Happy Halloweenie

One of the Halloween parties I did caricatures at this year.

random subway sketch

2 authors on CSPAN

Two guys pushing their books on CSpan2 Sun. 10/28/07. On the left, Charlie Savage who wrote a book about Imperial Presidency and on the right some right wing loon named Jack Cashill.

Random Folks on the Subway

Sylvia's Restuarant

Above is a sad attempt to draw my friends Sid & Filipe from memory.
Last week Sid tried to rouse the weekly cartoon crew from their rut; always having lunch at the same place. He thought he'd created a coup and got lots of folks to join him up town at the legendary Sylvia's Soul Food, but it seems some New Yorker cartoonists are a little shy when it comes to traveling north of Central Park. What started, I think, as about ten people, turned into three. Their loss. It's a great place.

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Dr. Cosby I Presume?

I've never been mistaken for a celebrity but, like a lot of folks, I often hear, hey... you look just like that famous guy. For me it's Bill Cosby. I get stopped almost daily by folks who say I look just like him. People who know me well don't see it. They say, "Cosby? That's ridiculous. You're so much younger than him." True. But it happens.

I just emailed an application to the producers of The New Newlywed show. Hopefully Lauren and I will get picked as contestants and win all kinds of fabulous prizes. Perhaps a brand new car? And what's a new car with out TurtleWax? One of the questions they asked is how we got engaged. This is what I told them:



After dinner, (a work function) Lauren and I went to a bar, waiting for some of her co-workers to show up. We already had plenty to drink at dinner and were sipping some new drinks while we waited. I was lost in thought, probably trying to solve world hunger or working on my design for wedgie-proof underpants (patent pending) when I felt Lauren’s warm vodka breath on my neck and heard her say, “ Are we ever gonna get married?”
I looked into those heavenly blue eyes of hers and noticed her left contact lens was a bit off center. I didn’t mention that. Instead, I thought of spending the rest of my life with this brilliant, beautiful woman; thought about waking up everyday holding this gorgeous creature in my strong left arm and slightly less muscular right arm. Staring into her contact centered right eye, I smiled and said, “Okay.”
We clinked glasses and ordered another round.
About a month later, I proposed a little more formally, with an engagement ring and some help from The Big Apple Circus, but that’s another story.

You can't go home again

You can't go home again, even if that home is a brand new condo.
The countdown to 11/15/07 is on. We have to be out of our UES apt on 11/15. Either we move into Conselya St's LUCE building, or find a place to rent or move in with Momma & Poppa Forsch. Why wouldn't we move into the brand new condo we've been waiting for, for eight months? Our inspector found 20 or 30 serious problems that need to be fixed and the fine folks at Apartments and Lofts won't help us. We want to move in, but with all the problems were having before we've even closed, it looks like that would be a very, very bad idea. We wanna move in! Fix the place up already. The pic above is what this place looked like back in February.
It looks a little better now but there are still vents that need putting in, that landing half way up the stairs is made of two flimsy boards instead of one solid board, the bathroom sinks are on back order, and that's just the tip of this real estate iceberg.

Suffice to Say

Pity me for I am currently sans Photoshop. Our laptop died and with it went our copy of Adobe's finest product. So, I'm on our desktop trying to make do with Apple's Preview but all I can make with that is do-do. Here's another batch of sketches from that long ago trip to AC.



Also going through my piles of cartoons to find 3 to send to
The Miami Herald for their cartoon contest. Who could know more about what Miami readers want than Jersey/Brooklyn boy?
AND as if all this isn't enough for one day, I must also go to the post office. I won't bore you with the details of why I'm going.
Suffice to say(check out #'s 2 & 3) it is a mission of great import and my wife told me I have to do it.

Formula 4 Funny

So I'm surfing around and end up at McSweeny's. I start reading their witerary material and realize it's just like Family Guy.
Instead of The A-Team and Gary Coleman, McSweeny's uses Aristotle and Franz Kafka but it's the same thing. Is this formula actually funny? What does Ruth Buzzi think?

¡Hola!

It's me, your old pal Evan. I've moved back to Blogtown and hope to post lots of nonesense.
I'll start right now - Here's a bunch of sketches from 4/14. I went to AC with Lauren & Karen. They gambled and I sketched.

Ran into my old pals Elgin Bolling. and Alison Gelbman at Barnes&Noble yesterday. We chatted about drawings and cartoons and cartoons. And then talked about drawing. Good times! Above, the first two are drawings of me by Elgin and the third is by Alison.

Ran into my old pals Elgin Bolling. and Alison Gelbman at Barnes&Noble yesterday. We chatted about drawings and cartoons and cartoons. And then talked about drawing. Good times! Above, the first two are drawings of me by Elgin and the third is by Alison.

Hat In The Ring

A few brazen polititians have already thrown their hats into the ring for the 2008 Presidential Nomination. Below are a few of the Dems ( cause I tend to like dem better) who have thrown or soon will throw their hats into the afore mentioned ring. If my roommates wouldn't whine like little babies everytime I try to watch CSPAN I might actually know more about the political world but ignorant as I may be, I will now, this early in the game, make my prediction for the Democratic ticket in 2008: Edwards/Obama. That's it. That's what they should do. It's a winning ticket. Obama/Edwards would be great too.
Anywho, this here's the start of many political type sketches to come.

Lauren and I have made our Rabbi proud. Yes! Our second Christmas party was a great success. Guests from all over the world were in attendance. From New Brunswick to Washington Heights, folks flocked to our humble living space for traditional Christmas Latkes. Also, Lauren's famous sherbet rum punch was a huge success. I think. I can't remember much after my fifth cup. Alls I know fer sure is I woke up at 2pm and the apartment was cleaner then the day before the party.
I don't know what that means. Hope ya'll are having wild, happy holidays!

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I, Evan4sh, have AGAIN accepted the

BlueSky Studios Challenge.
This week - draw something inspired by Melville's "Dick"
You remember Herman Melville, one of those ancient musty authors that no one really likes but all those damn ancient, musty academicians are afraid to say the emperor has no clothes.

Sketches & The Full Cleveland





"Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It" Lest we forget
The Full Cleveland

Smell ya later.

Today I went to the Post Office early, you know, before Noon and there was a tremendous line. I over heard people saying "it's The Season." I didn't know there was a Mail Season. Luckily I could buy stamps from the vending machine and get out of there quick. I had other errands to run. Most important on my to-do list was a new stick of anti-persperant. Everytime I go to there are 20 new varieties. Special Spice or Manly Musk or Minty Fresh. It's anti-persperant. My goal in procuring this product is NOT to smell. Well, short story short, I may soon be extra stinky cause I can no longer find Unscented Anti-persperant. Of course I didn't search more than one store but I'm afraid to exert myself. I might start sweating.

I, Evan4sh, have accepted the

BlueSky Studios Challenge.
My SuperHero is Roachamon! Destroyer of pests!

Where's the Toons at?
What kinda cartoonist has a blog with no art?
Sure, I haven't updated in 3 months and I'm writing this so quickly I can't even take the time to spell out "three" but I'm telling you, this blog is now ACTIVE. I'll be writing, posting pics and drawings and maybe even a pie chart or spread sheet just to add a little variety. You know, mix things up a little. Awwww yeah!