Sketchbook Exposé #4
Including my newest New Yorker cartoon!!!
Hello my pretty, pretty princesses, valiant knights, and bespeckled court jesters!
It is my privilege and honor to brag to you all today about my newest New Yorker cartoon which has been published in this week’s May 8th issue!
Ahhh, to bask in the glow of societal validation.
The social currency I crave and yet lasts for all of two seconds.
If only I could get in more cartoons and be more beloved, then I might finally be happy.
How many more times can I get away with riffing off my own joke?
No, I kid, I kid. I’ll STFU.
(Except not because this is my newsletter.)
OK, Let’s Get To That “Sketchbook”!
This is a “Sketchbook Exposé” post, is it not??
I thought this week I’d include some creep-doodles from 2016-2017 when I lived in the Bay Area.
Oh, how I miss catching one-liners from strangers.
Comments (Let’s Chat!):
Does anyone else love to people-watch? It’s always been one of my favorite activities to just observe people living, passively from a distance. It’s like reality TV, but much better written.
Is that creepy? Should I be reported?
Is glitter a color?
Do you have any new recurring Substack segment ideas you’d like to see me try out? I’m content with my current four but, as usual, I am desperately salivating for feedback.
Listening to:
Congrats on the cartoon in The New Yorker! There's something about that joke that really speaks to me. I think my happy day is Dec 20. There's something about the end of the year just before it officially ends and the holidays that I really enjoy. The other 364 days out of the year can suck it.
As for people watching, hell yes! I love it! One of my favorite things to do. I especially love people watching at the airport. There's so much human drama and weirdness and there's the angst / stress of travel that puts it all in this amazing pressure cooker. A good people watching encounter, in my book, more than makes up for the hell of flying. I also pick restaurants that have crowded seating areas. I plop myself down, put in my ear buds for cover, but don't play anything on my phone so that I can eavesdrop. It's literally the best.
Does anyone else love to people-watch?
People watching is an instinct for me and one of my favourite pastimes. I got it from my dad. We used to love to sit in Washington Square Park in NYC and people watch.
Is that creepy? No its at the core of someone who is curious and into humanity and the quirkiness and fabulousness if people.
Is glitter a color? no but it’s an adornment - best layered on top of colour
Do you have any new recurring Substack segment ideas you’d like to see me try out?
Let me get back to you on that- this is my first foray on substack. So far loving the newsletter.