2024...a partial Success
Why 120 New Yorker cartoon rejects is a win
My initial goal in starting a Substack account was to give a blow by blow account in real time of writing, drawing, submitting and [hopefully] getting a gag cartoon published in the New Yorker. After submitting 10 drawings per month for a year I got nothing but nice rejection notices.
To turn this disappointment into a positive I’ve redefined [retro-fitted] my intended goals. I now tell myself the 2024 goal was to submit the maximum number of drawings possible. On that account, I win! Lesson? It’s best to set goals the accomplishment of which do not depend on others [like, say, cartoon editors] but on me.
Here are 3 of the 120 rejects.
In 2025 I’ll set new goals which will involve commentary while creating several graphic novels, urban sketching, and other creative endeavors. Stay tooned.
Absolutely wonderful. Your sink cartoon is prophetic. Belllingham schools have to have preschool kids brush their teeth before snacks. So teachers have to put kids names on all the toothbrushes. Teachers were rushed getting ready to start year so a top Administrator of the district had to drive to the school and label a bunch of toothbrushes. How crazy is that for a guy with a gazillion dollar salary?