#141: Showers and Flowers
Hello! It's Jason Adam Katzenstein. As the writer of what would eventually become Tom Hooper's "Cats" once said —and I paraphrase—
January cold makes you feel old until february snow is like whoa and March madness comes in like a lion by April the showers will leave you cryin' and May is maybe a month in bloom and June's when we all laugh at everyone's toons.
And that's pretty much exactly what T.S. Eliot said. The T.S.? It stands for ToonStack. ToonStack Eliot.
I've got about sixty cartoons with the same caption: There must be a "Still/Sparking/Tap's Fine" cartoon that hasn't been published yet, and I'm determined to find it at the end of my nib. Meanwhile, here's a date that will possibly lead to an intermingling of flora if they play their cards right. I wonder which one will pretend to reach for their wallet first.
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Women on the internet love to tell you they can't keep a plant alive. They're like, "ME!? And PLANTS?! I'd get one, but I'd just kill it!" The joke is so hack and it is the most basic quality to have these days, and yet, it is still funny, and everytime I sell this print at art festivals, women walk by and are like "Oh that is so me."
Jason Adam Katzenstein
This is the closest a cartoon of mine has approached a Simple Plan song.
Kendra Allenby
I sometimes sing in the shower. In certain moods, I sing everywhere. In those moods, I don't notice I'm doing it until someone points it out to me. I think that would be harder with drums.
Navied Mahdavian
It's finally spring.
I am become Gary.
Polly Lou Adams
Oh, Spring, you wonderful thing. The birds chirping, the flowers blooming, the spring breakers… boinking. The tan lines may fade, but the memories will last forever!
AND SOME PROMO:
Hilary Campbell releases Cartoons by Hilary every Friday!
Amy Kurzweil’s graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, was named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, NPR, and Kirkus!
Navied Mahdavian’s graphic memoir, This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America is getting rave reviews!
Amy Kurzweil teaches cartoon classes on Patreon! Sign up now to get the recording of every past class!
Jason Chatfield has a new Substack about making art called Process Junkie! And Subscribe to Jason’s regular weekly Substack at NewYorkCartoons.com
Sofia Warren's got an advice column! Read it here.
Polly Lou Adams has a Substack called The Poop Scoop
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