I have kind of a love/hate relationship with The New Yorker Magazine. I love the covers, I love the content, I love the feel of the magazine in my hand, and most of all, I LOVE the cartoons. What I don’t love is that no matter how committed I am to reading them cover-to-cover, I get busy and they pile up, and then Beloved makes me cancel my subscription. Again. Nonetheless, my adoration of the cover art and the cartoons persists.
Today, we’re looking at one of the magazine’s best-known cartoonists, Jason Adam Katzenstein. In addition to his work for The New Yorker, Katzenstein has also written comedy and made cartoons for The New York Times, MAD Magazine, and Cartoon Network. His books have graced many best-of lists. In his most popular book, EVERYTHING is an EMERGENCY, Katzenstein talks openly about his early experiences with OCD and his lifelong struggles with the condition.
I find his humor to be so smart and so funny, I’m always a teensy bit proud when I get the joke. (I did need a few explained, but if you read the comments, I’m not the only one.)
You can follow the smart-and-funny Jason Adam Katzenstein on his website and on Instagram.
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July 25, 2023 at 8:37 am
I laughed when I read your introductory paragraph because I had the same problem. I had New Yorkers piling up with the intent of reading all the articles and it got ridiculous so I had the same cycle of cancelling/subscribing. I have not subscribed for a few years now. So another thing we have in common!
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July 25, 2023 at 8:56 am
As if we needed more… lol.
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July 25, 2023 at 12:09 pm
For me it is Epoch Times.. I save the inside two sections..the pile is now 3inches tall
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July 25, 2023 at 2:21 pm
Birds of a feather flock together. We probably all have a stack of books on our bedside tables too.
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July 27, 2023 at 7:16 am
I now do audio books to go to sleep, but that was definitely my M.O. for many years.
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July 27, 2023 at 7:15 am
I suspect Beloved of culling from the bottom of the pile so I won’t notice. Can’t really blame her.
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August 10, 2023 at 10:16 am
paper is nice, but electronic subscriptions keep the table clear. or so my wife tells me – as a great man once said, ‘Clutter finds a way’
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August 13, 2023 at 10:13 am
That’s a fair point!
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July 25, 2023 at 8:52 am
I have this problem with almost every magazine. But I love magazines–in a sort of meta-way, I guess. In stacks of untapped potential, piles of delight postponed, etc.
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July 25, 2023 at 8:56 am
That’s a fantastic way of looking at it. It’s not a failure, it’s a future!
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