Hello dear, treacherous readers,
It is I, Amy, your cartoonist friend and grammy award-winning pop-star.* Because you’re my favorite thing on the internet since baby animal videos and advertisements for anti-aging creams,* I come bearing this warning for today’s newsletter: You can’t trust anything* you read online these days. That’s right, today’s newsletter is at least 1/3 full of lies! Lies! I’ve asked my fellow cartoonists and zookeepers* to share a cartoon and a talking monkey* that espouses two truths and one lie. Some of them can’t bear the treachery and come clean with their foul deception, others will let you writhe in epistemological uncertainty, forever unknowing reality, and others are offering a million dollar prize to the person who first guesses their blurb’s lie.* Either way, we are in for an exciting reading experience and a groundbreaking simian dialogue.*
*I am working up to my comfort with bald duplicity. Thanks for your patience.
Amy Kurzweil
1. I asked my nephews: suppose there are twins who live at a fork in the road, one of them always tells lies, the other always tells the truth, you are lost on your way home, how can you figure out which road to take? And they answered: ask one of them which road his brother would say to take, and take the opposite road.
2. I asked my nephews: suppose there are twins who live at a fork in the road, one of them always tells lies, the other always tells the truth, you are lost, etc. what do you do? And they answered: why can't you just use google maps?
3. I asked my nephews: twins... fork in the road... lies, truth, etc. And they couldn't figure it out and I lorded it over them for a while and then finally told them the answer. It's a pretty good riddle.
Hilary Campbell
This cartoon is about me, I am a mom, and kids love me.
Jason Chatfield
Two truths and a (big) lie:
1. This is a cartoon that ran in MAD Magazine.
2. Several copies of this cartoon were eventually purchased by (some of the many) lawyers who are suing Trump.
3. Joe Biden stole the 2020 election.
Zoe Si
Truth 1: I did have ethical non-monogamy sprung on me during an emotionally precarious time in my life and it did not go well.
Truth 2: All of your problems seem silly and small when you are in a treed canyon in the PNW.
Lie: I have never successfully rappelled down a rock face. (I have blacked out my single attempt to do so and now mostly remain on the floor where I belong.)
Ed Himelblau
I’ll go above and beyond here with two truths, one lie, and one shameless self-promotion!
1) Turmeric is derived from the stem of the plant, Curcuma longa.
2) The molecule that gives turmeric its yellow color has an atomic structure that resembles a very cute crab.
3) To color this cartoon, I used the sauce from my favorite Madhur Jaffrey recipe (Everyday Cauliflower, Roz ki gobi).
4) You can read my science cartoon newsletter, The Lab Meeting, on Substack!
Colin Tom
Two truths and a lie:
There’s nothing to see here, I am but a normal person,
cheers!
Ellis Rosen
Man, my favorite famous movie quote has got to be "The truth? You want the truth? Well, pal, handling the truth is hard, and I'm not sure you can do it all that well!" Remember that one? From the movie Several Acceptable Guys. SO good.
Shameless Self Promotion
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!
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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.
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