2025 Westminster Dog Show in New York

424. Oh Mary! Oh Gary! Oh My Dog!

In Praise of the Humble Pencil

Huge Announcement! Cover Reveal of Our New Book About Dogs...

Cartoon Processs: Curbside dining in New York

423. I Join the Type Writer Party, AI vs. Friction, & The Metropolitan Review

Sketchbook: The Launch of The Metropolitan Review

#60: Loose Bees, Superbowl Cartoons & Caricaturist Protests

"The end of a melody is not its goal."

422. The Annual Self-Portrait, Puking in Pennsylvania, & Picture This Returns!

Last Call at the Brickyard: A Comedy Post-Mortem

Creative Insights from Around Substack

Drawing Exercise #2: The Dreaded Self-Portrait

421. Inauguration Day Trump-et, Gary Gulman & the New Yorker's Birthday

Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent - When Words Take Flight

Studio Habits: Clearing Physical Space to Make Way for Mental Space.

#420. Rodneys Sketchbook, New Yorkers Comedy Show, Railing Against Subway Crime & More!

Process: The Fellowship of (kissing)the Ring

Kissing The Ring

Art Made by Human Hands.

419. Charlie Hebdo Anniversary, Lucien Sketchbook, Congestion Aggression & More!

Silencing the Court Jesters.

418. New Year New Digs, Annual Self Portrait, Cartoon Exodus at WaPo

A Tale of Two New York Cities: From Hudson Yards to Hell's Kitchen