postcard from new york, inwood edition
Posted in postcard from new york on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009
Archive for December, 2009
Immaculate Conception Day
Posted in etc. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
According to my calendar, it’s Immaculate Conception Day. Albertus Magnus makes for some interesting reading on the subject of how Immaculate Conception is possible, if you can manage the Latin. And if you can, have fun! I might add that the Immaculate Conception was conceived well after it supposedly happened, and that the word for “maiden” in Ancient Greek (in which language the first Bibles were written), was usually the same word as the word for “virgin.” The idea being that a maiden was usually a virgin, because she was unmarried. That’s all I’m gonna say about it. Except that the very first Christians were not so quick to judge and unwed mother as some of the latter day ones.
Drawing people
Posted in etc. on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009
Another way we cartoonists make money is by being paid to draw at high end events where a New Yorker cartoonist is just the thing. I got a reputation for making people look good, so I hardly ever get to just draw cartoons at these events. People love having their portraits drawn, even by bad portrait artists, isn’t that funny? It’s a bit like having their palm read, irresistible, even if it’s obviously a scam. And it’s fun, anyway. How many artists get interesting people to sit for them for free, and even get paid to draw? This is one of the portraits I was most proud of, from an event the other day. This guy was a dream to draw—great face, great style.
