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How We Draw Ourselves

Interviews with New Yorker cartoonists on gender — On Friday, The Washington Post published an article I wrote about cartoon artists and gender, called How We Draw Ourselves. Here is a link. I interviewed seven of my collegues: Amy Hwang, Allison Bechdel, Mads Horwath, Sara Lautman, Bishakh Som, Sarah Akinterinwa, Roz Chast. In addition to the interviews…

Women

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Women

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In Solidarity With Iranian Women

Feminists of all nationalities and genders need to stick together — There have been many powerful cartoons drawn in recent weeks about the situation in Iran. Wonderful symbolism of women taking control of their own bodies, their hair, their freedom. What I am thinking of lately is that women in the US — actually Americans of all genders — need to…

Iran

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Iran

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Drawing The City As It Returns

NYC is back, mostly — The prospect of spending a few hours to live-draw in the streets of NYC is exciting for me. I decide on a neighborhood and just go there, iPad in backpack. Some neighborhoods have more places to sit, which, if I am going to broadcast while I live draw (see below)…

NYC

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NYC

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5 days ago

Feminist Shifts

So many things on my mind today. Police brutality and the horrible murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, the mass shootings in California, the continuing saga of Russian interference in our democracy and Trump’s involvment, DeSantis’s efforts to ban important education in Florida. …

Feminism

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Feminism

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Jan 24

Live-Drawing The Oscar Nominations

Here we go! — I love storytelling and film. And as flawed as awards shows are, I still enjoy the excitement of it all. Viewing the films, learning about their creation, marveling at the writing, directing and acting, floating in visual storytelling, and, yes watching the Academy Awards . I hope to be there…

Oscars

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Oscars

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Jan 19

Visual Feeling

Drawing on the subway in NYC — I boarded the subway yesterday with the intention of live drawing someone. Almost immediately, I realized it was too crowded. It’s possible to draw on a crowded subway car, and I’ve done it before (see below), but I wasn’t in the mood. …

Drawing

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Drawing

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Jan 11

Peace For All

An animation — For almost two decades, I have been a member of Cartooning for Peace, an international organization based in Paris. It began in 2005 at the United Nations in NYC, and I was invited to be there to speak about the power of cartoons in helping foster understanding and peace. This…

Peace

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Peace

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Peace For All

An animation

For almost two decades, I have been a member of Cartooning for Peace, an international organization based in Paris. It began in 2005 at the United Nations in NYC, and I was invited to be there to speak about the power of cartoons in helping foster understanding and peace. This…

Jan 7

Democracy Still At Risk

My hope lies in the good people — It ended last night as even more of a circus in our House of Representatives. I did not stay up for it until the end, which was early this morning. But wow. It appears that McCarthy gave the extremists a lot of power in order to get the Speaker position…

Politics

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Politics

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Jan 6

An Unruly House

The Honorable Cheryl L. Johnson — There are many moving parts to this House Speaker voting that’s going on right now, I decided not to live draw it. But I really wanted to draw this woman, the Clerk of the House who presides over it all and keeps members from killing each other. At one point…

Politics

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Politics

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Jan 5

Whose Party?

They may be flawed, but it’s good we have them — The New Yorker now has something called the “Daily Cartoon” that runs every weekday on their website. Often it’s a political drawing, but not always. The one above is one I drew on Nov 11th, 2022 during the January 6th Committee final hearings. The magazine asked to use it for…

Politics

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